Our First Day at St. Matthew's and the Belize Zoo!
On Monday, June 9th we woke up and had a great
breakfast. We had a really big and fun day planned ahead of us and we were so
excited. It was our first day at St. Matthew’s Government School. We met our 7th
grade buddies, talked with them for a while and then divided into two groups.
One group did a service project, while another group traveled around to the
lower school classes. We read to the cute, little kids and played around with
them. The service project consisted of making, mixing and laying out concrete to build
a sidewalk for the children between their classroom buildings. For lunch, we
came back to Monkey Bay and had another scrumptious homemade meal. When we
returned to St. Matthews School, we talked and created questions for a gender
role discussion about our communities. After our day at the school was done, we
came back to Monkey Bay and had some free time! Next, after dinner, we headed
to the fabulous Belize Zoo. It was so cool! We got to hold a snake; it was
scary but chill and we saw a whole bunch of animals. Some of our favorites were
the tapir, black jaguar, puma, and the kinkajou (the absolute cutest!). Our day ended back at our cabins at Monkey Bay Animal
Sanctuary, with cold, refreshing showers, comfy pajamas and we slept like big
fat logs J!
-Corrina and the Julia