I know, I know it’s not Tuesday. It’s not my fault though,
we had a holiday. Belize really likes Tuesday holidays! We celebrated GarifunaSettlement Day. Something about Africans and Carib people arriving here in
Belize I think? Yep, I’m that person,
knowing nothing about the country I’m living in. Belize shouldn’t take it
personally though, social studies/history was never something I particularly
cared about. Anyway, the point of this is 1) to hopefully inform you (and
myself) as to what exactly our holiday was yesterday and 2) explain why I
didn’t post an update yesterday.
Ok let’s see, what has happened in a week? It seems
impossible that it’s only been a week since my last update. I thought for sure
I went to Cayo 2 weekends ago, that Belle had her puppies 2 weeks ago, but as
it turns out my time perception is just horribly askew.
The weekend was fairly uneventful in the best of ways.
Friday night, Kelley made dinner for all of us again because her mother sent
her a jar of homemade pesto. Now homemade pesto is a big deal no matter where
you are, but it’s an even bigger deal being down here. We were all pumped! And
of course it was mega delicious, completed with garlic bread, a salad, and of
course some wine. The rest of the weekend I’m pretty sure was spent just
hanging out as per usual. The fact that I can’t remember anything too exciting
usually means that I was just a bum the whole time. In fact, Saturday was
especially lazy because we’ve been having sunny wonderful weather which has been
missing for quite some time now. So naturally I had to engage in one of my
favorite activities: basking. Kelley and I set up our little folding chairs
right outside our house which then caused much laughter and curious looks from
Belizeans. Just a typical day!
Sunday we had a little bit of fun though because Kelley and
I spent a few hours babysitting Joana and again the weather was spectacular! So
we decided to take a walk around Benque after lunch and we stayed for a while
at this little park down by the river.
Too cute for her own good.
Sunday Fun Day!
Monday felt so difficult to get through simply because we
knew we didn’t have to come to school the next day! It turned out fine though,
especially since I had to sub for my favorite class, one of the 2nd
Form boys. However, it was for their Social Studies class and there was no work
left for them. Again, Social Studies is not my thing, and I got asked to sub 3
minutes after class had started, so I was just scrambling for something to do
with them. But surprisingly when I walked in there, they sat silently waiting
for me to tell them what to do. And I mean silent.
It was weird. Of course this was also after the usual, “Can we go outside?”
“No” “Can we go to the bleachers?” “No” “Let’s go to the computer lab!” “No”
etc. Finally I was struck with those rare moments of teacher brilliance and I
decided they were going to write a letter to any teacher at MCHS telling them
why they appreciate them. And they all groaned at first and I had to walk
around to ensure that they actually took out a piece of paper and started, but
after only a couple minutes they really got into it. Some of them were busting
out their letter writing skills that they had worked on in English class, so I
had questions like, “Miss! Is the address like this?” “Miss! Do I need to skip
a line?” One of them asked me to proofread his. Hilarious. I told them to make
them good though because they were going to be delivered to those teachers. And
that was the best part I think. I collected all of them at the end of class and
read through them and wow, let me tell you, if they weren’t my favorites
already they definitely were after reading their letters. It totally made my
day giving them to the teachers and seeing their faces just light up at it. I
totally felt like Santa Claus! And the letters I got are going to be little
treasures that I keep forever.
Tuesday was our holiday! But I still woke up at 6:15, though
I forced myself to stay in bed until 6:45. It’s ridiculous I tell you,
absolutely ridiculous. Thankfully that provided ample time for breakfast and
coffee/tea with the housemates which is always the best way to start any lazy
morning. The boys were playing all day in a futbolito tournament, so we spent
the better part of the afternoon watching them get all the way to 2nd
place! All in all it was a good day off that went by way too quickly.
Ok well I have more adventures to document, but since I was
so delayed in getting this update posted, I’ll save my other happenings for
another day. Again, I apologize for being so late! I promise I’ve been trying
to post this for 2 days now. I also feel super loved to be reprimanded by
people for not posting on time :) So thank you!
Oh, it’s my very last retreat week! Praise the Lord! Please
please please pray for the 2nd
Form Girls tomorrow! They need the prayers oh so badly. Thank you!
St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us.
Totus Tuus, Maria.
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