Ola from Costa Rica!

[Sherri]

Day Two of Work - sanding baseboards again until we finished them all. Then we painted them with termite treatment, which is a strong glue smelling thick liquid that is illegal in the U.S., according to the Costa Ricans. It's not bad doing it outside, but in 2007, we painted cabinets and stairwells in one of the children's home with this stuff and we were all a little high by the time that day was over.
Then when we finished that, we started on nail and staple-pulling duty. It's much more tedious than it sounds.
At 3 pm, I had a special treat. A beautiful young Costa Rican girl that I hadn't seen in five years came to see me when she heard I was at the Project. So I spent the last hour visiting with her. She was my daughter's best friend when she spent a year in Costa Rica. She is now moving to Mauritania (Africa) to spend two years as a missionary, living in the slums. She's 25. What a brave young girl!
Tomorrow, we will take all the orphans to the zoo and then to McDonald's; then we will head to a market to shop for souvenirs. It will be our free day, and then back to work on Thursday and Friday!