Wednesdays morning went by really slow for some reason, but the afternoon went by pretty quick when we got the pool out and started bathing the kids and letting them play around in the pool. I unfortunately got peed on when I took a little girl out of the tub. So now I have been puked on, peed on, spit on, pretty much everything you can imagine! Wednesday night was bible study and theres only about 15 of us here so we had it downstairs in the living room.
Thursday was picture day! We had to take a picture of every child to send to their adoptive families so they can seem them growing every month. Everyone took a child, wiped them down, put lotion on them, changed their dirty diapers and then put a nice outfit on them. The theme was frogs this month! Most of the children cooperated pretty well but we did have to make some silly faces and use a pom pom to get their attention. It took about 3 hours to get everyone done, there is about 30 kids. Thursday afternoon Dave and I took on a job of cleaning the hallway out, it had tons of old dusty books and nic nacs. It turned out to be a bigger job than I thought but we finished before supper! After dinner last night all of the volunteersgot a child out of the nursery and brought them downstairs to the living room and I played my guitar for the kids and they loved it. They all wanted to try playing too:) It was an awesome evening, I felt like we were all one big happy family!! Definitely one of the best nights so far:)
Now to today we went up to Brandon and Nikkis this morning who run the guest house for breakfast at 7:30. We had this homemade breakfast pizza and it was delicious. We all shared our stories and just talked. I got up the courage to talk today about my experience so far and since me and Nicole are leaving next week Vince prayed over us that we would have a safe trip home and be able to tell our story and never forget Haiti. I can't believe I only have 4 more days here! This trip has been amazing and I wouldnt take back any minute!
Another side story on Tuesday on our way home from Fort Jaques there was a homeless man on the side of the road who supposedly have a mental illness. We stopped to give him a tent and blanket since all he had was a plastic tarp up. He said he didnt want the tent and didnt want the sleeping bag until colleen showed him how it worked. Having a mental illness in Haiti must be very difficult as there are not many resources for them. Colleen put the fly over top of his tarp since it had holes in it to try and keep him dry.
More this weekend!
