Yesterday... Hurry Up and Wait!

Sorry for the delay, but last night there was no internet. Yesterday we painted one of the walls in the clinic and in the middle of a seemingly endless task, we kept reminding each other of who we were doing this for. We also encountered the local wildlife... donkeys, dogs, puppies, goats, pigs, chickens, oh and a horse dashing down the road!!

We also packed TONS (like literally several tons) of food. We put rice, beans, vegetable oil, spaghettie, and Zoe's favorite...dried fish that still looked remarkably like fish (and smelled that way too). Pam still has a slightly fishy scent.

Down here education is a gift, not something to be taken for granted. -- John
Everyone worked really well together, and would stop and pitch in whenever they saw a need. It wasn't just us working, it was the school community. Pam

Visiting the classrooms was really interesting, and impressive. The kids in 8th grade were studying physics in French! It was cool to see! -- David

One of the cool things was when you took out your camera, you were mobbed with cute kids who wanted their picture taken and then wanted to look at it on your camera. -- Zoe

Everyone has been so welcoming and willing to teach us Creole. Haiti operates on its own time schedule and you simply live in the moment... we do whatever needs to be done, right then-- painting, making jewelry, packing food, or just sitting and playing a game. It's been great... nou tann ampile "We wait a lot." :) -- Kristy

Beth Anne has alreay headed over to the school so she is hanging out there as we write! She enjoyed sitting in the kindergarten class yesterday as they practiced writing the letter "O" on their chalkboard slates. And they loved having her there too!

So from all of us to all of you...bonjour, man bon jodia a! (Hello and have a good day!)

The Team (Ps. We're all totally healthy and doing well now that we have clean clothes to sweat in!)