A Quick Update

I am really behind in updating. We have had a very eventful month, and it is only getting crazier. A little over three weeks ago we had a visitor come here, and for the first time it was someone we knew!! Our campus minister, Roy from EIU came for a few days. We were lucky enough to travel with him for a day. We were also very fortunate to be able to see some of Haiti's natural beauty. Roy was able to take us to see and to go in a beautiful waterfall in a town called Sodo

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people laying in the water, walking, drinking rum, and there were some ladys naked taking a bath.

Jen and I beginning to walk in the waterfall. To the right, the group of boys insisted that they needed to guide us.

how much can fit on one truck?

I spy something that stands out......

A good portion of our town, from a mountain with thousands of trees that have been planted.

I went back to first grade the other day at the Jesus Mary school. Where I learned my abcs, and how to count to thirty. I went before school started so in hopes that if I was already there, I would cause less of a distraction. I was wrong. For the first hour, I would notice a head turned around staring at me for what felt like ten minutes.The teacher had about 40 kids in her class. It wasn't like a class in the states where the teacher has 25 kids, has them all engaged and has decent control over them.  There were kids paying attention, and behaving, but it seemed like a lot of them were leaving to go to the bathroom, fighting, yelling " He is eating crackers in class!!" pushing, not paying attention, all while the teacher continued with the class.

Roy came again this past week and brought 26 people from Eastern, Quincy, and Northwestern. I am working on that update....