In the morning cabin 8 woke up at 4:45 am to watch the beautiful sunrise. We waited a long time because a giant cloud was block the view, so we waited until about 5:45 before we could actually see the sun. While cabin 8 was doing this, cabin 7 was staying in bed and sleeping as much as possible. Later that day we went on a full day boat trip. We stopped at four places to snorkel. It was very interesting seeing all the varied but still incredible sealife. In the middle of the trip, we stopped to have a delicious lunch, and a little friendly ring-on-the-hook competition. We did a leadership lesson about describing what our life would be like as a stream. When we shared, we realized many of the strengths of our peers. Finally, we learned all about night snorkeling and many of the creatures one would see while night snorkeling. Many of us even experienced it. Overall today was a fun packed day. 

 On Day 7 we commuted to Tobacco Caye from Clarissa Falls. It was a three hour car ride to the coast, and a 25 minute boat ride to the Island. When we arrived we enjoyed lunch, and orientation. After lunch we got to experience snorkeling, around the 2nd largest barrier reef in the world, it was called the Meso-American Reef. During snorkeling we had to learn new skills, one includng filing your googles with water, and then getting the water out without  taking your goggles off. Then we had to do the same with the snorkel itself. We then swam around the coral reef, while exploring the natural habitat to all species of fish. We also saw barracudas and large schools of fish. After we finished snorkeling, we waded through water to get to a reef shelf, where we enjoyed a friendly competition. We were divided into 4 groups of 4 or less, we then picked up all kinds of trash that had washed ashore. Whoever had the most accurate data sheet, won turtle necklaces for every member on the team. We had an amazing day.

This is your trusty leaders of the day, Sydney and Anita! It is currently Tuesday but we will tell you all the amazing stories of yesterday. We woke up and Hut 8 missed their alarm. We had another amazing breakfast by Ms. Chena and then we started our last walk to the school. We painted as much as we could but we ran out of time and the older students at the school and some people Ms. Chena knows helped finish the classroom. Ms. Chena then surprised us by driving us back to Clarissa Falls, so we didn't have to walk. We had our favorite lunch, salbutes, and then had some down time before our leadership challenge. We split up into 2 teams and were given 4 different challenges. If you did a good job with the challenge you got 3 rubber bands, if you did okay you got 2, and 1 for a good effort. The goal was the have the most rubber bands. Our team (Tess, Sydney, Anita, and Lilly) didn't win but we had fun. We had a lesson and enjoyed our final dinner at Clarissa. We had our nightly circle and then we went to sleep. Right now we are eating our last breakfast before transfering to Tobacco Caye. 

Yesterday was filled with new experiences! Starting the morning off with Mayan cave tubing. We took a long hike upstream before having a relaxing float down the river. to finish off our time there, we were able to swim alongside the tubes in the river! Next we came back to Clarissa Falls to prepare for our visit to three families in Calla Creek. Many of us recognized some of the children from the school that we are painting. In our small groups we were warmly welcomed and entertained with things like cooking, singing, dancing, and tours of their home. We then celebrated Eva's birthday with a piñata full of delicious fruit flavored candies and lollipops. to finish of the day with a bang, we held a "Showcase of Acts"  where everyone performed in a small group. Overall it was an exciting day that taught us a lot ab out ourselves.

Another mile long walk to work this morning! Room 1 CHECK! we finished painting our first room and got to play "bats" with the young kids. It is like our baseball but with slightly less official bases. Lunch was a picnic with the kids, we had some of the best quesidillas we'll probably ever have, oranges that were very hard to get into and nice cold water! After walking back we all jumped into the river and had a nice refreshing swim. We have seen so many creatures lately, geckos, pecocks, dogs, lizards, horses, chickens, geese and a mysterious but beautiful bird. Dinner was fried fish, rice and salad with a new belizian dessert. We're all loving the fresh fruit, juices and food. The only thing that we are all missing...Air Conditioning!  

I miss my family at home including Fred - Molly

I miss you guys so much, and enjoy your trip! Can you tell Sophie's family to look on the blog the day before she leaves, so we can give her a shoutout? - Eva

I miss air conditioning... oh yeah and parents- Caitlin

Hi, I miss air conditioning- Naomi

Hello Mom, I'm alive. And I'll never complain about the house being cold again. See you soon. Love you!!! - Giselle

Hi family, I'm doing great. I hope you are too. I miss you all. See you soon! - Mia

Hi Bram, Dad, and Dogs, miss you. Hope everything is ok. - Tess

Dear Mom and Dad, I miss you  alot. Please don't touch my phone. Love, Anita

Dear Parents, I already have two bug bites and miss you a lot. Love you and see you soon. - Syndey

I miss teh air conditioning and I also miss you. Make sure my sisters don't touch my stuff -Lily

This is Sydney, Molly, Mia and Anita from hut 8. Belize is hot. Very hot, but we had a fun day prepping the classroom to paint tomorrow. We walked a mile to the school and a mile back. We told riddles, jokes and stories to each other as we walked to and from Holy Cross school in Calla village. We had a very buggy night, but we safely captured a huge bug underneath a bucket so don't worry, unless you're Gerald (that's what we named him). We had a delicious taco lunch and we are getting ready for a lesson with LaToya!! We miss the air conditioning, but we are having fun with our friends!

For Anita's parent's: She asks you kindly to not use her phone please. Thank you.

For Molly's mom: She's asks you to be nice to Fred and that she misses you!

For Lilly mom: She asks to make sure that Katie and Betsy don't wear any of her clothes. 

For Mia's family: She says give Ziggy a good rub and she misses all of you!

For Sydney's parent's: She loves and misses you so much!! Say hi to the cats and Ethan.

For Eva's family: She says have fun in Disney and she misses you a lot!

On the first day of our ten day journey, we arrived at the Belize City airport around 1pm local time. When we got off the plane the first thing that hit us was the heat, and the humidity. after the customs, we met with our WLS (World Leadership School) instructor, LaToya. On our way to Clarissa Falls Resort, we made a pitstop at Cheers, to enjoy lunch. throughout our drive, we played the alphabet game, the geography game, and name celebrities game. Once we arrived at Clarissa Falls, we developed community norms. We then experienced a common Belizean dinner, fajitas. After we enjoyed a bug filled sleep.



Mom and Dad I miss you and love you, my stuff is perfectly neat and organized. *wink*
-Giselle

I love and miss my family
-Aine 

I love you
-Naomi and Caitlyn

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