Tuesday--Day 3

Bonuit from COTP!
For those of you that were worried, this is Kari, and I'm still alive! :)
This morning I was a little sick and slept a couple hours, took some advil, and was back to work in no time. Mary, Cassie, and Abby cleaned out the pre-school while I was sleeping and it looks fantastic. Soon after, Jenn asked me and Cassie to help with finding out the nannies sizes for scrubs again. The language barrier made it challenging, but it was still fun.
During the kids' naptime, our group, along with the four from Indiana and two ladies that are Nick's family went to Cap Haitien to visit another orphanage. I'm trying to find the words to explain Pastor Blue, but there are literally no words to explain how awesome he was. He had such an unbelievable amount of faith. I think the words that stuck out to me the most was when he was talking about how the kids only have 2 meals a day and they were so blessed. He went out of his way to make us comfortable and reassured us that he prayed for us and our country every day. He also asked us to pray for him and Haiti--(a good suggestion for you too!:))
On our way home, the red truck got their 2nd flat tire of the day within 2 hours. Nick and Kirk went to a close-by vender and got some cheetos and drinks for the local kids around us and ourselves.
When we got back, we played with kids as usual...Not much new to say about that!
It was hot all day, but towards the evening it got cooler. It started to thunder and lightning, and then came the rain. During prayer and singing the nannies wanted us to sing a few songs. Afterwards, when Jenn was praying and thanking God for all the blessings a loud....LOUD... burst of thunder broke through the sky. Jenn laughed and shouted "Alright God!" and  a chorus of Hallelujahs and Amens followed. It was pretty cool I must say!
I'll conclude by saying today was another great day in Haiti, and I'm very much looking forward to the next 6 days.

PS-Dawn Poppema: I got your note, read it over, but didnt really comprehend it much because I wanted to get outside, but when I looked at it again I found it ironic that you wrote that kid's name. He's my favorite too!!
Mom-Every day I wonder who your favorite is and I can never figure it out!

A few words from Kirk:
Group 2: I made instant mashed potatos tonight with summer sausage pieces--yum!!

Also had a fun experience tonight.  Took the tractor down the road a bit and mowed a soccer field into a local pasture where the local folk had set up some bamboo soccer goals.  There was no one there when I started and about 30 guys (age 4-30) when I finished.  Wilson translated for me, but they were extremely grateful for the mowed soccer field.  Just a fun community building service to bless the community.  The local community loves COTP and COTP benefits because the community likes having it here.