Friday night

An event I have been anticipating just recently occurred -- it is 7:30, and they've just fired up the generator, providing us with power so that I can recharge my battery (upon which I had been drawing heavily today), and also providing us with wifi so that I can post to this blog.

We enjoyed a lovely dinner of spaghetti, broccoli, and some delicious gluten-free oatmeal cookies that Mary Jane made. Then she gave us a tour around the school (which seems to feature primarily instruction in practical activities such as cooking, sewing, and computers, rather than 'academic' subjects). And then we enjoyed sitting out on the front steps, conversing, enjoying the cool breeze, and watching darkness descend over Haiti (which Mary Jane said means 'mountains' in Kreyol). This first picture shows Mary Jane, Katie, Marissa, and Mari doing just that, and then there is one of Mari and Eric doing the same.

Our trip to the mission from the airport this afternoon was interesting. Mary Jane said that it rained heavily last night, making the roads impossibly muddy and flushing out a great deal of trash, so that the roughly 25-mile drive from the mission to the airport took them about 3 hours. But reversing that this afternoon, we made it in about 50 minutes, with a man named Felix driving, after he had first climbed onto the roof of the van at the airport to load up and tie down our heavy checked baggage (supplies for the mission).

 

Tomorrow we are going to take a day to go to a recreational area (Jacmel), leaving quite early and making a good full day of it.