Day Three

Today was the official start of the majority of our projects. I started the morning off by going a chemistry lesson with Bobbie and Lois. Although we asked for 24 students we were pleasantly surprised when 30 arrived. The students continue to amaze me with their eagerness to learn and attentiveness and respect towards their teacher, Bobbie, Lois, and I. Tomorrow we start a more complex series of lessons and we look forward to seeing how the students tie in what they have been learning in the classroom so far this year to the lesson. A group of people from our team also painted 20 pieces of plywood with chalkboard paint and as Tom says we "will have a grand hanging tomorrow in the school...but not mine, of the chalkboards." Susan, Ellen and Shelly went to the clinic today and the Haitians presented a wide range of sicknesses. The ladies handled them with great care along side the help of the doctors who already work at the clinic full time. After the school for the older kids lets out, a group of girls started the scarf dying project which is now in its fourth year. I have never seen the process before and was delighted to watch them intelligently combine colors to make gorgeous scarfs. Many other things happened today such as the teaching of how to use Excel to the men who work in the child sponsorship office. Additional electricity was added to the school building, and the documentation of this trip has continued and is coming about tremendously. Although the group is hard at work, the moment to crack a joke never ceases to pass. We were all sitting down for dinner and there is a cat who lives in the compound with us and when Margaret, a red head, approached the cat, who is red and white, and said "Aw look at us... we have the same colors, red and white!" Pastor Pierre waited a few moments to say that "the cat doesn't speak English" just in case Margret wasn't aware.

Prayer Requests  Today's requests are for.... gratitude for the Haitian doctors and nurses in the LaCroix clinic for they are dispensing great medical care enrobed with preventative education, for patience and understanding while working with the children in  after school classes because so many want to participate and they are so eager, for safe travel for the medical team when they go to Paul tomorrow.