All good things must come to an end...

This will be my final post. I will head back to North Carolina tomorrow. I hope the airlines will be more cooperative than they were when I came down. It will be good to be home although a part of my heart always stays here. I will enjoy -- and be thankful for -- family and friends, my own bed, reliable water, air conditioning, and as a teacher for my photocopy machine.
There has been much work at Holy Cross in the past 2 days. The framing is almost completed inside the large building that will house 7 classrooms. The entire outside of the 3 new buildings has a bright white coat of paint, and some of the older classrooms are being repainted inside. There will soon be a screen porch outside the cafeteria building, and there is a huge deck that snakes around the outside of the new classroom buildings. Almost 20 new desks have been assembled, sanded and varnished as well as 10 new bookshelves. Mr. Freddy is confident it will all be ready by September 3.
Yesterday, 2 more dumptruck loads of sand were delivered, and there is actually talk of landscaping!! The local excitement last night was that one of the dumptrucks got stuck in soft sand on the road leading to the school. There was quite a gathering of golf carts and bicycles as folks tried to figure out how to get it out. Finally, this morning a backhoe came and pulled it free.
I spent yesterday and today filling bins with teacher and student classroom supplies - pencils, crayons, notebooks, etc. Those are all ready for the teachers. I have also been sorting, moving and arranging reading books for each level. Many are still in storage, but some are on the shelves in the finished classrooms. The teachers will be excited, and I hope pleased, when they return from Belize City next week.
It has been a wonderful time here, and I feel I have been of help to the teachers and the school. There is always more to do. I have to trust God to tell me what part of it I am to do next. I am so thankful for everyone who helped make this trip possible. I'll see you very soon. Peace and love.