Day 2 for trip 2 in Haiti

HEY! this is luke!  Hi mom dad and mary!  Miss you guys!  Mary you will love it here!  Hey shelly :) I miss you!  So today we got going at about 7 15 in the morning and after doing a few odds and ends, we started making bricks at about 8.  We made 150 bricks today which is A LOT!!!  But of course one of the workers here, named wilson, claims to have made 700 in one day!!!  Yesterday i got to go into town with big nick (the director of COTP), not little nick(nick bonnema).  He brought us into Cap to buy some shovels and get 30 bags of cement and to pick up all of the checked luggage for the nannies that came on a later flight.  There was a ton of people there that would try to help you with your bag, but if you would let them they would more than likely just run off with it is what we were told.  Well... its about my bedtime!  Just wanna say that all the children here and the staff are amazing!  It is so cool being down here!  Im sure you will be hearing more from me considering I love to talk.  Take care!

This here is Justin,
               Hey Mom Dad and Kailey i miss you! Hey Dana <3!! Its been a while! hope you had as much fun as im having here in Haiti, I miss you lots!! My first couple days were very intense! the first day me Jeff, Nick B and Wilson made a whole bunch of brick yesterday, and after hours of doing that me Jeff Luke and Nate pulled weeds in the garden and finished off with a relaxing shower. The food here is amazing!! This morning we woke up bright and early and started off the morning doing Bricks again! then about noonish Me Jen Reikerns (re-kins) Kirk Nick B and Noah Went to town to pick up some bread from the market and it was airconditioned!! But we got got to find out what the inner city Cap was like it was chaos once we got back there was some terrible noises coming from the truck and once we got back i asked Wilson if i could take a look at it and we got the problem fixed everyone was very happy! tonight was a very fun as well, i made a new best friend his name is Jedson we are Best Pals!! so far the trip has been great no airconditioning but you get used to the heat!! Hope everything is going well back in the states!!
                                                    Signing out
                                                            Justin!!

A few more notes from Kirk...
It has not rained for two days!!  Hasn't been to overwhelmingly hot either if you stay out of the sun.  So, Jay, if the sun continues we will be able to level the mud tracks we made when pouring the sidewalk.

We did two things today that group 1 didn't do--we had a pool day with the kids.  What a riot!!  We and the kids had a blast.  My boys loved it too playing in the pools with all the other kids.  The other thing was that we watched a movie on the roof of the volunteer house.  Nick set up a projector and hung a sheet for a screen.  It was a nice night.  The moon was fairly bright, so we couldn't see a ton of stars, but tonight was the first since we've been here that we could really get a decent view of the stars.
A few other things that happened today were removing two trees/bushes betwee the mango tree and the baby house that were problematic (Group 1--no rats came out when we pulled them up with the loader.)  Sorting clothes continued in the depot.  The volunteer house frig, water cooler, cupboards, etc. were all scrubbed and cleaned!  The battery rack was sanded and painted as well.  That on top of playing with the kids/babies and helpig with the daily tasks of COTP--like bathing, teeth brushing, feeding, snacks, etc.
It was a great day!