i typed this in a word document because it was pouring out and the internet was down, but i think its back up now :)

This morning I ended up actually hearing something during the night…it wasn’t mom’s rooster at 3 am, but I did hear some sort of tree frog making a racket! I had some AMAZING soft bread for breakfast, and cuddled a baby or two before zach king showed up to take us to Jacquet CRC. It was very different. The church was located in the second story of the former pastors house. The church service was almost 2 hours long, and the only part we could understand was when zach translated what the pastor said when he introduced us to the congregation. Many of the kids sat in the front row together, with their parents sitting towards the back. There was a really cute kid who was maybe 2 who just kinda walked around the room the whole time. It was extremely hot in that room, and we sat in the area that could kinda be called a choir loft, facing the rest of the people there.
After church we stopped at a grocery store to pick up some local food items. I bought almost $10 u.s. of zuko, a powdered fruit drink kinda similar to Kool-Aid. Some other items bought were rum, candy, vanilla, almond flavoring, and local fruit. Sarah bought canips (sp?) which are very interesting….as kim vv pointed out, they have the texture of an eyeball  we stopped at zachs office for a little bit, so he could show us a map of Haiti, and relative distances we’ve traveled. We also had a little time to kill, b/c Haitians eat lunch slightly later, around 2-3. Local restaurants don’t open til around 12. WE stopped at a restaurant called Muncheez, which had GREAT sandwiches! I got a BLT, but they were all 12 inches long! So I had that for supper too.
We got back to GLA a little after 2, and decided it would be best to go to the waterfall next Sunday so we could spend more time there. We cuddled babies on the balcony in the afternoon, and had lots of fun. Supper was leftovers, which were kinda fend-for-yourself. WE had our team meeting after that, and went over the plans for our first day of VBS!!! I think its going to be LOADS of fun getting to know the older kids better. Babies are fun, but they cant tell you their names, or help tell you other kids names
emily v