So after some good but busy weeks of directing retreats at Hebron, I hopped on a plane in February and took a little R&R in a foreign country. The week consisted of free Spanish classes, exploring San Jose, avoiding dog poo, admiring the mountains, Gracias a Dios' from Flora and spending time with a special guy. 
I was pleased to see that latino culture has its own version of one of my very favorite passtime activities (speaking Chinglish): SPANGLISH! If any of you have some good examples of such "ishes" please do share. Its out there and deserves to be shared for the enjoyment of native speakers. Seriously though, it was fun to finally have an opportunity that forced me to put into use the four years of high school spanish. I'm a far cry from good by any means and haven't been a student for a few years now but it was good to try. I think the last time I'd traveled was back in '04 so I was overdue.
It is amazing how simple and common world travel is for we Americans. I am so thankful. The most scary part of traveling for me is usually coming back to the US and going through customs. American customs officers are some of the most intimidating people I have ever encountered and I have a USA passport.Speaking of world travel, I'm heading to Virginia in two weeks, which can seem like another world. Just joshin. I'm going down to play in an alumni soccer game. Guess I'll be considered one of the "old" people sucking wind. Thus, I'm concluding this post to go for a run and work on my sweet skills. All for now! Thanks for checking in and making it this far in random thoughts by k-dra
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he looks really familiar. did he go to eastern?
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