The Day to Day

I guess I've been thinking a lot about the daily grind now that I'm back in it. We weren't even gone that long but I have come to realize that being away from the norm for any amount of time throws me off a bit. The most recurring question I've had about our time in Belize was "what did you do every day?" And that is a great question! My days were a little different compared to Michael's days because I was in the village of Cristo Rey and he was in the town of Corozal. His day required a little more driving because the guys weren't actually in a village and we were but our days were pretty similar.

So a typical day for me was:

4:00 am Wake Up Call by this guy...



This rooster lived next door and would literally cockadoodledoo from 4am (when the sun rose) until the sun went down...it was very strange. But then I would roll back over and sleep until...

6:30 am when my REAL wake up call came via the loudest bus horn I have ever heard in my life. It totally scared me the first day because it was so loud and they honked right in front of our house. Looking back that was one of the greatest sounds because I am such a morning person when I don't have to rush around to get to work, and in Belize I got to have from...

6:30 to 8:00 to read, journal, pray, eat my breakfast and just start the day off slowly. The other girls in the house were up, doing the same but we kind of all had our own spots in the morning and I just loved that time by myself.

8:30 to 9:00 time for us to meet and plan for the Girls Camp and prepare for the day.

9:00 to 11:45 Girls Camp in Cristo Rey (Michael was at Guys Camp in Calcutta Village) Girls Camp in Cristo Rey was so much fun because we lived in Cristo Rey so we had the opportunity to really get to know the girls well. They would get to camp early to hang out and stay as late as we would let them. The girls are totally precious. I coached the "little girls" ages 5-8 in soccer drills and some volleyball too. Even though I didn't play soccer growing up, the girls were easy to coach because they really wanted to learn and I had the basic skills under my belt (thanks to Coach K)! Here are some of the girls after our Champions Ceremony that we had the last day...more on that later.

Here are the "little girls" before they played their "game" on Friday.

Left to Right: Jacelli, Jennifer, Jovanna, me, Annette, Kelsey and Damris

Noon to 1:00 Lunch and Rest

1:15 Leave for San Narciso Village for co-ed camp (about 25 mintues away) Michael and I were together for these camps - super fun.

2 -4:30 Co Ed Camps - San Narciso

5:00 back home to get ready for the night's events.

The nights events were these:

Monday - Dinner with the whole team at the Na's house (a family in Cristo Rey)

Tuesday - The girls game in San Victor Village

Wednesday - Dinner, just the girls, at the Pene's house (a family in Cristo Rey)

Thursday - Dinner, just the girls, at Hilma's house in San Narciso

Friday - Girls sleepover at our house with Perla, Edna and Hilma

MUCH MORE on all of these nightime events to come!

Here are some other fun day to day details. This was my home for the week, The Manse.

Michael lived at the Hotal Maya in Corozal, which was basically a palace compared to the Manse....

...with a fabulous view of the Corozal Bay. But I wouldn't have traded my time at the Manse for anything!

So those are just a few more details about our day to day lives in Belize. To say we miss it is the understatment of the century! I promise to be better about updating this blog! God is still opening many doors for us to stay invovled with Sports Servants as well as the Education branch of the Belize Project. Stay tuned!