No Comprende, Bumpy Roads, and Eyeballs

The internet is out because it's pouring! Just walking from our rooms to the house drenches us. So I am pre-writing this to tell you about our day today :)

This morning we went to Jacuet CRC. Even though we could't understand one word of it because it was in Kreyol, it was very cool to see how passionate these people are praising God. They have their hands up and their eyes closed just singing their heart out to God. It is so amazing to me that even though we are 700 miles from Florida and speak a different language, we still serve the same Father in Heaven. It was a really great experience for me to go to this church and see how they worshiped. But I've heard that these church services can last up to 3 hours long...so thank goodness it only was an hour and a half for us!

After church we go to go to a supermarket called Eagles Supermarket. There we bought some grocery type things like coffee, kool-aid type thing, vinilla, yogurt....etc. Haitian money looks really cool and I'm glad I'm going to be able to bring some home with me. After the supermarket, we went out to lunch at a place called Muncheez. They have subs and hamburgers, chicken fingers and pizza. A lot of us got the grilled chicken sub. It was really good. It's about 12inches long but a little different then our usual subway sandwich.

Driving is crazy!! I don't think I'm ever going to complain about Michigan road construction ever again. Pot holes, crowded narrow streets, and crazy drivers is just a little taste of what Haitian roads are like. We were sitting in the back of the car practically flying everywhere because of all the bumps and the jerks of the stick shift car, holding on to whatever or whoever we can. Pretty much the people next to us are our seatbelts because there are none. Some of us bought some rum at the supermarket and Kim messing around saying she would need some soon because the bumps were so bad! There are also lots of people everywhere on the streets. They don't have much sidewalk to walk on because there are alot of people trying to sell things. A lot of people come right up to your car and try to sell you food or water or try to wipe it to earn some money. It's crazy to see how much trash there is around here. There isn't anywhere to dump it because they don't have landfills.

I bought some caniepes at the supermarket (kind of like a grape but you don't eat the skin and there is a pit.) but it doesn't taste like a grape at all. You have to bite the outside and then push the fruit and pit out with your mouth. It is really good tasting, at least to me. Kim said it felt like she was eating an eyeball!! And it actually kinda did...other people didnt like the texture but it was really good to me!! haha

We all came back and went to grabe some of our kids and take them up to the balcony to play and cuddle. Me, Julie, Tori, and Kesley took one kid on a walk. We just went down the block a little bit, about 5-8 minutes from the orphange. The view was incredible! I just had to stand there for a minute and take it all in. God is so wonderful and creative. He made these georgous mountains. I felt so small compared to these. Looking at the beautiful scene, holding a precious child of God really struck my heart. Its really hard to put into words how great it was...

Oh and me and Emily Vanderwell saw our first rat!! and i squished my first coakroach :)

But now we are just relaxing. A few of us are holding some babies before they go to bed and some are just sitting back, chatting. So I am going to join them! God bless!!
-Sarah