29-10-08

Lifeboats, Snow Patrol

Wake up and slow down. I’m back from all the crazy trips. I’m glad I’m back home in San Jose. The bug got after me and did a good job of getting me out and moving. I guess that it also had some help from the program. Anyway, like I said, it’s good to be back and have a schedule to follow for a few more weeks.

So, I’ve decided to only reference the Nicaragua trip instead of giving you guys the nitty gritty. Out of the ten days that I was there, I wrote the first 6 days in a journal–it was over twenty pages and I had to write two papers over my stay/experiences. I don’t really want to think about it for a while. The week following Nicaragua, I went to the cloud forest. It was Heaven. There was a washer and dryer! It was a biological field station, so I got to pretend that I was a biology student again. I hike, slept, star gazed, played spades, hearts, and rook, and hiked some more. We didn’t end up going to chiripo, but settled on the 2nd highest mountain instead. It was a great 7 hour hike.

Today was the beginning of the ‘Concentration’ portion of the program. For the next 6 weeks, I will be part of a consulting group for a coffee/banano/honey plantation from Guatemala. The owner of the farm got his mba from Yale and he’s in town for the next two weeks to get us started with all the business. These projects that will be working on look to be pretty legit.

Thank you all for the prayers. The trip was a blessing and I will share with you guys a bit later, or in person.

peace