in this moment...

SOO its been a while since we have updated this thing so we´re gonna try and fit everything in here in a semi-short entry.

sunday we had to say goodbye to my dad and it was sad, but we were soo glad to be back in los guido!! after the service, we went to two different malls with josa, tamara, daniel (the pastor´s three kids) and daniel´s wife, sandy. it was a good chance for us to start to get to know them better before we headed off on our trip with them.

monday we basically spent hanging out with the kids in los guido. we started off the morning early with chalk and stuff with the kids. them some of the older kids joined in and megan and i had a little water balloon fight with them. needless to say, we ended up soaking wet and the boys did not. haha. then we got out the beads and started making bracelets with the kids. it was most definitely a SUCCESS! they LOVED it and everybody is still asking us when´we´re gonna make more (although i dont think we have enough to get them out again). we taught the family how to play phase 10 and they absolutely LOVE it! the first time it was just megan, me, edgar, and norma, and it was HARD to explain the game in spanish. the next night though i wrote out all the phases in spanish so it would be easier. im pretty sure we´ve played it every night since.

guanacaste was pretty fun but hot as i dont even know what. there was probably 5 minutes the whole trip where we weren´t sweating. we ended up going to aguas calientes (hot springs), one of the beaches, and on a car ride to visit some family. overall, the trip was pretty fun and definitely a good experience. i feel SO close to the family now and really loved spending time with them. (not to say there wasnt any drama haha).

friday we got back around noon and we were pretty much exhausted. we did play with the kids for half the day though and then just hung out with the family.

the kids club was cancelled on saturday because they couldnt find the keys so we ended up just playing with the kids on the playgroun all morning. they were having some conference of pastors so things were pretty hectic. around 3 or so we went with daniel and sandy to the mall to get on the internet and then we were to the church in guadalupe to listen to daniel practice with the band. it was LONG but megan and i had a good time getting to know sandy better.

today was pretty chill. i hung out with gordo most of the day. we sat at the table most of the morning and colored and listened to music with josa. the church service was good, but there werent as many kids there since it was raining. so that was a little sad.

and now we´re at the house we´re possibly going to be staying at for the rest of the week. i know we´re going back to los guido next week, but megan and i were almost in tears when we were saying bye to daniel and sandy. and then some tears were shed once we got inside. im hoping things get better, but as of now we´re not too sure. we´re going to work int he school for kids with disabilities tomorrow so hopefully that´ll be good. we looked through it last week and it looks realllyyyy nice. but anyways. we might end up going back to los guido in the middle of the week. we´re gonna talk to charlie tomorrow.

all i know is if its this hard to say bye to them for a week i dont even know what im gonna do when we have to leave to go back to the US. i dont wanna!!

but everything is good overall. :-)

-Emma (and Megan too!)