Haiti: Part 5

                                                                                      Saturday, August 10th

I laid down with a headache yesterday about 2, and didn't leave the room until 6. We went over to the orphanage for their devotion time, and then watched "Facing the Giants" with them.  In French.  And at first it had French subtitles. But then Brother Jacques put on the English subtitles.  [The children speak Creole, but watching French tv/movies will help them learn French, which is what they teach in high school.]

I had 2 children in my lap starting out, and the girl kept losing her shoe. So then I sat on the floor, so it wouldn't fall off, but it didn't help. She was very restless.
Today I had to go over there early to get our food. Brother Jacques had asked us to send anything that was perishable over to their kitchen. Because our fridge was draining the batteries on the house.  It took awhile, because none of the worker ladies knew English, and I didn't see Jacques or Marie. Finally I did see Marie through the window of her house, and asked her where it was.  They had stuck it in the freezer!  So we had solid milk, and 2 slushy and 2 solid eggs.

Jon Jon

  Marie also told me that if we wanted to do anything with the children today, we could.  So Sarah and I took bubbles over to them. And, no matter where you live, or what language you speak, children are all the same when it comes to bubbles. 

Jude

  The first ones I blew they ran screaming after. Then very quickly they got the hang of blowing them.   Eventually it got out of hand and they were shaking them up, and spilling it out.  But it was fun while it lasted. [One boy, Jon Jon, spilt his and then kept trying to make me give him more.  And the children all kept calling us "Missionaire"]

Sam and Sarah

  After a while Wislin grabbed my hand and led over to their dining room where the older girls were watching t.v. It was some anime show in French. Even in English those shows don't make sense. I was thankful when they changed it to the Olympics. It was on all terrain bike racing for a while.

  Then I had to go lay down. It was only 10, but my head hurt so bad.  I'd really like to know what is causing it. My head hurts every day. Maybe it's the bed and pillow? Cause my neck hurts, and the headache comes up my neck. Is it tension? Or the climate? Or something spiritual?  I don't know. But I'd like it to stop.
  This afternoon Dr. Renner gave a lecture on the Seven Deadly Stresses. The men seemed really interested, and had a lot of questions. Reggy was kept very busy with translating back and forth.

We walked over to the orphanage and played with the children a little before they ate supper. Then we brought Nana and Sam over to the Guest House so Sarah and Dr. Renner could give them some clothes they had brought.  Sam was enthralled with his. After playing a little bit he gathered them up and walked toward the door saying "Orvwa."

Again we joined them for devotions. And Marie asked us to sing. Since we'd left the hymnal at the guest house we just sang "Jesus Loves Me."

Then we went out for supper with Jacques and Marie. The place we went was an outdoor restaurant, and was really nice. I ordered a Pepper Steak, and it was delicious. Brother Jacques ordered fish, and he warned us that it came as a whole fish. With the head and eyes and everything..........