Randomness

This week will be a random list of what’s been going on, so please excuse the bullet points!

Why we need a chicken coop--
so they don't come into the
school

vThe weather here has been rainy and grey lately. Makes me melancholy.  Makes me miss home, especially since both my parents are having surgery in the coming weeks: Dad has to have knee-replacement surgery, and Mom needs a hip replaced.

vEDH (the Haitian electric company) stopped by the Center this week to tell us that if we don’t pay our electric bill soon they will disconnect our power.  Even if we could pay the bill, I think we’re being charged too much.  But, I don’t speak the language enough to be able to do anything about it!  Hate the dependency.

Kids getting some extra help

3-year-olds in music class

vWe have many students who need so much extra help, and it feels overwhelming.  I have ideas about what to do, but the language barrier—again—gets in the way. I also feel as if it’s an uphill battle to get convince the teachers to do something different. 

vMusic class is going great!  The kids absolutely love it.  I’m not a musical person at all (I live quite nicely without music), but I love observing the class.  And, I love taking pictures and video of the kids in class.

                 

             Jephte working on the scrabbled eggs!

vWe had our first week of scrambled eggs this week.  It may not seem like a big deal to you, but it’s huge to me!  Why?  I learned where to buy eggs on the street.  Some of the older kids are learning how to cook.  If we actually get chickens for the coop, we might have three life-skills programs: laundry, cooking, and chickens.

vHaiti experienced a 5.9 magnitude earthquake last night.  I felt the tremors here in Port-au-Prince, but there was. No damage done here.  The epicenter was near Port-de-Paix in the northern part of the country.  Some folks are using pictures of the 2010 earthquake to “show” what yesterday’s events were like.  Please don’t be fooled!  While there was damage and 11 (so far) were killed, this earthquake was not catastrophic like in 2010.

Take care everyone--hope you all keep reading!