gapgirlonmission

The confessions of a former shopoholic continue as I return to Belize for a second year this fall. Earlier posts tell tales from my first year in Belize as a volunteer teacher at Mt. Carmel High School in Benque Viejo del Carmen from 2004-2005. I will return to Belize this fall to work as a missionary on San Pedro, the "La Isla bonita" of Madonna's dreams and my home for the next year!

Friday, April 07, 2006


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So, I find this exciting.  My friend Cathleen just alerted me to the fact that the newest American Girl doll is from Belize.  I was intrigued and went to the website to learn that the newest American Girl doll was basically modeled after me.  Check this out:  "With her first step off the airplane and into bright tropical sunlight, Jess McConnell begins an adventure.  She and her parents are spending five months at an archeological dig of ancient Maya ruins in the Central American country of Belize.  It's Jess's first time out of the United States. It's her first time being home-schooled..."  (ok, minus the whole archeological dig part.)   I mean, a homeschooled girl who lives in Belize?  You know, for the first time in my life, I'm feeling normal.