Jan 04 2017
January 4, 2017 – The First Day!
Today started with being awoken early by endless honking horns. The group met at 7:30 in the resteraunt area of the hostel for a delicious breakfast of Casado, a variation of a protein, veggies, rice & beans. After eating our fill we gathered on the patio to discuss expectations for the class and our two major service projects. Excitement grew as we went over what the service projects entailed. This was our first taste of having to go with the flow. We are now going to be helping a different woman create a small sewing business then we were originally going to and the chicken coop is now for fryer instead (chickens raised for meat) of laying chickens. Now that we had revised plans we headed out to the market to strart buying supplies. Midway through our shopping adventure we stopped in a market for lunch were we had another variation of Casado. After lunch we were given free time to explore the market for ourselves. They seemed to have everything there, from belts and purses to puppies and fishes.
Once we were done exploring the market the sewing group split off to go to the sewing store, while the chicken group had some free time.At the store the sewing group got all the supplies needed- sewing machine, needles, pins, equipment for a sign and flyers, etc., to help Dona Magda start her business.
The next engagement we had was dinner at 6:00. A couple of us went to the Costa Rican National History Museum. In the museum there was a butterfly sanctuary. After some more exploring of San Jose we all relaxed at the hostel for a couple hours, where we wrote in our journals, read, hung in hammocks, and napped. For dinner we once again had Casado. The food is amazing! Once we finished dinner we went to a grocery store to pick up breakfast for the next two days. We ended the night by pow-wowing in the lobby and playing card games.
By Anna
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