Internet has not been cooperating the last few days, nor has blogger. grrr.. the weather is changing, clouds and rain are more frequent...hence the satellite internet problems.
where to start? Chris and Leslie are trying to figure out how to handle their situation in Pierre Payan with the fire and attack on the mission. Barb from McDonalds is taking a club foot young girl to Cap Hatien on Thursday with her mother to get surgery for the condition...you have no idea how prevalent things are here. I notice more and more things like club foot, effects from strokes, birth problems that have never been repaired, "small people"..and quite a few of them. things that just are part of life here that in the states would have, to a great degree, been taken care of long ago. One of the school workers had her brother die...and the entire cost of the funeral fell on her because she is the only one with a job in her family. Funerals are a huge deal here, and it cost her 3-4 months pay to do it.
One of the kids tried to con me for money Monday. We figured out she was put up to it by her parents to get money for roof tin. She was "sick" all day, even though she ate lunch and all, then asked for money for medicine. She was fine the next day. She is a good kid in a bad situation, with parents that are pretty much all about themselves, and use her to get what they want.
The roads are getting better.....and much worse. The construction has come north enough on the main highway to cross the bridge at Mountrois....well, it would if the bridge was actually there. That was washed out last year and a bypass road was built around the bridge at lower water....that is, until the rainy season starts.....which, did I mention, it has? (I'm practicing for a run on sentence competition!) MEANWHILE the roads in St. Marc are getting worse every rain. The holes are getting deeper and wider and the "cushion" of dirt in the holes is washed away and the rain erodes the rock under it and it is washed away. We have had about 3 rains and you can tell a significant difference. So next fall the road to Mountrois will likely be significantly better, however you may have to walk to St. Marc from there!
two weeks from today will be the last day of class. Thursday will be an off day to get grades and such together, and Friday is a ceremony to end school and for Kesmy's graduation. Yesterday Myberson became the first student to finish seniors English here, the complete course. Kesmy will follow later this week.
following are some pic's (I hope. I have tried about a dozen times the last 4 days to post pic's and blogger won't accept them) ok, I am taking this personally now. I have tried for 15 minutes to load pic's and nothing........ I got it!
Picture this, a tropical island with............. ;)
Bondye benis ou.
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