Wednesday, April, 22, 2009

Rain. It has been cloudy in the afternoon for a few days now, humidity is up too. Today it rained. Slow at first, building to a large downpour for about 10 minutes, then slowing again. People running all around hiding from it, especially the women and girls, the young guys playing in it. Dust and dirt and all washed away. There has been about 3 days of rain here since December, and it was nice to hear it, see it and feel it. The only downside to it is the feeling that more is coming, unfortunately much more over the next 4-5 months. We just hope for no hurricanes.

Kenson is still with us. He has been working with Gary on math and today he got a 92 on a test. he could have done better, as he did not reduce to lowest terms about 3 answers which are the total of his errors on the test. But progress. His resistance is slowly receding. He has so much potential in school, but other issues always seem to get in the way. Hopefully this is a small step in the right direction for him. Dmitri, on the other hand......well, let's just not talk about him today.

The kids are all ready for school to be over, it has been a hard year, with the storms, hurricane damage including washed out bridges and roads, and the usual political escalations in Haiti. They have worked fairly hard and are all ready for a break, we can tell. Ronid is growing up and doing well in school; Peter is fat as a butterball turkey, the workers have done a good job with the kids and school, with the usual personal issues that come up from time to time. The mid year additions of D'Jinu and Jephtae are doing much better, learning how the school works and begininng to understand life a bit better it seems. Some of the ones with home problems still show those in their faces from time to time, but overall it has gone well. James started the year in such a way we did not think he would be able to finish a full semester of school and he has kicked in and is definitely one of the hardest workers in school now....and making progress in math and english. There are such bright kids here; Sophonie, Myberson, Pony, Kerwin, Rutney, Naika, Ronid, Jerry, Ashterline, and others. They have so much they could do. They have so much to overcome, and so much they won't. I hope they succeed, I pray they know Jesus a little better now than they did at the start of the year, I pray they are a light in their homes and communities. Small victories here, and everyone is worthwhile.

Djebenis tout moun
Bondye benis ou.