This day started out with rain and no hope of clearing. We were scheduled to have a going away assembly at the school at 9am. When we arrived it had been raining pretty hard for quite some time. The school is located at the bottom of a hill in the town. The drainage down the way was blocked and most of the water was running hard into the front area of the school.
Some of the school parents found some two by fours and created bridges for us to walk on to cross over the raging water. (It was A LOT of water!) There were teachers walking around barefoot and they were busy making us bridges! Spoiled, I think. I was thankful though because I really didn't want wet yucky feet all morning. (I would have dealt with it, but I was very grateful!)
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| Flooding |
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| More flooding |
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| Teachers walking in the rain (see the "bridge" to the right side?) |
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| "Santa Claus" walking the bridge |
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| The other bridge they made for us (photo credit for all the above: Wipperfurth) |
Ms. Debby had arranged this assembly and we had a fantastic time. Each person in our group was honored in some way. Students made us cards and actually wrote letters to us in them... We were given a Belizian flag, a book mark, a bandana with the school logo and a small cake with the words "thank you" on them.
Pat, David, Barb, Lisa (who was unable to attend the trip) and I were presented with a pen and case with our names etched in them. My heart couldn't begin to thank them enough.
We finished up the painting of the classroom numbers and situated money for the paint, etc we had purchased. I even got to paint some numbers (free hand) above some of the doors. Once that was done we said our sad good-byes and headed back to Windy Hill for lunch.
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| Kim painting room numbers (photo credit: Schweigers) |
10-12 people went in the afternoon to visit a local nursing home. I chose not to go as I was in desperate need to just sitting and taking a breath. The people who went said is was an awesome opportunity and were thankful that they went. I was really glad to a bit of a slower pace!
After dinner, we gathered up all the bibles and rosaries we brought and went to the church. Jason had one more presentation scheduled and we weren't sure how many would attend as the rain was still coming down. The church was PACKED! Most of the bibles we brought were taken as were most of the rosaries. We took some more pictures and cleaned up and headed back to Windy Hill for the night.
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