Haiti Team #1: Day 8

Another day of clouds and sun with temps in the 80's.  No rain today. The day started with another great breakfast. A big THANK YOU to the ladies in the kitchen and the staff at HAPI.  The hospitality has been wonderful.  Today was laundry day so we got the laundry together that we are going to need clean before we leave and they are taking care of that for us.

The artisans set up shop in the Merlet Center for us at about 10 o'clock this morning. They have done a good job of creating some new and beautiful artwork.  We all shopped and will be bringing some things home with us.

Not much different as far as jobs at the work site. Tom and Odlin have the wood cut for the last door frame.  All they have to do is put it up on Monday, and all the door frames will be done. Darryl and Dave got the gutters half way around the building which is all the materials they have now.  Then they joined forces with Jaime and Ulrick on the painting mission. The outside of the second floor of the building is now painted and the first floor will get started on Monday.  The tile guys made good progress today.  They tell me the artisans room will be tiled by close of business on Monday. Which is great news. The bustle of activity continued on the building all week and a lot has been done. It has been nice to see all the improvements from day to day.   We will have pictures when we get home on Tuesday evening.

After work Jaime, Ulrick, and Tom went to have pizza at Angelica's house.  They said it was real good.  The rest of the gang hung out at the house and had dinner. Tonight everyone is showered and getting ready for our trip to Les Ceyes, Haiti in the morning. We will be staying there overnight at Dave's house. He also visited our church this summer with Tom. He had stayed with Tom for a couple days while in the U.S.A. While in Les Ceyes we will see Odlin's nephew get baptized, hopefully see some old friends, and do some site seeing. We will return to HAPI in time for dinner Sunday.  Not sure about internet access this weekend so might be Sunday night or Monday before the blog gets to you. Until then God Bless.