Haiti. Day 11. (hey! that was today!)

Today was the last day of VBS, and fortunately there was no rain! However, due to the wet grounds, they still met on the front porch. This photo is of a game that they played where the person in the middle had to pick someone and try and make them laugh. They had a great time!

Today's theme was the helmet of salvation, and they got crowns to decorate! They took a lot of time and care with these. It was fun to watch them!

This is Cassandra wearing her crown and singing, "Alleluia."

Right after VBS we stopped by the office below. I had spotted it my first day here, and it seems that they only opened an office in Les Cayes within the last month so no contact had been made until today!

The man in charge of that office was out at a meeting, so we spoke with his secretary. She does not speak English, so Ketura spoke with her and asked her the things that I requested. As it turns out, this secretary's mother was an Izidor, and she and Ketura have never met, but are related, so we had to take a family photo!

We have a meeting with the gentleman in charge of the Les Cayes office on August 2nd. We have been told that they are not currently accepting any new projects, but that there may be something that they are doing that will be more of an emergency project, and it's possible we could have the Orphanage included in that...we will see. This definitely felt like a God-sighting! Please pray that our meeting on 8/2 goes well and that perhaps the Orphanage can be part of the Heifer International Project!

Since it was the first partly sunny afternoon in awhile, we went back to the beach, where we were somewhat of a spectacle.  I don't think that the Haitians lay out in the sun much...after we had sort of a crowd gathering around us, we decided we didn't need to lay out that badly.

The other day when we came to this beach the water was that beautiful Caribbean blue/green. Due to all of the rain, which caused the soil to wash right down the deforested mountains, for as far as we could see, the water was muddy. No swimming, and so sad.

After we packed up, we went to sit along the tables by the beach. Tom bought me a fresh coconut, for $1, and here I am drinking coconut milk! :)

Ok, the power is going out in a minute...gotta run! This took me over an hour to upload! Can't lose it now!