Haiti Team #1: Day 2

Woke up this morning to cloudy skies and a little on the cool side. The ladies in the kitchen did an excellent job again fixing breakfast, today it was eggs probably my favorite for breakfast down here. We decided we were going to work. Doug (American project manager) had a few things he wanted done that would make the work on Monday go a lot better.

Tom and Odlin were commissioned to plumbing professionals and they ran the water lines and drain lines to the bathrooms on the second floor of the Merlet Center. Darryl, Jaime, Dave, and Ulrick were given the task of getting the floor super clean and all the extra cement piles off of it. They have been mixing cement on this floor for various projects so we used pieces of iron to scrape the floor, then swept it and washed it down with water. We had put in a request for some etching material but there was some misunderstanding because it did not show up until after dark, so we were unable to get that done. In the afternoon we got time to relax and enjoy the surroundings, and talk to friends.  Jaime spent most of the morning and early afternoon at Peace Pals (like Vacation Bibile School) playing, singing, and taking pictures. After dinner Darryl worked on trying to get the other laptop to hook up to the wireless, was unable to accomplish the task but got it to work hard wired. The rest of the gang continued the relationship building with cards and conversation. Everyone is feeling good so far and hoping that continues. All the kids we have meet the last two years here are getting bigger and are still a lot of fun. 

What Darryl didn't mention:

Kendy kicked Dave and my butt in the card game Casino. He also added many rules along the way, but hey, that's innovation right there.

Dave had his first star gazing session last night outside of Pastor Paul's home. Today he describes them as, "Brilliant."

Jaime:

The kids at Peace Pals are full of respect and energy. When everyone was gathering, the kids sat patiently and waited for the other little dudes to enter. There were 2 male adult leaders and 4 female leaders. The kids sit together by age and are the cutest little things (of course.) They sung, jumped up and down, practiced fractions, addition, multiplication, division, repeated scripture, and danced. There was a little one who performed a song for all of us. 

The two adult male leaders and I practiced Kreyol, French, and English together. Here's a phrase for ya'll Americans to learn... :)

Mwen rele Jaime

Je m'appelle Jaime

My name is Jaime