Wednesday, October 17, 2007

So today is Tortuga day, and after a very exhausting night in recovery I got breakfast and got around to take the group sailing. We were not scheduled to leave until 10 so I had some time to kill, which I did by helping in recovery, working on CDS, DVDS, and my journals. Once 10 o’clock rolled around we all got our life jackets, our interpreter, and our security guard and started to walk to the dock. When we got to the dock, it was quite a show to see them getting carried to the boat on the shoulders or a Haitian male. The boat that we rode over in was a little 20 person sail boat that looked like it would rather sink than ferry people across the channel. The trip over was not fun at all, 2 of the ladies got sick and I was so tired that it was ridiculously uncomfortable the entire time. it was ok though because we made it in one piece and incident free. First things first, Cokes, and what do ya know, there was a little shop right off the boat dock. After wetting our whistles, we headed to the Baptist church to drop off the formula that we had for them and relaxed there for a while and had some snacks to recharge. We decided that we were going to walk to this spot of the beach where it was shady and nice to relax and we could hang out with the children and swim. The pastor of the church was really nice and acted as our tour guide through our little adventure. When we got to our spot several of the ladies found out what it was like to give away candy and little things to children that don’t see that very often. They also, found out what it was like to not have enough for everyone. Contrary to what Sarmone wanted to do we spent about 2 hours on the beach with the children until it got cloudy and we were all afraid of being stranded so we high-tailed it to the dock to catch the boat. I slept most of the way home while everyone chatted about whatever. Back on the St. Louis side of the water, the gentlemen that carried us to the land tried to swindle me on the cost of their services. It did not work though and they got paid and we left. Once back at the mission it was time to get ready for dinner and relax, so that is what we did. Apparently while we were gone some more people showed up, so we spent some time talking with them and hanging out in the dining hall. I decided to go to bed around 10, because it was my second to last overnight in recovery, so I visited Sonel quick and went to bed. Peace.