Finally, on the 3rd of September, over a month and a half after I was planning, I boarded a plane for Latin America. Note I didn't say Colombia specifically, as I am actually in a hostel right now in Santa Elena, Costa Rica.
How on earth did you get so lost on your way to Colombia that you ended up in Costa
Rica...you may ask. Well, here's the story; when I studied in Costa Rica about two years ago, I (unwisely) chose the specific concentration that kept me in San Jose. The other two concentrations, ecology and latin american studies, each visited the rainforest and Cuba, respectively. As you could imagine, I was wildly jealous, and I promised myself that someday, before I died, I would avenge the terrible injustice that I had suffered.
Fast forward about 2 years.
In the last month of my stay in the United States, something quite miraculous happened. The church that my travelling companion Adrienne attends, First United Methodist of Carrollton, decided to take me under its wing, so to speak. They invited me to be a camp counsellor, and then they informed me that, in return for having a blast with the kids, they are going to cover about 180 dollars a month for the whole time I am there!(This doesn´t cover eveyrthing, but I´m working on the rest and things are looking up.)This deal also came with the understaning that I would accompany my friend and fellow FUMCC sponsoree Adirenne to Costa Rica and Cuba. So, I am spending a week in both, getting to do all of the things I had wished to have done on my semester abroad.
We have visited our host families and the campus of LASP (the program I studied with while here) and today we spent in the jungle. If I can manage it, I will post some pictures when we get to Colombia, but for the time being, those of you who have seen or read the Jungle Book, picture Mowgli emerging from the dense ferns and vines on the back of baloo, and crosing paths with a skinny, freckled gringo in a goofy orange helmet (we did some ziplines...be jealous).
Well, that is all for now. Many, many thanks to the FUMCC youth group for your love and support!
Hasta,
Tyler
5 comments:
it is sad... it is bout this time last year we finally got to live w/one another. oh how i'll miss our cuddling... man that sounds awesome with the church/money thing. i can't wait to hear some stories about you traveling, and i'm speaking when you are back and we are cuddling together w/a nice cup of coco...
Mr. D-Town(psst i don't know if you heard but i'm a 4th grade teacher, so now i'm Mr.)
i almost forgot...
just remember tyler
"All roads lead to home..."
deluxxx
Hey Tyler! Great to hear you're almost there. And thank you for not typing this whole thing in Spanish. It took me half an hour to figure out what "gringo" meant. My prayers and fond thoughts are with you.
Love,
Matt
I am completely jealous! You zipline through the rain forest...I stay up all night researching a company that makes laminates. I'm about 150 pages into my book on Peru, be ready.
-LB
Tyler,
You're in my prayers! I'm so glad things are working out for you! I can't wait to hear more about the many adventures you are sure to have!
Ranea
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