Well things are still going good. Had my birthday celebrations last week. Real good times. Went out in the city with a bunch of the Maximo kids. They forced excessive amounts of alcohol on me, of course. They next day I called in "sick".

Work has been going good too. Phillipe, the pastor of the church, gives us new things to work on each day. Last week we finished putting in a sink, selves and a fridge in the kitchen. One of the other volunteers finished painting a mural on the side of the building. We've done a lot of painting to spruce the place up. It's coming along, but there is still a long ways to go. This coming week I think we're putting in a wall to create some more rooms inside. This means ripping up some supports that look pretty important for holding up the roof. Not sure if Phillipe knows this or not. I tried telling him this but the language barrier is a little tough, haha. Everything around here is just scrapped together from random peices of wood so hopefully the whole thing doesn't come crashing down. That would be pretty disappointing.

This past weekend we went to Puerta Viego. Its a beach town on the Caribbean coast. Naturally beautiful of course. The town is a pretty cool. Obvious rasta influence everywhere. Which means, any assortment of drugs are available and offered at every corner. Pretty shady. Its a great surfing spot though. Me and Nick rented a board and tried for an hour. Surf was too large and too rough though :(

This week is Santa Semana, or Holy Week. Basically our easter. Which means that no one works on Thursday or Friday. We're heading off to Mal Pais, another beach on the west coast. It's pretty awesome getting to see all these different places around the country. Costa Rica is about the size of West Virginia, which makes it easy to get from one side to the other in about a day. Plus there is a huge bus system. Real cheap too. 4 hours from San Jose to Manuel Antonio National Park is $4. We usually stay in cheap hostels, $10 - $15 a night at most. They are actually pretty nice. The one in Manuel Antonio had nice rooms, showers, wifi, common tv area, kitchen for making your own meals, a pool, and its own bar. It's a great way to meet other travelers and find people to hang out with.

I'm trying to post some pics, but my comp is being screwy. Check fb, there are a ton there.

Welp we're really doing it Harry! Me and Will got into San Jose last Sunday night. I had a 4 hour delay in Orlando, which felt like forever because I was so excited to get here. Navagating through the airport was a little tricky but luckily most signs were in spanish and english. To get to my home stay I was told to just meet this person outside of the baggage claim who would have my name on a sign. No problem right? Well turns out alot of people have the same idea, a few hundred actually. After a few minutes of looking with out success I got a little nervous, but thankfully the random guy came up to me and asked where i was trying to go. He knew the place and helped me find my driver, for a small tip of course.
I rolled in around 8 and met Willam our house. We live with a lady and her husband. Neither of which speak english. It makes for some awkward times, but in the long run I think it will be great because it forces us to attempt some spanish. Our house is pretty small, "quaint" I'd say. A couple bed rooms, kitchen dinning room, and a small backyard. Nothing amazing but nice none the least. Surprisingly though, we do have so wifi, wooo.
The city of San Jose is pretty big, 2-3 million maybe. Not the cleanest place by any means, but still really cool just because the culture is really laid back, and everything is new to me.
Tuesday we went to Caprio, the town we're workin in. There's no real way to describe this place. It's pretty much the worst area to live I've ever seen. Houses scapped together with tree branches, walls made of corrugated tin, sewage running through the streets. We're building an extension on to this church/school so that the pastor can open up a soup kitchen for the people in the area. He already does it once a week, but this will let him feed more people, more times a week.
There is a ton of more things to tell stay tuned for more. I'll put up some facebook pictures soon.