Another week...

Well, we have Internet again at school, so I plan on
putting up some pictures tomorrow. This week just
flew by! I had a great day today. I have been
helping out with a group of students who were
preparing to compete in a nutrition competition, just
answering any questions they had and trying to guide
them towards important topics. The competition was
against 5 other schools from Cayo district, and to be
honest, I didn't think we had a chance, because the
other schools offer classes on nutrition. Mount
Carmel doesn't, the girls had just been studying on
their own over summer break. Well, we won first
place! The girls each got 100 dollars, which is huge
for them, and in two weeks we will travel to Belize
city to compete against schools from the rest of the
country. The winner of that competition will compete
by teleconference with other Caribbean countries, like
Jamaica! I'm really excited for the girls, they really
worked hard. They have a long way to go still, but
they are really smart. So we will be doing extra
classes after school for the next two weeks! The
teachers also had a fun time after school today- we
took on the students for a volleyball game. The girl
teachers beat the girl students by 1 point, but the
guy teachers were pounded on by the boys. It was
great to just let loose and have fun around the
students. They love it when we act like normal 20
year olds instead of strict adults! The kids were all
cheering for us, and laughing a lot too when we were
particularly clumsy (which happened a lot with me! )
Anyways, I'm getting chewed up by mosquitoes, so
that's it for now! Buenos Noches!