HOLA!

We started with a group walk/run through Alajuela bright and early at 6:30. We are very fortunate to have a professor who is also a yoga teacher, Sandra held a 45 minute yoga session at 7:30 and then we were off to the village of La Providencia! The community and homes were surrounded with the most beautiful flowers and massive hydrangeas. We arrived at the community iglesia (church) where we met the community organizer and he happily guided us around the village. We split into groups and went door to door taking a census of the homes, asking if anyone was sick and in need of care. We gave appointment slips to those who voiced a need and they will be attending our clinics tomorrow and Friday. It is very rewarding to know that the community welcomed us and is so grateful. Most of all, we should all know that we are very lucky for what we have! We handed out various donation gifts to the families and kids of the community, things such as coloring books, crayons and toothbrushes. After we handed out all of our appointment slips we stopped for some delicious helado (ice cream) and made our way to get souvenirs. The shop was really fun and had all handmade gifts, the factory was located on the same property and we saw people working diligently to make these gifts we are bringing back for you all! There were longhorns at the sounvenir shop that we found to be very cute and nice, how odd. We made our way to dinner and are back at Hotel Briasol. Will be back in La Providencia tomorrow. Life is good.

Pura Vida