Tuesday, August 21, 2007

We tried to go to the far west today to see everyone and take them some supplies but to our disappointment because of the rain and the fact that they have no bridges the water level was too high for us to cross. Oh well, maybe next time. We stopped in Port-de-Paix to buy 25, 94 lb bags of cement and get some gasoline. The gas was an interesting system, it kind of works like propane tanks (except they are 2 and a half feet tall and weigh like 100 lbs or so) where you take the empty ones back and get full ones in return (for a small fee). We also had to stop and get gas for the truck. Gas stations in Haiti are all full service and it seems that each pump is operated by a different group of people, like it is their own pump. When we got back to the Orphanage, we unloaded the cement and gas tanks and headed back to town to buy paint for one of the ladies in St. Louis. We took the paint to the mission base and spent about an hour there, had lunch, and picked up Jose, the full time missionary in St. Louis. His wife, Jody, is the daughter of the founder of the mission. When we left we headed to the Airport in Port-de-Paix to drop Jose off because he is going to the states to be with his family until October. When we got back to the Orphanage I spent some time just relaxing, playing cards and listening to Creole. Later I played soccer with some of the older boys. It was interesting because they use goals that are like a foot and a half wide and a foot and a half tall and no goalie. It was really frustrating actually because they don’t assign positions and instead of working as a team they try to be fancy with the ball. They really aren’t as good as they think, although I did not tell them that. I was really in kind of a chill mode today so I don’t have that much to report. Sorry. Going to bed now. Peace.