Fun in the Sun with Sunscreen

I am sitting here in my room, fan going around. It doesn't have the stop option so I have cool air every so often. Today has been pretty nice so far. The accommodations are amazing. YWAM has set up a house for us with a kitchen, joint living room/dining room, and 4 washrooms just for the girls side. I have had my first meal of sausages, eggs and toast made by our team here in our kitchen. For lunch, we walked to the dining room on the base and ate with the staff. They served potatoes, chicken and coleslaw, it was really nice. I took a picture of it just so that everyone can see my first meal made by the YWAM people. Later on we convened together in an open room where we sat in a circle and discussed our placements. For my first 3 weeks I will be working at King's Orphanage with Ben from Hamilton. I get to sleep here at the YWAM base every night instead of going to a Belizean family. I think it will be a good beginning, I am less thrown into the culture. About 10 pairs are going to live with Belize families while the rest are left to sleep here at YWAM every night because many of the placements are so close. Although those people will come home every weekend. Oh wow, I am already calling YWAM base my home (that's pretty cool). After that we were taken on a walking tour of the base which was pretty long, but cool. We walked across the suspension bridge which most of us will have to cross every day to get to our placements, a little scary but fun. Once we returned home, a few of us played with some children and their hose. They are kids of a lady who works here. They were so cute, especially the little girls giggle. I wasn't actually supposed to get wet, I just wanted to spray out my sunscreen drenched suitcase, but none the less, the little girl thought it would be funny if she sprayed me. It was pretty funny, although I am still drying off. We just got Internet so I will be posting my journals on my blog pretty soon. I cannot wait to check my e-mail, make a facebook album of my pictures, and send e-mails/videos to everyone. Well it is now 5:03 pm here, which means it is 6:03 for you guys. We will go to dinner and another meeting soon. It should be boring considering we will be going over rules and regulations. Well there is a line up to use the Internet considering all twenty of us want to use it. But I will get it eventually. Peace