Update

Hope everyone is doing well in the states. Things have been going pretty well here. It's been kind of quiet the past week or two. I'm looking forward to Amanda's visit. I think she is coming for my birthday. I did get to see Batman the other day and it lived up to the hype. I definitely recommend it.

Before you read the next comment don't judge me. But I have began watching the food network channel. I like a lot of the shows especially the next food network star. It is pretty interesting and I have actually tried to make a couple of the dishes. Plus it is one of the five or six english language channels so that has a lot to do with it as well. Maybe the reason my Spanish is not progressing is because I watch mostly english tv. But the Latin America sportscenter is pretty horrible because it is all soccer and tennis.

I think I am going to try my second go-round at the Catholic Church tomorrow. It is a little weird because of the language barrier and people looking at me weird because I don't know all the rituals, but I can't find any other Church in the neighborhood. I would like to be able to comprehend about 75 percent of the sermon before I leave Costa Rica and I think that is a realistic goal. I think I picked up about 40 or 50 percent of what the padre said a few weeks ago, but when he got going pretty quick it was a little difficult. Listening is the easy part though. Speaking is easily my biggest challenge. Poco a poco.