Belize it or not

We've been here a month! And it's been one amazing month too. There has been times of homesickness, but for the most part it's been an experience of a lifetime. We have done so many things, I've learned so much, and I've seen so many things that most people don't see in a lifetime.

Last week we went to Corozal, which is close to the Mexican border AND the ocean! We left bright and early on Wednesday morning for a 3 hour bus ride. We got to the ocean and had a nice picnic lunch. We spent the afternoon swimming in the ocean with salt water crocs and sharks. We didn't know this at the point, but even after we found this information, we still swam there.
After we swam we went to a person named Albert's house. He is a principle of a local school in Corozal. We ate hot dogs and cake for dinner then went to his school. We all set up our beds in 2 classrooms, girls upstairs and boys downstairs. We didn't have doors, only iron gates... so rats can still get through. We all made it through the night and painted the next day. The day before at the beach we met an American couple that just moved here to start up a library for the local children. Lindsay, Hannah, Amy, Lauren, and I went to their house to paint their living room. The rest of the people painted a school. That night we slept at the school again and painted the next day as well. On our way to the house we saw a couple sugar cane cutters working in the blistering sun. We turned around and bought a bunch of cokes and chips and went back and gave them to the sugar cane cutters. They were very dirty, old, and sweaty. They really enjoyed the cokes and we're really happy.
That night we went back to Albert's house and set up our beds on the roof! It was so much fun. We had amazing weather and we talked all night and woke up as SOON as the sun came up; 5:30AM. We went to the beach that day and drove home. We took a slight detour to Subway which we all enjoyed way too much. I think we all miss our fast food. We were all glad to be back home and had a good nights rest.

This week we are doing a VBS for the local kids here in Roaring Creek. The first day only around 25 kids showed up, but today there were double that. Each kid told one or two of their friends, it was amazing. We had a lot of fun today and so did the kids. I'm in charge of crafts and it was madness today but Rachel, Elena and I have it under control.

Peace all
xoxox
-Aislinnn