tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74131659876885494062012-02-16T21:31:24.244-05:00A daily journal of nine women on a mission!Dialogue Desk for Educatorsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7413165987688549406.post-23230763626469628092009-03-23T01:20:00.005-04:002009-03-23T02:35:47.745-04:00

After watching the interaction today, it is hard to believe that these seven girls hardly knew each other before this trip. Some came with a good friend, others merely knew of the others in passing. After months of planning, this dream became a reality and through this reality we all grew. We woke up this morning to showers and they continued through the morning but this less-than-desirable

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Chelsea and Cara's postToday was an adventure in itself. We began our day by going to Jaguar Paw about 40 minutes away from the Black Orchid. Upon our arrival most of the girls, except Cara, harnessed up for the zip line with hard hats in tow. We took a short hike to the first platform and Elizabeth went first. She was a great example for the rest of us to follow with Dr. McCuen bringing up the

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March 20- Shannon and CaseyWe started the day not knowing what to expect, but going in with open minds and hearts. The severe difference between St. Mary's and St. Luke's was shocking, but after talking amongst ourselves, we prayed for a fresh start. We started the day at St. Luke's by passing out care packages. Thank you to all who have donated, we have had more than enough supplies. It

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Gaby and Dee’s entryLearning to Expect the UnexpectedToday was our first visit to St. Lukes in Lemonal, this school is very different from St. Mary’s. The environment differs greatly as the town has a small population of 135 and it takes thirty minutes on a narrow and barren dirt road to reach the school. Many of the children have to walk barefoot a great distance to the school, and the resources

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Today was the day we said goodbye to St. Mary’s. It is also our transition to St. Luke’s, a very small rural school in Lemonal. It was very hard to leave St. Mary’s this morning, but addresses were exchanged between our group members and the teachers. Some of us now have Belizean pen pals. The connection that was made between the members of our team and the children was amazing. A quote posted in

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March 17, 2009Casey and Dee After breakfast, at around 9:00 am, we walked to St. Mary’s. We had planned on doing writing activities with all grades besides standard VI. Each girl was assigned a standard and most taught twice. The lessons ranged from friendly letters, biography and acrostic poetry, and short stories. The lessons were received well by both students and teachers. Everyone

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After going to sleep at 10 pm we got a good nights’ rest. We woke up bright and early and started our day with a good breakfast. We walked to St. Mary’s Anglican School which is five minutes’ walk from where we are staying. The students start school every week by going to chapel where they sing songs and recite the Lord’s Prayer. After, they dismiss chapel to start their classes. The classrooms

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After 3 hours of traveling from rainy Charlotte, North Carolina, we arrived in sunny Belize City. We managed to make it through customs easily with all 19 bags plus personal items in tow. With so many bags and 9 people, it was difficult to get a taxi. Half of our group managed to get a taxi within 5 minutes; however, 4 were left to wait 20 minutes for another taxi big enough to carry the rest of

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With 36 hours left, the seven college girls and two "experienced" professors all plan for last minute preparations. I am sure I am not the only one who checks and double checks, makes a list and checks it twice, and finds just one more thing that could be taken. We will all miss friends and family but know that this is an opportunity for us all to grow in so many ways. We plan to "give" so much

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