Thursday, September 27, 2007

Oh, what a night, I was up until 340 with really bad intestinal issues and a little bit of a migraine. When I finally fell asleep at 4, the 2 hours of rest that I did get were solid, thank the Lord. Once I got up, it was water water water, and a little bit of food, but not a lot. After breakfast I played with Den, one of the children in Heavens waiting room, and we took a wheelchair ride. After that Roland and I went downtown to exchange some American money in to Haitian, for Melissa. Then, since I am such a nice guy, I spent a couple of hours helping Mel make layettes, which I found out is just a glorified name for new born care packages. It was fun because we actually got to make one of the components of the package since we did not have any in stock. After that is was just about lunch time so I laid down for a little while but did not sleep. After lunch, I spent a little more time in Heaven’s waiting room and about 45 minutes reading a learn to speak Creole book. At about 230 it got really cloudy and lots of thunder sounded so, I decided to go to Sonel’s early because we had a new wheelchair for him today and I did not want to get caught in the rain with it. Fortunately, Melissa and Teresa decided to go early as well, but unfortunately we did not make it all the way to the house before it began to rain. We got really close, but no cigar. When we got there Sonel told us that we should not have come today because he did not like it that we were wet. I am really glad that we did go though, because we were there while it was raining and got to see how dry he stayed while it rained. I am forever fascinated by the Haitians for their ability to take the simplest of things and make and maintain a dry living environment out of them. They all really like his new chair and he said that he uses his bar quite frequently during the day to move himself around and exercise. While we were there they rain finished and we got to walk home dry, however they ground was muddy and wet and it was almost as amusing watching the ladies attempt this terrain as it was watching them make it their while raining. When we got back I was just going to get in the shower when I heard that Navis, a Haitian young man that lives in the far west, spent 7 hours at the hospital today. The doctors thought that it was a reoccurring incident from his TB episode. So I went to visit him since he was at his aunt’s house and she lives very close to the mission. His spirit was high, however, he almost has no voice and is coughing a lot, and is pretty much skin and bone. The doctors told him that he has to stay in St. Louis for a couple of weeks and rest and eat A LOT. When I got back I showered and chatted with some of the other interpreters about their day, and then we had a very wonderful lasagna and green beans dinner. Melissa and Erin made a really good desert to go along with it, and they made it pretty much at the last minute. After dinner we had devotions and now since the internet is still down I am done writing this journal and I am going to bed. Peace.