Christmas in Belize

Today was the last day of school until 2014!  The whole school just shows up and play and eat and hang out with each other.  Dennis and I had to go an hour out of the way because the bridge was under ten feet of water again.  But we got there around 10:00, just after the other teachers arrived.

Dennis and I brought candy for all the kids.
The tall guy on the left is Yoni, he is always smiling
because he is always up to something.

Please note that the guy with the gun has candy also.
I wasn't about to skip him.  He must have gotten a
hair cut recently because usually he has all this wild
hair flying everywhere.

Dennis is helping Mr. Mefi with his computer.  Yes, Mr. Mefi got
candy also.  He is a pretty nice guy.  The young guy in blue is
Geldin.  We are getting to know his family.  His brother, Marvin
is the slate carver.  We will have more on that later.

This is Mrs. Blanco's room, Infant 1.  These are the youngest ones. 

The rain just kept on coming.  I felt like a little hen with her chicks.
I had to keep the candy up high because the kids kept
nabbing it when I wasn't looking.

And finally this is Mr. Uck's room. (ook)  I have been going through
a phonics program with them.  I also helped them make the little
decorations hanging from the strings.  They are good kids.

The teachers were busy getting the chicken ready for the grill and some of the rooms had movies playing.  (Not exactly movies that would be approved by the schools back home.)  There are always young men sitting on the benches on these kind of days and they got candy too.

Just to let you know, the man with the gun always has that gun.  I think it is broken.  First time I saw him I was all freaked out.  The teachers told me he lives next door and is always around.  I see him often now and he always smiles at me.  I think I will find out his name.

Dennis and I went to the Campos home to give Lauren her laptop a second time.  I guess the battery is messed up and Dennis had to take it out.  It works just fine when you plug it in and Lauren is happy.  They do not have a Christmas tree or decorations.  I have not seen any in the village.  I asked Lauren about it and she said they never have.  They celebrate Christmas by going to church that day.  

I asked her if she wanted to play Uno the next time I came over and she told me that she wanted to come visit Dennis and I at our house.  So, now we are going to have all the girls come over for a fun day of baking cookies and playing Uno.  It will be Lauren, Delmi, Noelly, and the older sister Raina.  Should be a really fun day.  We will have to wait for the river to go down first.

Hope everyone is enjoying this Christmas season.  Dennis and I are making the best of it.  The next blog will have our Christmas tree on it.

Love you guys!