More Rain, More Flood

This is my neighbor's house:

This is more of the flood damage among some of the towns near us:  

This is the bridge we cross to get to church, it was a bit scary yesterday:

The rain continues, school has been cancelled since Friday. Please pray for the villages, towns and families affected by the floods. 

Click here for more info, this is a Belize website. 

And then came the flood

So it has been pouring down rain  here due to a tropical rainstorm that has just hovered above Belize for many days. The school has started to flood as well as many homes. Creeks have turned into rivers, and the schoolyard has turned into a lake! Today school was cancelled, leaving Heidi and I inside watching movies all day (real rough). Please keep the villages and families in your prayers as their homes continue to be in danger.  

The wheels on the Bus go round and round

SO, you must be wondering how I get to work everyday? Well, I ride a school bus with the other teachers and students to St. Margarets, simple right? Umm, not so much. The regular school bus holds around 60 yet everyday we stuff yes stuff 115 people on for the 1 hr bus ride.

Here are some pics of my most enjoyable bus ride and no I am not complaining, I promise :)

The last picture is of my new roommate Heidi, she is from California and will be in Belize with Pathlight until January ( and yes I looked scared as we were soaking wet and crammed in like sardines)

Work Work Work

Eager to learn, here are some girls working on a math problem during recess! 

I am looking forward to this week, Heidi ( the other volunteer) is coming tomorrow. I am also going to get more into the reading program with the students this week. Today is a holiday so there is no school and this weekend has been quite uneventful ( except that I did watch Texas beat OU!!!) Feel free to email me with anything interesting going on in your life!! I miss you all!!

I'm back!

It was great to get back to St. Margaret's today. As the students began to see me, some came up to me and started yelling Miss Holly! Miss Holly! and then laughing and ran off real quick. I don't know if that was a good thing or not but it was real cute and I was eventually warmly welcomed back to the school by both the staff and students. I have moved to a new classroom where I will be working with older students who need help with reading. Most of the older students struggle in some form with reading and writing and since that is my speciality back home, I feel it is where I will be the best help. I am very tired tonight and turning in early. Please continue to pray for endurance and strength for all the teachers and I as our days are long! Also, please pray for my friend Connie who was hit with a tear gas bomb in Thailand, she is recovering now but is still in the hospital. Thank you so much for all your continued support, I can't do any of this without you all. 

PRAYER REQUEST

My friend working in Thailand has been hit by a tear gas bomb and went into surgery this morning. Please pray for her and others that were hurt, I do not know when I will get more updates so just waiting to hear is hard enough. Please keep praying

you can go to www.congraced.blogspot.com to see more 

You gotta be flexible!

So the latest: Pathlight would like me to come to California this upcoming week and meet some other volunteers and work on some new ESL programs to bring back to St. Margaret's. Since the program is new, we are just getting familiar with the education system in Belize and seeing how the volunteers will be best useful to the school. I will be eagerly returning to Belize the 8th of October and another volunteer, Heidi, will be joining me the 14th. I am looking forward to having someone to work with! Well, more to come later as I am learning to just be patient and see what God has in store next. 

Thought you all should know

I wanted to let everyone know that I got sick late Tuesday night and had to come back to Austin to see the Dr. and get medicine. I had an infection and had gotten medicine in Belize but it didnt work and the infection came back. I arrived here Wed, went to the Dr. Thurs and have gotten on the some new medicine and should know some test results next week. I am planning on returning to Belize when I am fully recovered. I will right more later, keep praying and thank you all so much for all your dear support.  

Meet Janelle!

This is the teacher I work with, Janelle.

 We are both working in the Infant 1 division, which is like Kindergarten. 

She and her son will be keeping me company while I am here alone, 

living in the house part of the week.

Here we are in our lovely uniforms.

Here we are on the rooftop of a grocery store, which, yes, did turn into a restaurant, having a good time! 

Where am I living?

I am living in Belmopan, the capital of Belize. It is a medium size city with lots of homes and businesses. 

Here is the home I am living in, it is very large with 5 bedrooms and 3 baths. 

 I am so lucky because they installed small air conditioning units right before I moved in and just a few days ago they installed a TV and cable!  

Here is my bedroom, look closely and you can see my fan and AC- also known as my saving grace from the  relentless heat!