Thursday, January 10, 2008

Today there was no rain, WOO-HOO. I still did not send out the laundry because I wanted to make sure and give the ground a good chance to dry. So since it was not raining we tried to hang out as much as possible but just keep a watchful eye on everything. Today I took a group on a hike up the mountain to this gorgeous look out that gives you the opportunity to walk through some of the villages and see what kind of terrain the Haitians deal with on a regular basis, and then to get to this beautiful grass area where you can see a lot of St. Louis and the mission and just relax it is amazing. What a funny experience this was because since it had been raining so long the paths were muddy and slippery and the only thing to grab onto if you did not want to have a thorn in your finger or cut yourself was the person in front of you. After we rested for a while and took a million pictures they wanted to walk further up the mountain but one of the ladies did not so I took her back to the mission since I needed to go pay for the laundry anyway. We got back around 230 so I just hung out the interpreters and the security guard while I waited for the laundry to show up. After the laundry the rest of the group showed up and we all sat down to eat, and then had devotions. Tonight consisted of popcorn, cards, soda, and of course…LAUGHING. We hung out until generator off time, and then all went to bed because we were tired from hiking up a slippery mountain. Peace.