Belize to Novazza!

The week in Belize was perfect.  I was able to get to the beach, visit with friends, and most importantly see the students I taught four years ago finally graduate!  What a beautiful celebration it was watching the kids graduate years of working, praying, and struggling.  The kids were all smiles, radiating joy on Parents’ Night and the day of Graduation.  

            After hardly any sleep, not surprisingly, we headed to the airport Monday morning after graduation on Sunday.  I can’t tell you much about the flight to Milan because we were sleeping pretty much the whole way.

In Milan we were shuttled off to a host family’s house while we awaited the rest of the teachers arrival.  There are 34 teachers in all so it wasn’t bad that only 5 of the flights were delayed.  The rest of the teachers vegged out, ate pasta, and got to know each other.  At about 3pm we took a bus North to Novazza, right in the mountains of northern Italy.  Here’s the view from the window of my room. 

 

Training has been surprisingly busy.  We’ve been here 3 days and I think I’ve seen more lesson plans and manipulatives than I did in 3 years in Belize.  On Sunday morning we head to our camp assignments in separate cities and it’s just me, Bill, my camp counselor partner, and a bunch of Italian kids ready to learn English!