Larry and I have been spending time re-acclimating to life on La Gonave, and on the Wesleyan mission compound.
Some things haven't changed much:
Ongoing work on the compound - Trimming of a big branch brought workers and onlookers, advisors, and naysayers :) - and Fr. Joel gets the clearing job done, single-handed!
Hanging the laundry out back to dry in the wonderful Caribbean breezes.
… and the fragrant plummeria blossoms outside our duplex.
Then, there are the things new to us!
A prime place to sit out of the sun.
The old guest house is gutted - no more kitchen, bedrooms nor dining room. The process of turning the building into a public pharmacy and medical storage site is underway.The work on the hospital "punch list" - those last things that are addressed in any big project, before opening up to the public - is being addressed by Haitian workers and a work team from The Vintage Church in NC. Another building project at the mission station is the "triplex", which will house missionaries, the MK teacher and the classroom in the fall.
And, the new guest house is just wonderful! The kitchen equipment that was purchased in South Carolina has made our cooks very happy and two teams tonight totaling forty people have been readily served the tasty Haitian cuisine our cooks are known for!
A little down time for The Vintage Church group after dinner, in the back hall which we hadn't seen before this trip. A great place to debrief and relax after a full day's work.
Sunday morning found us at the local Wesleyan Church, celebrating Haiti's Mother's Day! The service was joyful and spirited. It was good to be there.
Last night, I was able to join the Ladies' Group which meets on Sunday evenings, having begun in 2012. It was a very nice time of sharing and prayer. Larry has been able to partake in Toro Time, too - a shade tree gathering of men at the end of the day - to shoot the bull and drink the bull - Toro!
We walked down to the NatCom store this afternoon and bought our wireless internet stick for the computers. But NOT for the 800 USD the clerk first told us it would cost! This language thing had us all confused - but finally we straightened it out! We are good for our time here for $36.00 :) Because we only had American dollars and he didn't have any American dollars for change, we chalked the extra $4 up to the experience!!
Tomorrow, we will take the NC team out to the Children's Village, on a walk through town and down to the saline - then a visit to the current English classes!
Pictures, anyone?
No comments:
Post a Comment