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This weekend we went on a most excellent, much needed trip to the beach. It was absolutely breathtaking and everything I needed for the weekend. It was hilarious arriving on the island and having some of us gasp in amazement of the beauty of the beach or at the mere fact of being at the beach in late September. I simply looked around and felt at home.

But that's not what I'm going to write about today. There are many many people who think that I'm living in a Caribbean paradise for a year and while Belize is undoubtedly a very beautiful country, Benque certainly isn't as glamorous as the cruise stops reveal. So I thought that, after being here over a month, I would post some pictures of my new home.

This is the inside of our parish. We spend a lot of our time in here for Mass and Adoration which is just wonderful. And you would be surprised at the difference those little fans make!

This is the outside of the Church and frankly my favorite view of it.

This is my house!! My little home, in which all the girl volunteers live. Four of us (soon to be 3 of us when Betsy leaves) sleep downstairs and 3 of us are upstairs. It's cozy and has a ton of ants, but it's wonderful and has a very homey feel to it.

Ok, here are a couple of pictures of the high school.

These are just a couple different angles, but I just want to give an idea of what it looks like. It's mostly in this big U shape with the soccer field in the middle. In that second picture, you'll see a two story building which is where the 1st and 2nd Form Girls' classrooms are (upstairs) and the 3rd and 4th Form classrooms are downstairs. The building with the 1st and 2nd Form Boys' classrooms are perpendicular to that one, to make part of the other side of the U. Is this making any sense? Maybe more pictures will be taken later.

And now for random pictures around town!

This is on our way to school. The paved road is the Boulevard, the main road in Benque. You  know it's a big deal because it's paved and has a median. We cross it and walk down the little dirt road to get to school. That pink building is also the Chinese restaurant we got dinner from the first night we were here.

This is right behind that previous picture, so this road leads back home.

And then this is just part of the road that is right by our house. 
 

So there it is. A small glimpse into Benque. I wanted to make sure that everyone knew that I wasn't in a beach hammock all day every day though that is in fact what I did this entire weekend. A post on Caye Caulker will come soon! In the meantime, please pray for the 3rd Form Girls. We're going on retreat this Friday!

St. Maximlian Kolbe, pray for us.

Totus Tuus, Maria.