There HERE!!

Hey Guys!
Just wanted to say my family is here, and they are safe.
They got here Saturday afternoon,
I saw them coming over the hill, and me and my mom had one of those moments in the movies where you run at each other.

So yea!
My family and I are going to the Cayes today,
and we will be back Thursday !

Im excited.

Keep in touch, God Bless

Alexandrea

It's Been Awhile..

So to start off with this post, I'm thinking I will start with some pictures. Comment me if you like them =]

That is me on the way home from the hospital. It took about 10 minutes to walk from the hospital back to the home where I was staying.

This is the famous bridge that connects YWAM to Roaring Creek. I am now afraid of this bridge since my leg went though it, so I walk extra slow now.. aha. I am the one in the blue on the bridge.

This is me in my scrubs. They were very comfortable. I liked them a lot. I kinda wish I still had them.

This was one of my last days at the hospital. I really liked that bench. It was pretty comfy.

This is me looking at the ocean on top of one of the ruins. It was very pretty up there.

This is where the girls slept for 2 nights. then we went to the principles house and slept on his roof. That was an experience.

ALSO!

Well there are two new videos,

Week Three

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ja0mrQh5mM

And Week Four

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTDoMnlSxY4

They are really good. Check them out..

I just wanted to start off by saying I am sorry that I haven't posted anything recently. I have finished my placement at the hospital. Last week we went to Corozal, and we painted 2 buildings, and ripped down half a building at the local high school. That five day trip was quite an experience, no showers, sleeping on the floor of a hallway, without any real doors, and living out of a bus. It was a good experience though. It taught me to be grateful for things that I never really thought about before.. like a shower. aha.

I will write more later!

HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD!!

I am sorry I am not there. =[

Videos!

Sooo Laura is doing videos for every week we are here.. so here is the links for the ones she has finished.

Week One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTgYFv_X-eA

Weeek Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCTvDK_CIQ

Enjoy!

I will write more later this weekend.
I'm just writing everyone emails back.
<3

Getting Back To You

I just wanted to thank everyone for the comments and emails, It really means a lot to me and it shows me that people are thinking about me back home.
To get back to some of the comments,

Its true what I told my mom, Mangoes are not in season right now. But they eat them here when they arnt ripe. They are hard and green and they put salt and chili pepper on them. Jeremy bought himself some on the way to the river last Sunday, and they were pretty interesting. I still like the sweet ones better.

The hospital is vegetarian but my family isn't. Which is good. They make really good chicken here. But they also cook the feet.. and eat them. Which is pretty interesting. My family doesn't make me eat re-fried beans, or chicken feet. Which is awesome.. I think I have been turned off to beans ever since that one blast the leader...

All the fruit here is amazing. I really am enjoying the papaya with lime of course.

About the weather, its in the low 90s, which is maybe Africa hot? aha. I am so happy I missed that horrible snow storm.

The hospital is alright. Last week Rachelle and I just worked in the kitchen, which was sort of like Longos. But Kathy said she would talk to them so hopefully it will be better this week. Rachelle fainted on the first day when they took her blood. I have never seen anybody faint, so that was pretty interesting. So for the first morning I got to wash dishes all by myself.. heck yes. not. aha.

Hey to my special nabour friends Ethan and Oliva. Chris and Lisa.
It is very interesting here because it is all so different from Canada. The land is beautiful, the people are nice, and the weather is hot hot hot. The jungle is all around the YWAM base. You hear all kinds of noises coming out of there. When I was at my home placement, the people here caught 4 tarantulas and a coral snake, which is one of the most deadliest snakes in the world. There are also a lot of jaguars here, but none of us have seen any yet. I thought I heard one Saturday morning, but I'm not too sure.

My mom told me I didn't need a sweater, but it does get chilly here at night.
I did my first load of laundry today.. It is nice having all clean clothes.

I promise I will try to send some of this weather up to Canada, I can't make any promises though :P

Say hi to everyone at March Break School!! Maybe show them some of my pictures? Keep praying for me!

The merman is Ben. He's always with the ladies.

My families last name is not Arita. Here, the call people by there first name. So the moms name is Mrs.Arita.

I have a younger brother, an older brother, and an even older sister. They are so funny. Josiah wants to come to Canada to visit me. Soo he can be my brother in Burlington as well! aha.

The bunny is a pet of a little girl who's parents had a barbeque for us. I am in love with that bunny. It reminded me of Peter. =[

The blue outfit is for sure my scrubs. They are super comfy..

I put on sunscreen 2ce yesterday and I am still soooo burnt. I can barely move my arms.
Please call my placement house sometime this week mom and dad. I miss you.
I'm not homesick yet though.

Anywayy going back to my Belize family tommorow, So I am going to close this.
Check out my Picture Albums (top left courner)

Thanks everyone!
God Bless!

PICTURES

Well I am quite happy,
I have figured out,
You guys can see all my pictures,
All at once.
Since I have facebook.

Now look at the top left courner,
Where the About me used to be..
And there are the albums!!
Yayy!!
Take a look at them all =]

Miss you guys!
Im going back to my belize family tommorow morning..
And I wont be back to the base for 2 weeks.
I'll try to be on sometime! So keep in touch


Lots of love,
Alexandrea

Sun Burnt.

Jey guys.

This morning we went to the keys. The south key..

It was crazy. We went snorkeling. When you stood on the beach of the one side you could walk like 30 steps and then be on the other beach, it was crazy. I loved it there. The ocean is so warm here.

We all got so burnt though, I actually look like I am from Belize now. Heck yes, maybe creepy guys wont stare at us anymore. aha Rachelle.

Everyone, don't worry about the dog. (Especially Mom, and the aunts!) He's really nice, and well trained.

Sooo I know you want to know about how it is here, and I apologize because, there is no internet where I am staying, and no internet at my placement. Sometimes Josiah and I can get onto the nabours wireless, but not that often. aha so it is a surprise when we get it.

Anyway..

About the home I am staying at,

This is Mrs. Arita and Mr. Edwardo.

They are super cool. =]

This is Josiah and his mom. He doest really like pictures, but then he actully let us get one of him and his parents. It was parent night at his high school.

I have already posted a picture of Melody, shes so cute. I love her.

And this is Jeremy, hes cool too =]

My placement is kinda blah, Rachelle and I work in the kitchen. But they need us there, so I guess I understand. We get to meet alot of people so thats good. Aha and have teenage guys hit on us. prettyyy funny. not.

Butt.. here are some more pictures! I'll tell you more later =]

They had a big boat race friday morning, this is josiah.

More pictures!

Hey guys! I promise I'll write more later. We are going to the Keys early tommorow morning!

I promise I will do a long post.

I am safe,

And I love it here

IM SO SORRY!

for you mom

look at the size of the phone book... for the county./.. aha

Jey(hey in creole) guys! I'm so sorry I havent been posting! there is no internet!! & I've been way to busy.. Were going tommorow night to an internet place so I promise I will catch up then!!

LOVE YOU ALL!

Its so amazing here..

46 hours.. no sleep

plane ride.. pretty


liesl, emily, and me on plane







Well hi guys! Thanks for all the emails. I can’t really write back right now because we have this internet thing where only four people at a time can use the internet… so it kind of sucks. So I’m writing my blog entries on word and then posting them… so everyone just check back on here. Mmk ? aha.
Not sleeping for 46 hours was interesting. I got up around 6 30 on Wednesday morning. And we didn’t arrive here until around 3 am last night. Quite fun. It was nice. They already stocked the house with snack foods. The house is really nice, I thought it would be worse.
Anyway both the flights and the 12 hour drive was fun. I had little 20 minute naps now and then, I think without that I wouldn’t be able to stay awake that long.
Mexico looked beautiful. When we flew into Cancun, it was nice and hot. The ocean from the plane looked beautiful. Going back, we are spending two nights there. Heck yes. Cant wait. Tan time. Aha. We went on a local bus (very nice AC) and drove to near where our bus was. It was a pain in the butt carrying around all our luggage. My arms still kill. But I’m thinking I have some muscle. We almost got killed crossing the road and we had some creepy guys following us, trying to take our luggage. That was interesting. Anyway when we got to our nice silver school bus, we got in, drove for an hour, and then stopped at burger king. That was good. Then we drove for 12 hours, crossed the Mexico Belize boarder.. And drove here. By that time we were all super tired.
They have good food here. They told us that we wouldn’t be fed anything to weird, so that’s good.
Today we just had these meetings telling us what’s going on. Anyway.. I must go! LEAVE COMMRNTS!









ill post more pictures later!
love you all

& Soon I'll Be Leaving You

I loved this class. They were too fun. I met some pretty cool kids. I worked with one little boy, who I must say was really smart. He kind of inspired me to become a teacher, at least thats what I'm thinking I would like to be. I got some pretty cute cards today & an amazing painting. I will keep them forever and ever.

Anywayyy since this is supposed to be a blog about everything thats going on with this whole, mission, I will attempt to tell you some stories in the next post.

Bye for Now,

Alexandrea.

Five days!

Arden

Arden was beautiful. Nice fresh cold air, sessions, movies, fun people, cards, and the boiler room. What more could a person ask for?

It was amazing really getting to know my team members. I like all of them, there funny, nice, and smart. It's amazing how close to people I feel now when I barely knew there name three months ago..

The Start

My name is Alexandrea Scott. I attend HDCH, and I'm about to start my second semester of grade eleven. In thirty one days I will be flying to Cancun, then driving nine hours in a bus with 17 students, from both HDCH and TDCH.

Here is a copy of a letter that I sent out to my friends, my family, and my church, New Life Pentecostal in Milton.

Dear Friends & Family,Hi my name is Alexandrea Scott. I am in grade 11 at Hamilton District Christian High School. I turned 16 in November. I have been given an amazing opportunity I would like to tell you about.Last year I heard of a Mission / CO-OP trip to Belize that would be going on in 2007.When I first heard about it I thought Wow that’s cool. But when I realized it was a three month trip, I wasn’t sure. The second time they made an announcement about it I felt like God was telling me I should go to this meeting. I was especially interested when I heard where you could volunteer at an orphanage. You see, I was adopted when I was two and a half months old, and orphans have a bit of a soft spot in my heart.In the last week of school, before summer break, my grandma died. That’s when the interviews for the trip were taking place. So, I thought I had missed my chance. I was pretty upset, but I didn’t let on that I was that disappointed to my family. They were already going through enough. I thought to myself, if God wants me to go, he’ll make a way.In the first week of September, my principal came to see me in my art class. He asked me if I was still thinking about Belize. I was pretty blown away because I thought it was all over with. Still I wasn't so sure, my parents talked to me about it but still I felt I wasn't ready. Then at a barbecue, Mr. K approached my dad and talked to him about the trip. The next day my parents talked to me again. After that conversation I really felt I was ready to go.So then I was part of the team. Like I did to apply for this experience, I'm putting my heart on paper, so you can share in my dream.Let me tell you how I will spend these incredible three months. During the week, I will be living with Christian families located near the places where I’ll be working.I will be volunteering at The Kings Children’s Orphanage, which is located in the capital city of Belmopan. For another couple of weeks I will volunteer at The Belize Faith Missions, which is an orphanage and an elementary school with 500 students.A trip like this costs a lot of money. To me, it seems like an absolutely huge amount. I need to raise $4,000, I still have a long way to go. But I know that just like God put this in my heart, He will put it in your heart to be a part of something special. If you would like to talk to me about this you can call me. And hey, some of you even see me at school or church, and we can just talk. I’m not going on this trip alone, because I know you’ll be praying for me, and you’ll see what your gift will allow me to experience by following the online journal that I’ll set up. Thanks for reading my letter and I can’t wait to hear from you.

So, here it is that online journal. I am happy to say that I am done raising my money. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me.

31 days to go!!

Alexandrea