This has been quite an eventful week in a very St. Francis way- I have managed to accumulate 2 pets, a baby white rat and a tiny kitten! The rat was a gift from one of my students, and stays in a nice cage in the classroom. The kitten followed one of the altar boys to Mass. It is only about 4 weeks old, and is extremely cute. The boys were so excited when I said I'd take it home, because they knew it would die otherwise. They christened it Aslan (from the Chronicles of Narnia). It definitely has to grow into that name! Right now it is so tiny you can hold it in one hand. It looks like puss n' boots from shrek 2, when it was trying to look pathetic-- the kitten has these HUGE eyes, and it sits there and just looks at you.

Alison is not a huge cat fan, and 2 of my roomies haven't even seen it yet because they are away this weekend, but hopefully it's cuteness will win them over....

On a more serious note, please pray for one of my students. He is seriously depressed and may be suicidal. There is no counseling or medicine available in Belize, but fortunately he came to his teachers for help. So we are working with the priests to try and help. We can definitely use all the prayers we can get, though!