Tuesday May 26, 2009

well, it's 5:30 and I've been up now for about 45 min, and I am covered with sweat. it is beach day for the kids at school, so we've been up getting a few things together for the trip and I feel like I need a shower already. a few issues came up and they will be dealt with on the way to Mountrois. Gary has taken Rose and Elna, the cooks, and a bunch of stuff there early to start the noon meal which will be.....wait for it......RICE AND BEANS!!!!! we can cook it ourselves and it saves a bunch of money. to purchase a plate at the beach place for all 70 or so people would be hyper costly, so we cook ourselves. the place is rented out for the school for the day, so it will be nice to have no "others" there to interfere. the kids can run and play soccer, venture into the water as they feel the courage (and that is an issue here; Haitians do not like the ocean generally) and throw sand....or rocks...as they see fit. should be fun for all (unless the aim on the rock throwing is good).

tomorrow Gary goes to Port to pick up a couple of visitors who are coming in for the graduation of the Bible school class. they have been running the school for 3 years now and the first graduates are finished, so the place they get their material from, IAM ministries, is sending someone to attend the graduation. that will be Saturday morning. Friday we will have the school closing ceremony and Kesmy's graduation, head of a class of one! Sunday will be missionary meeting, then it's get the school and house closed up as much as possible to leave on Wednesday for home. Gary and Caroline will leave next Monday, the 8th. Or, we hope they will. Sunday the 7th is another election since no one won the last time (you have to have one candidate get 50% and no one did) in the Senate elections. we have heard there is already trouble brewing for the election by those not happy with the election process, so G/C are hoping it does not spill over into demonstrations, or manifestations, as they are called here.

speaking of manifestations, the roads here are filled with mud and water now..... to fill in the blanks on that sentence, people manifest whenevere they get fed up and feel no one cares or listens to them....which is most of the time. Well, in one area of the roads here, there is a very bad spot of road that is washed out with large holes. Large rocks have been placed into the puddles of water to "manifest" the dissatisfaction with the roads, so everyone has to drive thru a small area of road, which is the worst part of the road. However as the water starts to recede you can see the burned remains of tires under the puddles....which is a previous manifestation....which is what causes much of the damage in the roads to begin with.....and causes the rains to wash away the damaged asphalt......which then begets the rock manifestation....which will cause some repairs to be done......until that is destroyed by the next manifestation. Got it?

actually there have been guys around town with transits taking sightings for stuff, who knows what, and we hope it is because of Preval's visit last week. elections are coming up so politicians do what they do....make a show to get votes. hopefully some improvements will come, but that is believed when seen and finished.

well, again I risk my computer by typing, I think I will short it out with my sweat, so that's it for today. Home is calling. :)

Bondye benis ou.