Saturday, May 9, 2009

It seems rainy season is beginning here. Yesterday, late afternoon, the typical "rainy season" timing, we received quite a bit of rain. It is consistently cloudy in the afternoons, and humidity is high. We had received quite a bit of rain earlier this week also, so I guess the "drought" is fini. It was fun to watch the Haitians, both kids and adults go thru the rain. Most were very playful about it, there were some races up and down the street thru the mud, rocks and sand that were enjoyed by some. Obviously not all were pleased as they went thru a downpour as many weren't ready for it. couldn't get a pic, but a woman went thru the street with a table umbrella keeping her dry. She could have put half the neighborhood under this umbrella, it is a good thing it wasn't extremely windy or we would have seen a Mary Poppins redux. Going thru town two days ago, and yesterday before the most current rain while returning the kids home after school, the main road was a mess. ( I am driving the kids home now, it's taken me this long to get used to the insanity of traffic here). There are some small canals for drainage that go thru town and under small bridges. Unfortunately they are used as the main garbage dumps also. When it rains and all the water comes down from the hills, the garbage is washed down to a point until it becomes a blockade against a bridge, and the water spills over the bridge bringing mud, garbage and whatever people use small rivers here for...like bathrooms. People walk thru the mud, workers try to shovel it all out until the next time it rains and they do it again.......POWER IS ON!!!! We have been running the generator for the morning, batteries were low and the power just came on, so I will be shutting down the generator, also known locally as the delco, and charging on city power. It is amazing how you change your routine and get by with what you have. Losing and gaining power is a routine thing here, just like having or not having water, you ration as you need. It just becomes part of everyday life.

adding various pic's recently taken, mostly of staff and kids. These are the people who I have been with most of the time besides Gary and Caroline the last 9 months. They are all special to me. Can't show them all in one time, blogger won't allow that, but I will be adding new pic's regularly these last few weeks. Each face has a special story in their life, be sure of that.

ok, have tried 4 times to load pic's and blogger is not cooperating, will try later to upload them.

Bondye benis ou.