Lacrosse in Costa Rica

Our first day in Flamingo, we ran into one of our friends from Charlottesville, Susanne Grossman. We got quite a kick out of it because the chances of meeting someone we knew in such a small town were very slim. We learned from her that the non-profit organization Lacrosse the Nations was teaming up with another non-profit called Abrientos Mentes. This organization is an after school program whose goal is to try and teach English to children at a young age and educate adults in the use of computers. Lacrosse the Nations uses lacrosse as their vehicle to help teach the students. And that is where I helped. My mom and I sat in on one of the after school sessions and helped them a bit. Once that was done, we set out for the soccer field and prepared to teach the kids to pay lacrosse. It was really fun to help teach them about lacrosse as well as to see the kids' faces as they learned.

En nuestro primer dia en Flamingo, encontramos a una de nuestras amigas de Charlottesville, Susanne Grossman. Nos enteramos gracias a ella de que un programa sin fines de lucro que se llama Lacrosse the Nations estaba trabajando conjuntamente con otra programa sin fines de lucro que se llama Abriendo Mentes. Este programa es despues de la escuela y su objetivo es tratar de ensenar ingles a chicos a una edad temprana y tambien tratar de ensenarles adultos como usar las computadoras. Lacrosse the Nations usa el lacrosse como su vehiculo para ayudar a los estudiantes. Yo ayude aqui. Mi madre y nos sentamos en el programa despues de escuela y les ayudamos un poco. Despues de terminar, fuimos al campo de futbol y empezamos a jugar y a ensenar a los chicos y chicas como jugar el lacrosse. Fue muy divertido ayudar y ensenar a los chicos el deporte de lacrosse.