team time!

It’s been fun to hit the ground running the past two weeks and dig deep into Young Life and life post-language school!  I feel like I’m starting to settle into a “routine”, which, isn’t a routine.  Every day is different, but the weeks are similar.  For instance, every Monday we have meetings at the office.  Tuesdays I go to lunch at Lighthouse (another International school here) and then have Cross Country practice at Country Day School.  That sort of “routine”...

We haven’t had a ton of time outside of YL to hang as a team.  And since we had intern training at the office this morning with Jessie (Area Director), we decided to stay on that side of town and kill some time before we were meeting with some other leaders to catch a movie (half-price Wednesday!).  First, the four of us (3 interns and Jessie) at lunch at Veggie House and ate this delicious wrap!

Who knew falafel and beets could be so good!
And, not going to lie, the first time I ate this I didn’t know I was eating falafel or beets
because I didn’t know those words in Spanish...#puravida.

Then, Jessie dropped Rachel and I off at the mall to wait for everyone else.  Rachel and I are pros at killing time at the mall.  We pulled the total Gringo move and hopped into a coffee shop, ordered a coffee, and set up camp for the rest of the afternoon.  Ticos don’t really do that...

Last minute, as in we were standing at the counter buying our movie tickets, we changed the move we were going to see to El Ataque.  Funny, they “translate” the movie titles of adult films here (the actual movie is in English) but they’re not even close to the actual titles...we saw White House Down.  That decision gave us 2 more hours to hang out and eat dinner together!  So fun to share life together outside of YL!  You don’t think about the impact transportation has on relationships until you’re in a place like this.  Public transit here is good.  The busses are reliable and there are taxis (Well...except for when you call them and they say they don’t have any...).  It’s just always a 1+ hour trek across the city or a 7 mil cab ride ($14), which makes spontaneous hangouts or drop-bys pretty difficult...

All that to say, grateful for some team time today!  You just really learn to make the time together count!