In April and May, we were blessed to have some visitors!
We have all progressed nicely in Spanish, and I think we all agree Cora has the best accent.
A lot of our time here has focused on improving our Spanish, and while at times that has felt frustrating, we are all a lot more comfortable now in the language, even as we still have so far to go! We are grateful for good teachers and friends to speak with.
Soccer is of course a big thing in Costa Rica and we were able to go with some local friends to a game between the two rivals in our town, Saprissa (Los morados) and la Liga (los manudos). Everyone in town tends to have a loyalty, unless they are from another part of Costa Rica. It was a really fun game! The teams are at a similar level to MLS soccer but with fewer teams. And obviously a much smaller country.
Luke and Cora podcast from April
The rains have returned for us here and while we miss as many blue skies, we have a few more hours a day of cool air, plus everything is more green. We are still in full on Mango season, with mangos everywhere! After almost a year in the tropics without air conditioning, most of us are ready to go back to a northern climate!
Luke was going to climb a mountain this week but he got dengue fever instead! Not fun.
We can’t believe our time here is winding down! We have a little less than a month left (we get back to Seattle July 1!). Our last months are a mix of working to be present where we are (including spend time local friends), looking ahead to life back in Seattle, and the busyness of day to day life (prepping to move, a new work project Devin started, volunteer work, parenting, and other forms of adulting that never end haha).
Overall we are feeling so grateful and have seen God’s hand at work in so many ways in our time here…it’s almost overwhelming. We are praying for God’s guidance, presence and wisdom as we finish our time in Costa Rica and look ahead to being back in the US.
Bruckner Year in Costa Rica 