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People talk so loudly! I have a couple of hours off this morning and am in the ISA building catching up on the world. I don't think I really checked my e-mail yesterday.
So much has happened since I last updated. So much is always happening!
But I wanted to update about my weekend and share some pictures. I am beginning to think that pictures and stories really are the best things you can give people. I think that objects are nice for some things, and I LOVE finding people gifts that they would really like.
It has been kind of difficult here. So today I am giving you stories and pictures.
This weekend I went with ISA to Manuel Antonio. Manuel Antonio is a national park on the pacific ocean side of Costa Rica and, most importantly, a beach.
It was so beautiful. I hung out with some different people on this trip (mostly allison's friends, who now, I might venture to say, are my friends), saw different things, and tried different things.
But I am going to focus on the saw.
On Saturday, we spent the day at Manuel Antonio Park. It was very overwhelming...there was so much green everywhere! We decided to go for a hike first to see a waterfall.
This is the Meera with the waterfall. The hike wasn't It wasn't a long hike, more of a fast one, in that we didn't stop. So when we reached the waterfall we stopped and rested and sat with it for a while. I could have spent longer with it. I felt like it was old and just felt God all around me at the moment. I think it would have been interesting to try meditating. But we left soon after.

And went to the beach! I haven't been in a beach that seemed as natural as this one did here. After we got away from the tourists (mi gente, mi gente!) we wandered into a more secluded area. The jungle was really close to the beach, so you had a little area to lay out in the sun and tan, and shade! People were sitting on the beach reading as the waves came up to them.

Meera and I went hiking while the rest went to tan. The rainforest is so bright and so pretty. There is light everywhere--and it is such a relief to see the light when it is always dark and cloudly in San Jose. And the birds. I think because there really isn't space for animals to live in San Jose, there isn't as many birds as well. The forest was so alive. We also saw two sloths, an iguana, several crabs, and cappacian monkeys.
Our hike took us to another area of the beach. I loved watching the waves crash into the rocks. I am trying to remember specific moments or memories for you guys...but it is all blurred into a memory of being overwhelmed by how beautiful everything was.
How beautiful it still is.
And how much we truly do need to conserve it. I went for a run on the beach later than evening and thought that I didn't want to just tell my children about what I had seen.
I also don't want to just tell you guys about these places as well. I want you to see them.