Posts Tagged ‘Rebecca Stumpf’

August 25th, 2010 - 7:14 am § in Costa Rica, Culture, In the Field, Tips & Resources

Lessons of Working in Another Culture

Long-term international development work is a unique experience. It’s quite different than just moving to a new city in your own culture to start a job. Not only do you know no one, but you also don’t know the culture and how they work. Can they work as a team? Can they not? Are they effici[...]

July 29th, 2010 - 12:26 pm § in Around Town, Costa Rica, Country, Culture, Day in the Life

Observing From the Inside

I’m always impressed by the kindness of strangers.  Sometimes in a world full of such turmoil, one forgets to believe it exists.  But it does.  You just have to pay attention. I’ve noticed a handful of random acts of kindness lately.  Either they’re happening more frequently or[...]

July 15th, 2010 - 12:20 pm § in Around Town, Costa Rica, Country, Culture, Event, In the Field

Ode to Costa Rica

In my last post, I don’t think I was very convincing of living la vida idealist, naming all the possible health problems I could get and how I have lots of time in this slower pace of life to sit and think about them. So with this space, I’m going to do the opposite and [...][...]

July 6th, 2010 - 5:23 pm § in Costa Rica, Culture, Day in the Life, Volunteer

Is Living in Latin America Turning Me Into a Hypochondriac?

Yes.  The answer is yes. I have officially been self-diagnosed with hypochondriacism.  Is that a word?  Surely it must be a disease?  And surely, I have it. I think I first became a hypochondriac when I moved to a village of 700 in the mountains of Costa Rica just over a year ago.  A village fa[...]

June 17th, 2010 - 5:08 pm § in Costa Rica, Country, Culture, Day in the Life, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

Day in the Life: On Laundry

Sunday is dedicated to laundry.  Laundry here is an activity, job, something to do when you’re bored, a chore.  It’s not like back in the United States where laundry is a secondary activity while you are doing something else.  Here, it is a primary activity.  You dedicate all your ti[...]

June 10th, 2010 - 4:31 pm § in Around Town, Costa Rica, Volunteer

A Land with Stories to Tell

They tell me “Life is Calling”, and then ask “How far [I'm] willing to go?” Well, the truth is, all the way to Costa Rica. For two years. That’s how far. Physically, it’s not that far, but mentally? It’s far. And the Peace Corps motto above says it all. Thi[...]





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