A Taste of Home (away from home)

When we arrived in the Wesleyan mission in Anse-a-Galets on the island of La Gonave in October,

 

   we got busy at making our duplex apartment, " home".  

  

 

Curtains made for the kitchen and sitting areas - check!  Ikea chair put together - check!  Rugs provided by Meg spread on the floor - check!  Target futon cover fit over the cushions on the sofa - check!

 

Hardware put on kitchen cabinet doors and drawers that a recent team had spruced up for us with fresh white paint - check!  Finishing touches accomplished by Larry when he trimmed the doors to fit flush.

Colorful Haitian art bought from the gift shop at the guest house and secured on the walls - check!

                     

Bedroom furniture purchased in Port-au-Prince, brought over to the island via The Breezy Sea and assembled by Larry and Wade - check.

 

Second bedroom readily fashioned into office/storage room/ clothes drying area/guest room/gym - check!

 

Screened back porch which both sides of the duplex share - fast becoming a favorite area first thing in the morning!  Love the Christmas lights the neighbor put up!

 And views around the neighborhood (Wesleyan compound), outside our front door:

Looking toward the old gust house

A peek inside the dining area

Looking toward the construction site of the new guest house at a rare quite moment - must be Sunday!  Look carefully and you can see the sea beyond the construction.

  

These men work from daylight to the end of the day.  That is the cement mixer! 

One of the houses on the compound

and just across the street, the Wesleyan Methodist Hospital:

Plaque indicating that the hospital was dedicated in 1959, serving the people of La Gonave for over 50 years.  It is the only hospital on the island of close to 100,000 people.

 

mural on wall outside hospital

Closing with one of the hundreds of Haiti's proverbs:

"Bondye bon." 

God is good.

Next posting - Beyond the Walls