Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Today I spent most of the morning working on my junior church lesson and talking to my friend about losing her job. At about noon I made my way outside and played with some of the girls that did not start school yet, because of the uniform thing. Some of the other children started getting home around 1 and most of them were back by 2. All of that time for me was spent in the courtyard chatting and playing and being hung on. At about 130 me and one of the little boys went around and fed all the dogs, which were really really hungry. I think the children are beginning to see how much nicer the dogs are when they get to eat too. At 2 I went outside the gates and sat with Roland for about an hour just watching all the after school traffic, the crowd from our feeding program, and the other regular traffic, and chatting about this and that. We went inside at about 3 to get the children ready to go swimming because we were supposed to take them yesterday and did not, only to find out that they were playing us. They are not allowed to go swimming during the week when school is in session because of their homework and they knew this but did not tell Roland or me. So, since we were not taking them swimming we decided to tag along to St. Louis, which was good because I needed some things anyway. We got there at about 4, and hung out for about an hour and 45 minutes. It was nice because we got the rest of the stuff from the boat that went to the orphanage, and I got to talk with Larry Owens some more. He made me feel better about not knowing Creole all that well yet, because after 28 years he still needed an interpreter. It was so cool to see how excited some of the Haitians were to see him and his wife there, since they have not been around that much anymore. Well we got all of our stuff loaded up and tied down and got on the road to the Orphanage. On the way back we passed a funeral march for a 13 year old girl that died in a car accident last week. It was really sad, to be right next to all them while they were walking to the cemetery. Larry was telling me that accidents happen a lot because of how close together the cars come and how fast they are going and the fact that most of them do not have licenses or have ever even rode a bike before let alone drove a truck or a moped. Back at the Orphanage I immediately began making dinner (popcorn) for the children and missed their devotion time again. After their meal was over I headed to my room and chatted for a bit about stateside affairs and hit the sack. Roland, Wisley, and I are getting up at 5 to go running. Peace.