An update, long over due.

How fast time flies...

Things are still cooking right along in good 'ole Bagaces. We are in Holy week which translates to a lot of beach going, beer drinking, hammock swinging with a good book in the shade. Well, something like that.

I find myself thinking how fast life can change. Approaching my year and a half anniversary, to think a desire to make a difference could change my life and offer new opportunities for my future is sometimes difficult to grasp. But with each approaching day I realize how happy I am and lucky to have had this experience. I have continued to learn what is important in life and am taking in the culture here with an open mind and heart.

I recently had my year anniversary with Cristian and am very hopeful for our future together. Happily, we've decided to walk not run and enjoy the process. I also received an amazing opportunity to teach 5th and 6th grade Science (picture shown). It has been a very challenging but rewarding opportunity and offers yet another option to consider for the future. I look forward to the day I feel like I've made a difference. Not to mention, I am finally able to use my Spanish and feel it is getting better with every conversation. My English, on the other hand, seems to be suffering but I know it will all come together in the end!

It is funny to think as I approach my 28th birthday, this time last year the most important thing to me was to climb a volcano and now there is so much more to consider. I guess not much has changed technically, but I do feel like I am a different person. So, go see that family member you've been meaning to connect with or take a trip to the mountains to breath in that fresh air because that is what I'd do if I were there. In return, I'll make sure to appreciate every day I spend here, meeting new people and learning new things.

Pura Vida.

K