Greeting everyone,
It is a beautiful Saturday morning here in Belize. This morning actually has a refreshing breeze. It reminds me of home. Something to do with how the sun reflects in the shadows and the nice breeze that makes you feel like it’s not going to be a hot day (but you know it will be because its Belize). I am also appreciating that it’s not a rainy morning. I am not sure if you know this or not, but where Nate and I live, we have the most rain in Belize. Every night we get these huge thunderstorms. Some time they are so fierce, that Nate and I can’t sleep (especially with our zinc roof and no insulation.) I love hearing the rain daily, and as long as I am not caught in it, we get along just fine. Oh, and everyone has been wondering about the hurricane season. It hasn’t affected us yet….knock on some wood.
Two more delightful stories. First, we have bats!!!! One night, when we were asleep, Nate heard a noise. He looked at the group and saw a bat. We weren’t sure what to do, so we went back to bed (2am is 2am). We figured with the mosquito net, we would be fine. At 4am, Nate woke up to the bat on the mosquito net. Almost right above me. Haha. It was so comical, I am still giggling as I think about it. Anyways, as a team, we grabbed a towel and caught the bat and brought it outside. We were excited. The next night, we heard the same thing and with practice, we were able to do it even faster! They call the bats here “Rat Bats”. What an experience.
The second story, and something I think I am boasting about….is that we have an avocado tree and a lime tree. Its avocado season, so they are growing. They call avocados “pears” here. They are supposed to drop once they are ripe, but Nate and I got so excited that we picked two big pears from the tree and had guacamole yesterday! Awesome!
Besides the lovely rain storms, Nate and I are doing well. Nate began teaching his co-worker how to manage the website. It’s a process and takes a lot of time, but she is a natural, and we are confident in her ability to run the website once Nate leaves. I am not sure if I mentioned this but Nate has been helping to increase advertisement of TCGA, especially with tourism. He is the most dedicated volunteer. I am so proud of him.
My school ended with a bang. I can’t remember the last time I got so exhausted. Thankfully all the clubs ended successfully. We had a chess tournament, where three of my kids went. One of them won an award for winning a few games successfully and another won an award for sportsmanship. My girls club ended with a pool party. Most of the girls never went to a pool before and they loved it. Besides that, we began to paint the library (where I spend most of my time as a librarian). We successfully has 12 kids paint the world map. I will eventually put pictures up on the blog but it was exciting! We also began to paint bookshelves and the ABCs on the wall. My goal is to have the library painted and a kid friendly space before I leave!!! Oh, and my Special Olympics boys came back from Greece. They won BRONZE in football (soccer). The boys were ages 12-16 and they played boys in the age group 16-21. They came in 3rd in 35 teams. I was so proud!!!
That’s it for now. We have nothing planned this weekend except to relax a little before working on Monday.
We miss everyone and hope to hear from you guys soon.
Love,
Michelle (and Nate)
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