Mi familia en Costa Rica!!!

Hola todos!
I'm sorry for my long delay in writing another post, but there was a long space of time where I was unsure whether I would be going or not, but it's official! I'm going to Costa Rica! I'm so excited to live with a new family in a new country, with a different language to top it off.

Just today, I received my family that I'll be staying with for an entire year! They live in San Isidro de General in the San Jose province of Costa Rica; it looks really nice, and their house sounds very large in comparison to what is expected. The family includes my host mother and her two daughters, Camila and Amanda (10 and 14 respectively), and their housekeeper who lives with them. They go to church every week and have asked that I join them, an activity which I'm sure I'll find fun and interesting.

Before I go, I just want to add that I still have a good 29 days until I leave; my flight for Miami (the pre-departure location) is at 6:30 (in the morning!!!!!) on February 11, and when we arrive, all the AFS students will have an orientation before we leave. The next day, February 12, all of the Costa Rica AFS students are leaving to San Jose at 9:30 am. Once at San Jose, to my host family (mine specifically, not everyone lives in the same area) I have a three-hour drive.

Until next time!
Mackenzie