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Hello everyone!

I'm back in Haiti after 3 weeks of a wonderful vacation. I always knew Costa Rica was a beautiful country but I was even more impressed this time. Even the houses are nicer now, the people seem SO well to do. OK, I realized always before I went there from North America. Funny how your view of something is clouded by what you're used to seeing, or by what you compare it to. Compared to Haiti, CR is "First World". When you don't see any starving children, when you see everybody dressed well, when you don't wonder if someone can afford the products on the grocery shelves.... that country is rich.

We had some awesome family time. The first week, Bobi came home with me, and some of us went to the Arenal volcano area (sadly the most she got out of the volcano was hearing it rumble a few times. It was drizzling most of the weekend!). We had a great time anyway, spending most of a day in natural hot springs. The next day we did zipline-ing - zooming through the air chained to a rope is quite exhilarating.

A Friday to Monday weekend with the whole family was also wonderful. We went to a camp in the mountains and had lots of fun - sports, sharing time, eating, etc. Some of us even did a scary canopy obstacle course. OK, that was scary! Imagine walking on a rope, holding onto another rope above you. At one point they meet in the middle, like a knot and you have to figure out how to cross the knot. You have to balance your body over a knot high in the air! Another scary part was walking on a 2-3 inch board with NOTHING to hold onto - ok, I couldn't do it by myself. 

I haven't been able to upload a lot of pictures but am starting. If you want to see them, you can click on the photos link on this site. This is my public photo albums.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ekornelsen

Ok gotta go since I'm at Chris and Leslie's right now. Thanks for all your prayers and support. Please continue, as there is so much to do here and responsabilities that are always a challenge.

Elsie