Saturday, August 6, 2011

Thursday: we headed to rosemberg village to do "vbs." the visit was organized by one of the local medical clinics. We played with the kids I'm the school yard first. Damon and I had some great moments exchanging french and English by counting and singing the abc! The kids love showing off both. I had no idea how excited they would be to have their pictures taken... And trying to take pictures of the other kids. We told the loaves and fishes story and taught the kids about hygine. The activity was making fish out of soap and a wash cloth. Interacting with the kids was a treat, but we were really treated to Haitian culture with a Haitian dinner!

Friday: Today had a really slow start but a great afternoon and evening. After a slightly frusturating and confusing morning, Damon and I headed out with four interns, crystal, Alex , bre, and Andrea. Our driver Fabian showed us around the city. We saw the wwv warehouse and it's stock of toms and feed my starving children. Since we are passionate about both organizations, this was so great to see. We also visited the palace, catholic church, historic neighborhood, city de sole, and many villages. The images were heartbreaking and encouraging. We also had the oportunity to buy some paintings and fruit from the street vendors. Eating mango the haitian way was the highlight of the afternoon! Alex and crystal also pulled some coconuts down for some entertaining snacks. Our intimate group loved yet another creole dinner and some hilarious games.

Our friends who left today from Tennessee gave us a great theme for the week, de ga je (make it work). We are learning haitian culture including the flexibility of de ga je!

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