We apologize for the delay in these posts.....there were major country-wide internet outages for a couple of days, and then issues with the blog posts. Thanks to Tausha Honey for faithfully posting on Facebook so we could copy them here for you to read!
Today was the first day of VBS, Music/Dance, and Math Camp for our team. These are the main activities and "plans" that the team has spent months preparing for...the plan was to have a group of older students from 9-10am and younger students from 10-11am doing music while the opposite group was in VBS. As we expected, the first day was pretty crazy and unorganized - even with all of our advanced preparation. Things sort of run on their own (non-American) schedule around here It's called "Belize time" and can refer to anything related to time, organization, advanced preparation, etc. lol So...we are all easing into a more relaxed, go-with-the-flow mind set! I did drumming with both groups yesterday using lummi sticks and picnic tables and they l-o-v-e-d it! These little ones have *way* more rhythm and beat sense than my littles at home...thank you Belizean culture The construction crew was busy working on building doors for individual lockers that will go into all the boys rooms in the center - these lockers will be very helpful for the kids to be able to keep their belongings secure from the others that are constantly being stolen. Hopes are that this will help them feel a little bit of security for the few things they have that are actually theirs and theirs alone. We invited the officers from the center to come to the house for dinner tonight and had a nice time visiting with them and learning more about their positions at the center and their own families and culture.
On to Day 4...
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