Mi Vida en Costa Rica

I went to a concert at the Teatro Nacional Tuesday night. A piano prodigy, Jonathan Duarte, was playing selections by Chopin, one of my favorite composers. I went, of course, and really enjoyed it. He is a very good musician, and is only 16! He played a Nocturne I learned in high school, so that was fun to hear. His other pieces were very well done and I thoroughly enjoyed the evening:).

The other day in class, I found out one reason why foreign adoption is closed/extremely difficult here in Costa Rica. It's because of 1.) child trafficking and 2.) selling the children's organs. Isn't that just horrible??? I could not believe my teacher when she told us that in class. Her brother and his wife are working to adopt a child and she answers our questions. It makes me even more thankful that the orphanage is being built and that the Tatum family will be a family for the orphans. I can't think of a better family suited for such a purpose:).

It's been pretty hot lately, but today it has been raining almost all day! It's a really nice change right now, although I imagine I will be sick of it in several months;). But for now, the sound and smell are quite nice, so I think I'll go read and enjoy it!