Haiti. Day 9. (which was Wednesday)

Sorry for the lack of information and photos recently. We have spent most of the past two days without electricity, and when there was electricity, time without internet. It's all be good, but I'm a little behind in the posting department. I will try to catch you up.

Wednesday was Sarah's 10th birthday. She is one of the orphans, and we used that day to coincide with a picnic that we wanted to have with all of the orphans. We had VBS in the morning, then a light lunch. In the early afternoon many preparations were already underway for the dinner at the end of the day. Below you see fried plantains for a crowd!

And in the next photo, the local limes are much smaller than what we are used to purchasing at the grocery store. It takes a lot of lime zest to get enough for the salad it was added to...

Tom took a moment to rest, but wasn't alone for long! "Blanc" hair is such a different texture, that someone always wants to touch it.

Tall palm tree. And, the clouds were starting to thicken.

The girls planned picnic games. The first of which was a 3-legged race...much fun! Then the sack race, which was run in several heats. The only appropriate caption that immediately came to mind for the photo below was, "which of these things is not like the others?"

Then there was the water balloon toss...

It soon began to rain and we moved under the shelter. Most of the kids were soaking wet from water balloons and the squirt gun fight that followed, so that mixed with the mud was fun for all! Under the shelter we had a talent show where children and adults alike told jokes, riddles, or we even had a group of girls dance to a Gospel song they have been working on with Ketura.

As the talent show ended, dinner was served! Hamburgers, macaroni salad, fried plantains and french fries! Yum!

It was a very good day!