Made it into school today thankfully. Unfortunately Rebekah's car broke a wheel baring, however you spell it. Haiti is very hard on vehicles!
We've been praying for Sarai and her mother said she is not better; talked to Dad who knew some English and he said they were going to take her to the hospital later today. Worked with the school nurse as she wanted to give a vitamin to each child in the 3, 4 and 5 year old classes and check for fevers as long as we were there. Interestingly on a cool day for Haiti we found almost 10 little ones with temps over 100!
I was able to fill in for the nurse as she had to take a child to the hospital to get stitches for an injury from a fall. Thankfully I know just enough Creole to make it work for me. Fevers and vomiting were the highlights of the day. Tanner and Beka finished up her English classes for the week. The kids loved hearing about Tanner's icefishing and hunting activities!
After walking to get some lunch, well let me stop and say that when I say "walking" it is an experience! Walking through the city is making sure that you don't get hit by a passing motorcycle or various vehicles all the while watching your step for broken cement, mud, garbage and then be safe from people standing on the sidewalks and ignoring those who are calling to you to get you to buy their things or give them money.
The place that we went for lunch is an amazing bakery and restaurant. We asked about the guard at the door with a 12 gauge gun. We discovered that most businesses have a guard with a LARGE gun!
We then walked to a soccer game that has been postponed for every day this week due to the rain and mud. THEN once our team won we hopped on a school bus that filled with the amount of kids that would have been on 5 separate buses. Let's say we filled every available space, a bit over capacity. Quite loud and crazy with the excitement of the win and the bumping and swaying now on a bus making our way through traffic.
Tomorrow we are hoping for some sunshine since every day has been cooler and cloudy which makes for very comfortable weather but not good for sightseeing some special places we've wanted to see.
I was able to fill in for the nurse as she had to take a child to the hospital to get stitches for an injury from a fall. Thankfully I know just enough Creole to make it work for me. Fevers and vomiting were the highlights of the day. Tanner and Beka finished up her English classes for the week. The kids loved hearing about Tanner's icefishing and hunting activities!
After walking to get some lunch, well let me stop and say that when I say "walking" it is an experience! Walking through the city is making sure that you don't get hit by a passing motorcycle or various vehicles all the while watching your step for broken cement, mud, garbage and then be safe from people standing on the sidewalks and ignoring those who are calling to you to get you to buy their things or give them money.
The place that we went for lunch is an amazing bakery and restaurant. We asked about the guard at the door with a 12 gauge gun. We discovered that most businesses have a guard with a LARGE gun!
We then walked to a soccer game that has been postponed for every day this week due to the rain and mud. THEN once our team won we hopped on a school bus that filled with the amount of kids that would have been on 5 separate buses. Let's say we filled every available space, a bit over capacity. Quite loud and crazy with the excitement of the win and the bumping and swaying now on a bus making our way through traffic.
Tomorrow we are hoping for some sunshine since every day has been cooler and cloudy which makes for very comfortable weather but not good for sightseeing some special places we've wanted to see.
School bus loaded with kids and us!
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