Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
As we settle back into our lives in New Jersey and look back at the past week, we would like to offer a very special thank you to our wonderful host families from Costa Rica. They welcomed us into their homes and families. They showed us how to dance, fed us well and definitely stole...
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By Sarah Henig, Vanessa, and Kendall On the first full day of service we ate breakfast with our families. Then, we went out to work on the playground at the local school. After a morning of hard work, we took a siesta and had a delicious lunch provided by our family. With the extra...
Continue readingHere are some pictures. More pics and video to come when we can find a stronger Internet signal....
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By Laila, Nneka, and Crystal We woke up at the crack of dawn, packed up all of our things and ate breakfast with our host families. Our host mom made us sandwiches for the road. We bought some homemade crafts and T-shirts from one of the mothers. We packed up the bus and headed...
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By Wesley Our last full day in the village, however nostalgic, consisted of a morning of hard work and service followed by an afternoon and evening of engaging activities. Upon arriving at La Escuela de Coope San Juan in the morning, we finally completed the soccer field as a group. Once the soccer goals...
Continue readingCutest new friends ever!!!!! They even sang a song for us. ...
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This just in from Mrs. Barna in Costa Rica: “Busy day today! Started out with 6 am bird watching.”...
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I just received this text from Mrs. Barna in Costa Rica: “All is well in Coope San Juan. We have very little service.” Cheers to our global travelers! We can’t wait to hear about your adventures. ~Ms. Day...
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Day Three Annie Today was amazing! We started out our day by visiting a small school after breakfast. We helped paint a playground and also some classrooms. We got to play with some of the local children. We all had an excellent meal of rice, salad, chips and pineapple juice together. When we finished...
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Day Two After breakfast at 7:30, we headed to the school to work with the children. When we got there, we were each assigned a child and we planted trees with them. We then helped the students to paint signs with the name of the tree and their name to place in front of...
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Day One by:- Jeremy, CJ, Sam, Olivia, and Colby After two flights – Philly to Miami and Miami to San Jose, we finally arrived in Costa Rica! Once we arrived, we got on the bus for the trip and headed towards our lodge. On the way, we stopped for lunch and had phenomenal strawberry...
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We had a great day planting trees with the students in the local elementary school....
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Passports and airline tickets are ready. Suitcases are being packed and we are including gifts for the wonderful families that will welcome us into their homes. At 6:00 am on Thursday our flight leaves for Costa Rica. Selva Verde Lodge Preview ...
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