So, what have I learned during the past two years? Number
one: Blogging is NOT one of my strong suits. Number two through ?: a lot of
other things that I am not going to write about now (refer to “Number one”).
It has been about eight months since I last documented my
movements and while I can’t go back and recount everything that has happened, I
can tell you that this year was incredible. I am so happy to be living in Costa
Rica, in Liberia, as a TEFL Peace Corps Volunteer. While things really never
went, or go, as I planned them in my head, like getting placed in urban Costa
Rica instead of rural Africa, every moment has been a learning experience and a
joy to be a part of.
Both of my schools ended their academic year last week with
kindergarten and sixth grade graduations. And while I still have a few more
months as I volunteer, I kind of wanted to get up on the stage and walk across
it as a successful PCV who completed another year of hard work, successful
projects, and endured great distance from family and friends. As 2013 comes to
a close I am proud to say that I feel great accomplishment in the work that I
have done. It definitely hasn’t been perfect, or easy, but I couldn’t be
happier. Between projects realized and personal relationships developed, it is
clear to me that Peace Corps was my path.
I was able to go back to Michigan for Thanksgiving and I am
kind of in a mushy mood after getting home from a graduation ceremony so I am
going to share a few things that I am thankful for. I am so thankful to have
family and friends, both at home and in Costa Rica, that support me in my
endeavors. I couldn’t be doing this if I didn’t have their love and
encouragement. I also know how lucky I am to have had so many visitors and the
opportunity to share my volunteer life with them. It is one thing to write or
talk about Peace Corps life, but it is a “ho ‘nudda lebbel” of understanding to
experience it. Between family, Meg and Kait, and John visiting, the distance
between home and here shrunk for a moment. Lastly, I could not be more grateful that I
was able to make it home twice to reconnect with cousins, aunts, uncles,
friends, and families of friends. To be able to go back and be a part of
weddings, Thanksgivings and birthday parties is a gift that makes being away
for two years a little less difficult.
I have a few more projects on the way but, with the end of
the school year a lot of my work came to a close. Here is a little taste of
what I was up to during 2013 and I’ll think about making better blogging habits
my new year’s resolution.
I love you all and Merry Christmas!!
Last Day of the Teachers' Conversation Club!
Basic Community Class
Intermediate Community Class
Judging the High School Spelling Bee
My Co-teacher, Medleen, and our students who participated in the National Spelling Bee!
John Visited!!
School Stuff
Betsy Came!
Capulin Students Graduating
Escuela Capulin Teachers
6th Grade Ladies at Laboratorio
Laboratorio J.F.K Teachers
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Costa Rica? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Costa Rica in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez
Yo! Fellow RPCV! You might enjoy my new book titled Travels inn South America. Check it out.
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