Oh how we miss napkins

Howdy family and friends,

Nate and I wanted to fill you in on our last two weeks. We also thought we will increase some of this interesting facts about our experience thus far. To begin with, we will do a list of fun medical stuff that we have encountered thus far. Please enjoy.

whiplash...check sore throats...check
flea bites...check cold....check
bike accident...check spider bites...check
chiggers....check sun burn...check
red bugs...check muscle spasm...check
mosquito bites...check cuts, burns, scrapes...check
explosive diarrhea...check close call with scabies...check
food poisoning...check

So...hehe... we are having a blast. These things make our experience rememberable. On a different note, I thought I would also list some of our favorite things thus far. First, Nate and I love the thunderstorms down south in PG. They are some of the loudest thunderstorms we have ever heard. Imagine having your house shake for 20 or 30 minutes at a time. Also, Nate and I love our nicknames here. Most of the Belizians call Nate "Nathan" and me "Mich". It's cool. We also love how all the kids are getting familiar with us and call us Miss Michelle or Mr. Nate. We love how we can walk down to the market to get fresh produce. We love how we are becoming friends with people who live in PG too and that they just stop by to "hail" us (drop by to say hi).

Okay, now on the last two weeks. Nate has been working incredibly hard on creating a database for his site. He went to a local village called San Jose and took some incredible pictures of the mountains, the cocoa trees and plant. He loved walking in the mud and throughout the farms. I on the other hand have been working at home mostly. I have been creating new food dishes and learning how to make more Belizian food. I have been also working on secondary projects like Special Olympics and a boys groups on healthy relationships. Over the weekend, we hung out and said good bye to one of good friends here. He is done with his two years and will be heading out today.

I am pretty excited too. Nate and one of our friends Laura are planning a 30th birthday bashment at our house this weekend. They invited all the PCV down for the weekend. There are 100 volunteers and about 50 of them are coming! WOW. Nate and I are also inviting our host family and friends from our placement sites. I hope to take tons of pictures.

Well, thats it....for right now. We miss and love you all. Don't be a stranger!

Michelle (and Nate)