The smiles say it all...

The screens are finished! The children are happy! The Director and Headmaster (and other teachers and staff) are overwhelmed at the impact this will have on their community(the children appreciate that they are safer but it is the adults who have spent years watching their brothers and sisters and children fall sick and die with malaria that truly understand the profundity of the mesh and wood in place of gaping opening)! I have been the fortunate ambassador of such good news and good works and I hope that I have been able to convey the heartfelt generosity of resources and spirit that you have offered to the children and community of Bethlehem Parents' School. I continue to learn from the gratitude that is in every action of these beautiful people.

As I come closer to the time when I will head back to the United States, I am faced with such a bittersweet reality that I don't believe I can articulate my current state. I hover somewhere between excited optimism and genuine terror :) Where I find myself at any given moment on any given day is currently as unknown to me as what it is to have a flushing toilet! On a more serious note, I am putting in place communication and monitoring measures that will ensure that the positive momentum continues. As I prepare to end one chapter of the life story and begin another, I hope that this quick update finds you busy capturing and enjoying the life-story moments of each day. Much peace and love to you and yours....