Happy Valentine's Day!!! I am well here in Playa Tamarindo. Leah arrived Thursday in Liberia. She says hello! We went back south to Nicoya for a night to see a festival and bull fighting. The bull fighting was very different. 100 or more guys out in the pin with the bull running in front of it. A couple of guys got knocked down pretty hard and one in particular was seriously injured...he went limp and the bull went down and kept butting the guy. An ambulance came and off he went. It was hard to watch and I don't know why they get out there! We traveled from Nicoya to Playa Tamarindo thinking we would only be here for a night, but the bus trip out here was so draining we didn't want to get back on a bus. So, we have been enjoying the beach at Tamarindo and a little cheap shack of a restaurant, Pedro's, with the best Seafead soup! I'll be heading back to San Jose on Saturday and plan to spend the rest of my time there with the church. I need to get back to a place where they don't speak English. I haven't used much Spanish this week, and I'm afraid to loose it! I hope not to make any of you jealous, really, but we have had wonderful weather...of course. Sunny, 95-100, cooling off enough in the evenings. The water is refreshing and we have found our morning coffee shop, Olga's! I am basking in this because, believe me, I know it will be over soon and hi ho hi ho off to work I'll go! Hope you are all well and I am already anxious to see all of you. I love to travel and these expereinces are priceless, but I also like home and having a place to work from. Carrying everything on my back has been interesting! Blessings to all and I hope you find a little romance in your day today...especially the touch of God who can love you like no other!!!