We had another wonderful day in Haiti. It was officially my day. I was in charge of the morning devotion and now I am in charge of writing our adventures down for you to read.
We had a half day of work and a half day of sight seeing. Worked started as usual. We moved a pile of sand and then a pile of gravel to help asset in the buldining of a wall behind the church. We finally can see some progress in our work. We added 5 rows to the wall. We had help from several local workers and then we had several young adults who came to visit us and volunteered to help shovel and move the piles.
The local kids and adults joined in with us to sing songs. They sang the songs in French and we sang them in English. It was really remarkable. Lunch was prepared by Madame LuLu again today and it was divine. The Haiti cuisine is very tasteful.
As part of our sighting adventure we headed to downtown Port au Prince to visit the Pantheon Museum of Haiti History. We had a tour guide who took us through the museum and explained the history of Haiti. Around the museum were Haitians living in tents which is now there home due to the destruction of their homes by the earth quake. On the hill top above the park, we could see what was once there homes. Most of he homes only had one or two walls standing with no ceiling. Some of the homes had been rebuilt, but many were still in shambles. The palace of Haiti, once very beautiful in its design, is now empty and destroyed.
Driving back to our Guest House, we saw many empty lots where once a home stood. Many families have to wait to rebuild there homes until they get more money. They are still trying to rebuild there lives here, slowly. However, they are very happy and are moving on with everyday life, making the best out of what they have to work with. They are very creative people.
Yesterday,, I made friends with a little boy who cam with his grandmother to make lunch for us. He and I colored in a coloring book and I noticed that the little boys was wearing a pair of TOMS, the shoes. And yes, The company TOMS really does give a pair of shoes to children in need when you buy a pair. I saw it first hand.
To close, it is raining here. Ya!. It has cooled off and it will make great sleeping weather. We don’t get much sleep here, due to the rooster who crows all night long. It did not get the email about Roosters only crowing once at 6:00 am.
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