Sunday Evening Post

Today was much more low key than our previous days.

A small group went to a 3 hour traditional Haitien church service in a nearby village where the women and men sit separately from each other.
Another group took some babies and went next door to the church service at the Manna compound in the morning as well.
Then this afternoon some of the group went to a church service in English near Cap Haitien where a lot of the missionaries gather.  They had hoped that it would be indoors, but the building ended up being locked, so they ended up with an outdoor service.  On the way back they stopped by a very modern air-conditioned convenience store (guarded by a guy with a shotgun) and got some M&Ms and Oreos!!!

The Vander Pol (my) family has all been a bit sick today.  The boys both have fevers, but so far nothing we haven't experienced back home.  I am hopefully out of the woods as of tonight, and Christina hopefully will be soon.  Both boys went to sleep with a fever, but seem to be sleeping okay--thankfully it's a cool night tonight in the low 70s.

David is feeling better (he says "Hi Mom").  Jacob is feeling better.  And the couple others who had some issues seem to be doing better as well.

We helped out some in the baby house as well today, but not to the extent we had on the previous days.  It was a good day to rest/change pace (some were gone for 7 hours as they went to two services today) after being here for 4 days working.

That's the basics for the day.

Oh, a couple more things to note.  The yard guys Samson (& his wife) and Wilson cooked--starting last night--and served us today!  Turkey, beef, fried plantain, green peppers, onions, & tomato.

Also, the guys spotted a rat today in the playroom--attached to the volunteer house where we are staying--and have set a trap for it.  It's been a couple hours, and no rat yet.

Signing off...Kirk