We returned to complete darkness at the compound where the staff, family members and the Haitian board for RH4CM was awaiting our return. While the generator was being set up, I tried to communicate with some of the people there. I was moderately successful, (my creole needs alot of work!) I gave out the little bottles of shampoo, soaps etc. that Dee Dee from Hair Fusion had sent with me (THANKS DEE DEE!) and gave out the little toys and hair accessories that Tina Lindquist had sent along. The glow sticks were a huge success, even the young men were fascinated by those! (THANKS TINA!) The children's medicines and other meds that were donated will be left at Pastors house to be distributed in July with the medical team.
A meeting was held for the Haitian board of RH4CM where Pastor discussed plans, prayed together and collected the ID's of the members so he can bring them to the Government office in PAP to get RH4CM recognized by the Haitian Government. The bureaucracy of getting anything done is amazing. It takes real perseverance to move anything forward in Haiti!We had a lovely dinner of boiled sweet potato, banana and mannya (not sure of this spelling). I visited with Pastor Renal and his family before cleaning up in a basin of water and headed to bed.
We were leaving the next morning... Pastor Steve said 4:00am ...I said how about 6:00am.... we compromised on 5:00am! I think I got to sleep around 11:30pm.
FYI: Sleeping in Haiti- It is good to be a heavy sleeper when you are in Haiti or else bring ear plugs! Night can be very noisy whether you are in the city or in the country. For some reason, roosters begin crowing at about 3:30am which gets the donkeys going, which sets off the goats, chickens and dogs! Haitians begin getting up around 4:30 in order to begin work early and avoid the heat of the day. The sun is out by about 5:00am. So...the sun is up..the animals are up..the people are up.. so I am up too! I don't think I have ever slept past 6:00 in Haiti. It's just a different rhythm of life!
FYI: Sleeping in Haiti- It is good to be a heavy sleeper when you are in Haiti or else bring ear plugs! Night can be very noisy whether you are in the city or in the country. For some reason, roosters begin crowing at about 3:30am which gets the donkeys going, which sets off the goats, chickens and dogs! Haitians begin getting up around 4:30 in order to begin work early and avoid the heat of the day. The sun is out by about 5:00am. So...the sun is up..the animals are up..the people are up.. so I am up too! I don't think I have ever slept past 6:00 in Haiti. It's just a different rhythm of life!
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