Saturday, September 1, 2007

So I woke up today showered ate breakfast and carried kids around until about 10 when the plumber showed up FINALLY. After much deliberation between me, Roland, and the plumber, we collectively decided that my glasses were still stuck in the pipes and where that location would most likely be. He is going to have to replace 5 pieces of the pipe (mostly corner joints). I asked him how much parts and labor were going to cost me and when he said 200 Haitian dollars, I almost kissed him. For all of you that are wondering, that is 28 US dollars. I had to borrow the money from Wisley until I get some more spending money. Wisley told me I did not have to pay though, because he has money from Kentucky that is for when things go wrong or break at the Orphanage. I think I may still try to pay them back though. After we sent the plumber off to buy parts I went back to carrying kids, playing with kids, etc. Wisley’s wife went to the market today and because of that she got back after 12 and did not want Roland and I to wait to have to eat so Wisley gave us some money and we ate out for lunch today. We went to this little place called La Creole. It was really good; they had two entrée choices, chicken and goat. I got the chicken and Roland got the goat. The met came with potato salad, rice, and a vegetable. The sauce that they put on the meat was REALLY REALLY hot. About 30 minutes or so after lunch we went to St. Louis to take some food supplies to them. While we were at the mission I helped Erin organize and put away some of the supplies from the boat. She was telling me about all the stuff they had been doing over the past couple of days. Man I am not jealous of them. We spent about an hour at the mission, and then headed home. Spent about an hour and a half with the kids then had some really good Haitian spaghetti again for dinner tonight. After dinner Wisley, Roland, and I walked to the Seven Eleven down the road. The guys were amazed that I went bare foot. They just can’t understand that Americans walk bare foot in places other than their own homes. We went to the store because on Sunday Haitians only cook for lunch so Wisley wanted to buy me some food to eat tomorrow. I explained to him that I have plenty of food at my disposal, but if he would like to buy me some different kinds of drinks, I would LOVE that. We got a lot of Snapple and Gator Ade. I am very excited. I also finally asked Wisley if it would be alright if I only ate lunch every day. I really like the food, it is just so much. He was very ok with that, which made me feel good. After our trip to the store, I took a shower and am calling it a night early because Roland and I are going to church past St. Louis tomorrow so we have to leave early. Peace.