You know you’re tired when you are able to sleep 10 hours in
a hot box of a room. We were able
to sleep in today since it’s Saturday; Leah and I both are looking forward to
some down time. What’s on the
agenda today? Wash clothes, make
some pumpkin bread, go sit in the river, and don’t forget our date with John
Kelley (he’s going to BBQ corn with us in the woods). Should be a good time, but sometimes the rest and alone time
is lacking due to the amount of kids around the house or people coming to ask
for things; this paired with the stifling heat puts me in a grumpy mood, but I
am fighting it. Continually
learning to just be thankful for the little things and the unexpected times of
quiet or companionship.
Week three of camp is finished! That is a little mind blowing. The time always goes so fast here. Yesterday we finished with the first week in Passe Catabois,
which held 46 kids age 6 to 8. It’s
a little more difficult since the younger kids don’t have real developed fine
motor skills or a sense of imagination for crafts but we make it work and we
have a lot of workers to help. The
theme for the weeks have been Luke 10:27, “Love the Lord your God with all your
heart, soul, strength, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself”. I hope and pray these lessons and
themes pierce their hearts and take root.
Sometimes it’s hard to transverse the church culture here, which can
often be somewhat superficial and somehow gives people a sense of entitlement
and superiority over others who don’t seem “blessed” by God. That’s how I see it and maybe I am
mistaken (I definitely don’t know all here), but at any rate, I just pray that
this generation of kids would really know God and that love for real.
I am trying to continue the health lessons here too. This is the first time we have ever done this in Passe Catabois! I don’t know how much got through to
our little 6 year olds, but I do know that they enjoyed the skits, especially the
one I delegated to our workers.
The theme for the week has been “mikwobs” (germs) and we are practicing
washing our hands everyday as we take all the kids to the water spicket before
they eat for the day. This is also
a good time to practice “loving your neighbor” as they are good at pushing and
shoving and yelling at each other to get to the front. Ha! Trying to teach them little by little. The best skit though was by Kora and
Lou who collided during playing soccer and got some ugly wounds. One went home to wash the wound and the
other continues to play getting dirt all up in the wound. We dolled them up in red paint and
taught about infections when you don’t wash a wound. I’m hoping some of it got through!
Leah and I are hanging in here. Still battling rats in the house. I had a showdown with one in the bathroom, but it definitely
scared me more than anything I did to it.
Dang rat… My hatred grows stronger everyday, especially when they touch
my mangoes. Grrrrr…….We have two
more weeks here until we head back to Port-au-Prince. Pray for strength, patience, endurance, and that we will be
used somehow in whatever God’s plan is for this place.
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