I do not know where to start. Yesterday I spent ALL DAY trying to buy what was needed to put a door in Ms. Lavern’s office. Literally, ALL DAY. Every item you need you must go to a different store. He lumber yard only sells rough lumber – well they call it planed. A hardware store sells the screw, nails, and hinges. A different store sells the frame for the door which you have to install before you can order the door because nothing is a standard size. So the three piece frame was installed, measurements were made, door order phoned in and back to a Santa Elena to pick up the door. It was a 9-4 day. The is no such thing as a pre-hang door in western Belize. The molding for around the door is special order only. It is ordered and will be installed by the custodian. We built (again – obviously not me personally) two 8 foot tall and 4 foot wide shelving units for the office. Her office is not completed but all supplies are either here or ordered and a plan for the work to be done is in place.
Today EW and Lon Moeller took Ricky Cunil to Spanish Lookout to purchase ag supplies. I do not have the exact list but I know a wheel barrow, hoes, shovels, rakes and SEEDS where purchased. Tomorrow the students will be planting watermelon. Several of the students worked the ground today in preparation for tomorrow. The highlight of this afternoons efforts was a young man climbing a coconut tree to give me a fresh coconut. The area farmer cut it open for me. The people here are very gracious.
