Roblealto y Arenal

After our trip to Poas and La Paz, we spent the following afternoon playing with kids at Roblealto ministry. We set up stations of different games and activities and really stretched our Spanish speaking and listening skills - the traffic next to the school was super loud!

I had the play dough station.

The next day after classes we left for a weekend trip to el Volcan Arenal. We stayed literally at the base of the volcano.  We swam and lounged in hot springs - which are naturally heated by the volcano.  The Saturday we were there was a busy day - we went horse back riding, zip lining, and had our own worship service in Senor K's room.  Horse back riding was not like the typical ride I'd experienced in the US. Instead of going on an extremely slow walk around some trail we got to actually gallop on our horses! It was a little scary, but really fun.  Zip lining over the canopy was the most amazing way to see it! We got strapped into our harnasses and were given a glove - which kind of reminded me of my throwing glove - to serve as our brake. We also got to do a tarzan swing over the tree tops at the end!


Katie in front of the volcano.



Me, Katie and Steve on our caballos.

Zip lining over the canopy.



Me, Steve, Jonny, and Irene with our glove-brakes.