April 15, 2011

Greetings from Beautiful Belize!!! Wow, what a week. As much as I miss everyone at home, this week has simply flown by. I had the honor of attending a presentation that made SPRC an official UNCW partnership school. Not only is this great for the school, it is also great for the university. The principal and teachers truly embraced our interns and the university as a whole. Whereas RC does not have all of the resources in the world, there is a tremdous amount of spirit, culture and heart in that building. I next went to La Isla Bonita to work with Principal Addie to load children's books on the e-readers. This will be an excellent pilot project for 3 of her teachers as they focus their efforts on teacher read-aloud. I had the absolute honor of playing on the teachers' soccer team with 4 of our interns this evening. We played a group of parents and all of the money went to raising money for RC to install whiteboards. Boy oh boy, I am not as young as I use to be but it sure was fun. Keep in mind that we played on the concrete field; similar to an outdoor basketball court. Addie and her family hosted a big party at La Isla for our interns and visitors from UNCW. The food and fellowship were outstanding. The best coconut tart I have ever eaten. Tomorrow we head in to the Belize City Zoo. If you have noticed that there are no pictures for the last few days, I have had a small internet glitch and cannot get my picutes to attach. I will try again in the next couple of days. Now I just need a little time to truly reflect upon and digest this experience. I truly Belize!!!!