A Whirlwind

Kathleen told me I was supposed to blog about four days ago and I am only now getting to it! Sorry, to all of you anxiously waiting for news about us. We are still doing well. We have learned that it is not easy to feed and clean up after 20 people, but we also have found it to be very rewarding. I did not know it but I have really missed the encouragement that comes from hanging out with fellow Christians that understand my culture. It may not sound like a big deal if you have never experienced missions but talking, laughing, and sharing stories with people who I can understand their way of thinking and WHY they do the things they do. I love the haitian people but I still feel like the blanc in the room. It has been a blessing to be able to serve and feed people that are going/coming to the hospitals that are directly helping those hurting.
While we have been busy taking care of our lovely guests we have also been forming new relationships with haitians and using every Creole word we know with our drivers and our house workers. It has been a great experience. We think that we will return to Fauche next week, but we will see. We are starting to miss our English class. It is hard to make the choice of helping here and continuing what we were doing in the North. The time we have here is getting shorter.
These pics are from my days out on the road. I have seen the damage of the earthquake. It is incredible the damage that is done and hard to comprehend rebuilding every single building with different materials. All three of our drivers have damaged or flattened houses. Almost every building is flattened in the western half and beyond of Port au Prince. The people are continuing on. Their world has not stopped - it hiccuped. Now they are continuing on after yet another devastating disaster. We are praying that the aide would result in productivity and not dependency. The first pic is actually Kath with our new Scotsman brothers from Scotland. They have shown us how to drink our "cup of tea" the proper way. We have met a lot of great people.