Today was a beautiful day in Haiti! The temps were in the low 90's but the breezes were
glorious and there was a spirit of celebration in the air. Our sleep was a bit interrupted for most by
some very loud and sudden booms and fireworks at midnight. We enjoyed a delicious
breakfast of oatmeal, bananas, scrambled eggs with all the fixins’, pancakes,
and freshly squeezed passionfruit/orange juice. Some of the girls wanted to experience and help our staff with washing clothes by hand. We then started to organize for
our party for the great Haitian staff. We’ve also enjoyed being able to
meet and work and play closely with the other 2 teams of ‘goers’. The teams prepared for the Haitian staff a
great meal of sloppy joes, potato chips, jello jigglers, and popcorn. After
that they taught us a typical Haitian children’s ‘follow the leader’ type of dance.
Many of the group then went out to the street to play with
the neighborhood kids ~ soccer, jump rope, four square, American football, duck
duck goose, keep away, and others. A lot of the kids wanted to try out their
English on us and we enjoyed just chatting and learning each other’s names. We
all felt that we were able to connect with many of the kids and young adults.
After wearing ourselves we decided to head to the hotel pool around the block
to cool off. Woot – was it cold! The
water was really cold and not all managed to brave the water. We were such a
big group that when we descended upon the pool we worried we were ruining the
fun of the few guests that were there. But, by the time we left we had made
friends with the other guests and were playing water games with them and their
kids and visiting.
We had a great supper of tacos, followed by Word of the Day,
and a review of our photos. We are all amazed at our tired we are by the end of
day here in Haiti! Blessings! Kim
