tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353985038197917072024-03-06T00:38:34.964-08:00Colorado Academy- Costa Rica- 2012World Leadership Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035284942323107335noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835398503819791707.post-41638835257743419262012-05-19T20:59:00.001-07:002012-05-19T20:59:27.766-07:00Day 8 - Saturday, May 19th, 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Coffee, Rapids, More Coffee, and Costa Rican Mexican Food<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></strong></span><br />
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We started off our day with singing in the rapids and
watching Hope drink coffee (with extra sugar) by the gallon. After our run
through of rafting, our group consumed 3 pineapples and continued on our trip
down the river. <o:p></o:p></div>
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From Christian (with heavy editing by Sra. Monterroso):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first night I actually remember to write/post/blog
something and (of course) I can’t think of anything to write. (Not including
the epic that follows.) Today: We went rafting and were told, by a guide, when
to paddle and not to paddle. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we finally
got out of the joy-forsaken raft tour group, we had to wait until 2:00 to eat
lunch, then get on a two point five hour bus ride. After arriving at our bed
and breakfast we went to a Mexican restaurant, at which I consumed a burger, a BLT,
and many French fries. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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From Sara Monterroso: Unfortunately, I had to delete two thirds of the blogging that
was written tonight because it was becoming a personal debate over contrasting
opinions/interpretations of the day held by the various bloggers, rather than
an account of the day’s activities!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh
well. I'm sure they will share their editorial comments and controversy when they get home, which is the right place for it. So, here's a more detailed account of the day...</div>
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Many of us were woken up this morning by the impressive
calls of howler monkeys in the jungles surrounding the eco retreat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At some point the students
managed to rouse themselves from bed, have a delicious breakfast at Chilamate,
and head over to the departure point for the raft trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The raft trip was “joy-forsaken” for
Christian, for reasons that I’m sure he will happily share with anyone who
asks, but most found it to be one of the highlights of the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rapids were fairly gentle, for those of familiar
with Colorado’s white water, but enough to keep all of us laughing and working together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were often able to get out to enjoy a swim/float
and even some pineapple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back at
Chilamate, we quickly packed, had some lunch, and loaded up into the van for
the ride home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today was the Costa Rica
soccer finals and they were being played near Chilamate, so all along the ride
home saw the team colors and flags decorating cars on the highway, our driver
honked and greeted each one that passed, so it was a pretty noisy ride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had to laugh about the dinner at the Costa
Rican Mexican restaurant, complete with US license plates among the decorations
– even one from Colorado!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well, heading in for 5 hours of sleep before we wake up to
load our bags onto a van to the airport and back home to your smiling
faces!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see you right around 11:30,
you should all have the flight information.<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>World Leadership Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035284942323107335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835398503819791707.post-13136672164252781572012-05-18T21:20:00.001-07:002012-05-19T07:47:33.309-07:00Day 7 - Friday, May 18th, 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">LOTS OF CIAO'S and <span style="font-size: x-large;">BIG</span> BUGS</span></i></b><br />
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I had a few students write notes. More wanted to, but we found out that they were going to have to shut off the modem, so more will write tomorrow. (PS to Will Miller, in Annie's defense: this was the first day since Tuesday that the kids had access to writing the blog themselves!!)<br />
<br />From Mollie: Hi all! We
are now back in the Chilamate Eco Retreat after a day of hard work. We finished
the playground to the best of our abilities, put our handprints on a special
wall, and painted a sign to commemorate our work. In the afternoon we went
zip-lining, which was soooooooooooo much fun. We were all screaming and
hollering with joy as we zipped along the delightful wires. We are all ready to
take on one more day of this wonderful place until we return home to sleep and
sleep and sleep, and maybe tell you all a little bit of what happened. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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From Rachel: Hola,
everyone! We started our day productively by finishing the playground, which now
looks amazing. This was followed by a tearful goodbye over lunch between us and
our host families. One girl was particularly sad and her sweet, sad hugs
brought tears to everyone’s eyes. Glad you managed to figure out how to blog,
Mom. Miss you all and see you soon!<o:p></o:p><br />
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From Annie: HI!!!! We
basically finished the playground and we put out handprints on the wall! It was
SWEET!!! It was hard to then have to say goodbye to the families who had taken
such good care of us for so long! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span> AND FOR WILL MILLER:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Happy birthday to youuuu! Happy birthday to youuu! Happy birthdayyy dearr Willlll!!! Happy birthday to you!!! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span> Love you!<br />
<br />From Sara Monterroso: I tried to load up some really neat videos that I took, but I don't think the connection here is fast enough, so I'll have to try once I get home. Here are some nice last day photos, though:<br />
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Others prepare a decoration sign, and this is the "wall of hands where we would later imprint out hands with the letters C.O.L.O.R.A.D.O. A.C.A.D.E.M.Y. painted into the palms...</div>
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The youngest school kids are SO happy!</div>
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Bottoms up!! (screwing the seats onto one of Julio's tire picnic tables)</div>
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This is Daniel, one of the community leaders and President of the Organic Farming Assocition, speaking on behalf of the community as we prepare to leave:</div>
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Final pictures with the families before we go...</div>
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...and now that your kids just have one more night in a hotel before we come home, let me show you some pictures of the bedroom I stayed in from Sunday through Thursday, which is fairly representative of some of the homes where our students stayed...</div>
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This morning we went back to the school,
and before getting to work, we had our students run through some English lesson
plans that they had designed for some of the local students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We split up into four teams that taught,
respectively, animals, family members, numbers and simple arithmetic (in English),
and alphabet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Costa Rican students were
split up by grade (3<sup>rd</sup>, 4<sup>th</sup>, and 6<sup>th</sup> grades)
and rotated through our themes for 10 minutes each.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They did a really great job keeping the kids
engaged and moving, and adjusting their activities for the age, and when they
noticed that they weren’t working well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Señora Monterroso was really glad to have the tables turned on the students
for a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then returned to the worksite
to put primer on the cement fixtures of the slides and see-saws, and to keep
working on the climbing net.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The school
kids are already excited and using their playground equipment even as we were
still working on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of them were
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We finished at the worksite to go
to the host family where the boys are staying for lunch, and took a tour of
their land: yuca and plantains mostly for the family’s consumption, and some forested
land where we reflected on the relationship between water conservation and the
forests. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The father, Julio, mainly is an
entrepreneur who makes furniture from recycled tires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hard to explain, so you will have to
check out the pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cool thing
is that by using old tires, including big tractor tires, they are actually
making a huge contribution to public health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These tires, when discarded, collect water and become a significant
breeding ground for mosquitos, and thus, for mosquito-borne illnesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Ministry of Health has visited Julio’s
workshop three times, and supports his efforts to get these tires out of
anyplace they are dumped and into his hands to be recycled into patio furniture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we were touring the forested portion of
the land, we were especially lucky to get visited by a big family (?) of
capuchin monkeys and got to watch them play in the trees for quite a while.<br />
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And finally, all the kids are off to their final night with their homestay families, and they seem sad to say goodbye!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow we will finish final touches on the playground, then we transfer back to the Chilamate Eco Lodge for an afternoon tour of the rainforest by zipline!<br />
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Sara, here, writing from an iPhone again. We won't have internet connection again until Friday. More great work this morning at the work site- we are almost done!! We cut our work a little short to make time for a well-earned dip in the river. The water was great and the boys discovered a natural slide into the water. The a tour of a local organic, self-sustaining farm with pigs and newborn pickets, milking goats, turning compost, harvesting and packaging pepper, Walking a cow, eating sugar cane, coffee and goat milk, etc. We saw toucans, more puppies, and basically enjoyed...pura vida!!World Leadership Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035284942323107335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835398503819791707.post-83754195754529525962012-05-15T16:20:00.001-07:002012-05-16T18:30:27.499-07:00Day 4 - Tuesday, May 15th, 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong><em>Crazy plants and more puppies!</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Hi, everyone!</span><br />
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Sorry there was no blog from us students, yesterday; we couldn't connect to the internet in the village. It was also our first day on the service project, and we were very tired after a long morning beginning construction on the playground.<br />
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Today, we spent our second of five mornings working. We finished the slides and seesaws and began weaving the climbing net for the slides. It took a bit of creative working to get the rope tight enough within the framework of the net, but we figured it out in the end. This afternoon, we learned about the plantlife in Sarapiqui's rainforests. Along the way, we found an adorable litter of puppies and were thoroughly distracted for a bit. :)<br />
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We hope you are having as much fun as we are! We miss you!<br />
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<em>Written by Rachel and Maryam</em><br />
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</div>World Leadership Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035284942323107335noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835398503819791707.post-15507609359083026232012-05-14T19:19:00.000-07:002012-05-15T15:35:15.846-07:00Day 3 - Monday, May 14, 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello, families! Sara, here, writing tonight on behalf of the group. Here in
the community I'm still having trouble connecting my computer to the web, so we
are having to post from an iPhone. Today was our first day at the work site,
shoveling dirt and working with cement in the heat and humidity. Our kids were
great! They all worked hard and were so into what they were doing that the
local elementary kids came and wanted to join in and help during the recesses!
Communication and familiarity between hosts and kids is getting easier already,
with the help of games and laughter. Other highlights: soccer and hide-and-seek
with the school kids, more local pineapple, playing games in the warm tropical
rain, and puppies. Oh, and Christian treating everyone to local junk food from
the "corner store"!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks for
the treat!! Tomorrow afternoon we will be back at the Eco lodge to meet an
ethno-botanist (and by tomorrow, hopefully, I can tell you what that is!). That
means I'll be able to get my computer online to load more pics and have a
couple of the kids post the blogs.<o:p></o:p><br />
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(edited for spelling on Tuesday, May 15th)</div>World Leadership Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035284942323107335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835398503819791707.post-85181913774864698142012-05-14T16:21:00.000-07:002012-05-14T16:21:30.976-07:00Day 2 Sunday May 13th HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">¡The REAL Costa Rica!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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community! It is beautiful, but it is
definitely different from home! In order
to capture those first impressions and to pass on mother’s day wishes from each
of our kids to each of their mom’s at home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(From Mollie) Today, Sarah, Piper, Annie, and I met our
host family. The mom kept feeding us and
feeding us, which really reminded me of you guys. I miss you, F.F. Dubs, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY,
MOTHER! I am working and thinking about how
I can make your gift even better every moment of every day. ;) <3s Mollie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(From Rachel) Today, we met our host families. Maryam and I are staying with a 19 year-old
girl named Paula and her dad, Freddy.
They are both super nice and I’m we are going to have a lot of fun, even
if we have some communication issues, at first.
I really miss you! Happy Mother’s
Day, Mom! Love, Rachel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(From Sarah) Today, Mollie, Piper, Annie, and I met our
host family. The house is small, but not
too cramped. The mom reminded me of
Hami, and kept feeding us all the way up till lunch! The family has chickens and a dog. Happy Mother’s Day, Mommy! PS to my padre,
everything’s awesome! Mollie and I have
a buddy system. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"> Love, Sarah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES">(From
Maryam) Hola, y feliz día de madres! </span><span lang="EN-US">The day started off
with a big rush to eat and get packed, but we all made it to the bus by
9:30. The drive to the town where we’re
staying took twenty minutes, and Rachel and I were the first ones to be dropped
off at our host families! They’re very
friendly, but we sometimes have trouble understanding each other. Everything’s going fine (and hopefully I
don’t have to add “so far…” to that)!
Happy Mother’s Day! -Maryam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dear Mom, How did you like our last blog? Don’t worry, we are fine. I hope you mother’s day is great! Happy Mother’s Day! Love, Hope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hi guys!! Costa Rica is amazing
and we are all having a great time. I
can’t wait to see you and happy Mother’s Day, Mom!! You are the best, and I think about you every
day and can’t wait to talk to you. So
much love, Emma </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(From Annie) Hi! We are having a great time here in Costa
Rica! Our home-stay family is so
nice! They are taking wonderful care of
us!! Miss you all so much! Love you
lots! <3 Annie <3 P.S. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! I love you!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(From Piper) Hello, Everyone! I hope the mom’s had a wonderful Mother’s
Day. Wish I could have been with you,
Mom! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"> Our home-stay family is great! They are taking good care of us and feeding
us lots!! I don’t think I’ll need to eat when we get home! Love you lots! <3 Piper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(From Christian) Hi. We
swam in a river. My host family and Me,
Cameron, and Garrett had a long, Awkward silence. I am not known for my lengthy writing. Happy Mother’s Day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(From Garrett) Hi, Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. Our host family is very cool. The host dad has and interesting hob. He gets big tires and makes picnic tables and
chairs out of them, sews cushions to the inside rim. (They are really
comfy.) Bye.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">(From Cameron) Hi, Happy Mother’s Day. Costa Rica is great, so far. Our host family is very nice. We visited the school where we are building
the playground. We swam in a river after
we ate lunch at one of the host family’s homes.
-Cameron.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>World Leadership Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035284942323107335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835398503819791707.post-50777590650271233612012-05-13T19:27:00.001-07:002012-05-13T19:27:44.456-07:00Day 2 - Sunday, May 13Hi all!
We are happily installed in our homestays after a day of introductions, eating and swimming! The students wrote first impressions and some lovely Mother's Day messages, but we're having technical difficulties and can't upload tonight. We're hoping to get their messages uploaded tomorrow morning, so check back soon. In the meantime, know that all are well! Tomorrow brings our first day of work at the school, along with more time at the river, lunch together, and time with home stay families.World Leadership Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035284942323107335noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835398503819791707.post-28427696651969974742012-05-12T18:55:00.002-07:002012-05-12T19:35:34.106-07:00Day 1 - Saturday, May 12, 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><em>Bien Venidos a Costa Rica!!</em></span></strong><br />
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Pura vida mai! Last night, after we got sent to the back of
the plane (apparently Annie and Piper were too loud because of their overload
on candy), the five hour flight with two screaming babies, seemed to pass
pretty quickly, at least for Sra. Monterroso it did. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After making it through customs and baggage
claim, we somehow managed to find our bus and pile in for another long two hour
trip. When we got to Chilamate Rainforest Eco Retreat Lodge, we were surrounded
by a wonderful breakfast. We stuffed ourselves until our bellies were about to
burst. Because of this, our delightful guides decided to take us on a three
hour hike through the tropical rainforest with snakes, bugs, and a flea-infested
dog (who we nicknamed Poison Dart Dog). When we stopped to take a short break in
a nearby stream, everyone stampeded the water not realizing that it contained steep
slopes with flesh-eating minnows. One of the poor victims of these fishies was
the unfortunate Christian Luskey as he was doing the dead man’s float. Soon
after, we packed up and headed back to the lodge. On the way, our instructors
decided not to warn us about the Indiana-Jones-sized ants. The ants decided to
play a lovely game of
see-who-can-suck-the-most-blood-out-of-the-innocent-human-beings-first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good time for a jog. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had lunch and then enjoyed a much
appreciated rest period that was somewhat disturbed by an unharmonious chorus
of cicadas (and giggling kids, says Sra. Monterroso). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After, we engaged in team building activities
and learned a few TMI’s from Christian. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
appreciated dinner and ended our day with a final team meeting and this entry! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hope you’re having fun in America!! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<em>Annie, Piper, Rachel, Maryam, Mollie, Hope, Emma, Sarah,
Garrett, Cameron, Christian, and Sra. Monterroso<o:p></o:p></em><br />
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Hello Parents,<br />
We received word from our instructor, Randall Bermudez, that the group has arrived in Costa Rica and is well on their way to their community in Chilamate, Costa Rica. The adventure has begun! Please follow this blog for more details -- if you have any concerns or questions, you can email me at ross@worldleadershipschool.com or call me on cell (303) 619-1835.<br />
Thanks<br />
Ross Wehner </div>World Leadership Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035284942323107335noreply@blogger.com0