Today we were greeted by a special guest! The rain. Yes, the rain. While it is supposed to be the dry season, we have had rain three days while we have been here. It rained from 7:30 til 8:15ish. It was a nice distraction for the students. They enjoyed the coolness of the weather that the rain brought.
After breakfast, we walked in the rain to the job site to frame the court and pour concrete. While, we waited for the rain to go away, the students brought goodies to pass out to the village people who were around. The students were overwhelmed with the amount of people who came out. After the rain broke up, we were able to frame the court and got some of the court poured. Unfortunately, we did not have enough supplies for us today to finish the court. Hopefully, the supplies will be there tomorrow for us. As we told the students, its not about finishing the job, but helping the community.
The second part of the day consisted of tubing down the river in Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve. When we got the Jaguar Preserve, we ran into a little snag. A group had went down the river about 45 minutes before us, so we had to wait while the group came back with the extra tubes we needed. So to pass the time, the students played games. Once we got the extra tubes we needed, we headed on our walk to the river. Along the way, Peter showed the students a Leaf Cutter Ant trail, and also a colony. Along the way, Peter also found a termite colony. Some of the students got to experience eating termites. They taste like mint. After a while, the students were tasked with rescuing Mr. Phillip and Mr. Hunter from a pile of rocks. The students were supposed to save them because they both had broken backs. Well, needless to say, Mr. Hunters back would have been broken even more after he was dropped on a rock, and Mr. Phillip is lucky his arm isn't broken! The students learned some very valuable lessons about safety! All in all, it was a successful day.
Nathan - Hello, Well today we started laying concrete on the basket ball court. I found out that me and Mr. Hunter are like the only ones that can wheel a wheel barrow properly without spilling rocks or cement.... Well Mr. Phillip probably can but I haven't seen him touch the wheel barrow yet...... (HAHAHA) soooo after we worked on the basketball court we went to the river and that was totally AWESOME and a bunch of fun!!!!!!!!!!! Okay that was today (March 28th) so i'm going to do a brief overview of the last three days since my last blog... So our first day working on the basketball quart we had to build a 3x3x3 hole.... Its interesting because in this group I look pretty good with a shovel. Because I know how to use it!!! Well so that was digging the first day and the second day we had to put the basket ball pole and hoop in the ground (VERY SKETCHY) anyway we then filled the hole with concrete and that was about it that day and that led to this day. Oh ya I also ate termites and they were pretty good!!!!! We played a game in the river where we had to save Mr. Hunter and Mr. Phillip like they were stranded! and HAHAHA i dropped
Mr. Hunter on a rock "HAHAHA CLASIC" (Alan, Hangover I) so then me and Mr. Hunter wrestled in the river and he put me in a cradle and i was going to get out of it because i was prying his finger but "It was time to go" (Mr. Hunter LOSING) well ya....... Sooo ya I have to go because I'm tired and little bored!!!! soo ya....
Will - Great day. Today we started to lay cement on the b ball court. We also went tubing, and chilled. Overall a great day. Im sippin Fanta so I gtg. Good luck on all your brackets!
Baerett - When we got to Maya Center, we were greeted by nice people, nice food, and great rooms. We hung our mosquito nets and then went to dinner, but after dinner, Mr. Hunter came into our room and told us we had to move, so instead of staying in a nice room with it's own bathroom, we switched over to rooms that were just plain really hot. Although they were hot, they cooled down, so later on it was fine. We started a tradition after that for Me, Blaine, Andrew, Will and Nathan came into the dining hall each night and play some cards. In the mornings at Maya Center, we work on the basketball court for the school and play with the kids. We're making pretty good progress, but we're a little behind. In the afternoon (after the great lunch of course), we do really fun activities such as making chocolate, jungle river tubing, and going to the maya museum.
In a few days, we're going to Tobacco Caye, and I'm exited to go snorkeling and use my new waterproof camera! Catch you on the flip-side, homies!
Blaine - Well first of all the food is amazing. I was a little bit worried about the food and that I would not like it but it is the best food I have ever had. After breakfast I changed into my work clothes and we went over with all of the clothes and toys and other things for the children. While we were walking over it started pouring rain. We walked over and one kid came we all gave him some things. And then two kids came then four kids then after ten minutes their was twenty to thirty kids. I emptied the bag. Everything was gone. Except the SINGED T-shirt that you gave me. After the rain stopped we started making cement and make some great progress. We came back and I bought a hammock and two hot sauces. A lot of people bought hammocks and we put them up where the other hammocks were. It was a lot of fun. We then went on a jungle river tubing with the whole group other than ms.keim and Channing because she wasn't feeling well.
We then took a bus up to the jaguar preserve and got tubes. We stacked some tubes on Barrett and Nathan ran into him. It was so funny Barrett went flying. We took a walk then for about twenty minutes. Halfway through Peter (our guide) showed us a termite nest. All the boys ate some. They didn't taste disgusting surprisingly they tasted like mint. We then went all the way into the river and started the tube. Halfway through the ride Peter stopped us for a game. Mr. Philip and Mr.Hunter laid on rocks pretending to be somebody that we needed to save them. We broke up into teams. My team was Me, Nathan, Isabella, Andi, Madison, Julia, Andrew. We all took off in the water. When we went to grab Mr. Hunter we accidentally dropped him on a stone. We both did some damage on the teachers. Peter told us that we both did bad because we were such a competitive group. This place is amazing. It reminds me of one of those big greenhouses in Florida where there is beautiful plants and animals. I am very happy to be here.
Andrew -
The basketball court that we are building is coming along and we have the pole up and started to pour concrete on the court surface. We took a tour of the cocoa fields and the chocolate place. We also went tubing on a river. I also learned that termites taste like mints.
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