June 19,2011

Took a taxi to church this morning. The people were so friendly (I met and exchanged phone numbers with three people). The preaching was wonderful, and it just so happens that I attended the first of a six week series on Amos. Almost exactly the amount of time I will be here in Costa Rica.

I decided today that I wanted to make Oky a treat, so I went to the grocery store to get the ingredients to make Chocolate Chip cookies. After checking all the ingredients, I realized it was going to cost me $25.00 to make one batch of cookies, so instead, I grabbed a bag of Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Cookie mix. It does not nearly measure up to my cookie mix, but it sure made Oky happy.

I am finally finished with the processing plant, and I start working in the kitchen on Tuesday. Tomorrow is my day off, so I am going to go walk around. Next Monday, I hope to go on a tour that is a 1.5 hour trip to Puerto Viejo, where I will board a boat to take a 2 hour boat ride on the Sarapiqui River, where I will see toucans, monkeys, sloths, crocodiles and many other species. Then we go to a private reserve where we will hike to the starting point of the canopy. The tour lasts 2 hours and there are 17 platforms on the canopy tour (zip line) as well as a suspension bridge. We then have lunch at the private reserve. After lunch we will visit a butterfly garden, a frog sanctuary and a snake collection. Total time - 10 hours. I am excited to go, and I will take lots of photos to upload.