It is Tuesday, October 5, and none of our team can believe time has gone so fast! It seems as though we
we were just tetering down the stairs of Mission Flights International (MFI) on the Douglas DC-3.
onto the island of Haiti. We continue to be drawn to the Haitian people - their "Spirit" is ever present
despite the conditions in this beautiful, but impoverished society!! We love the children's smiles and
their curious looks and touches as they view this "White group of missionaries". They have so little
possessions that the sight of a watch or ring peaks their curiosity and they can hardly contain them-
selves and often ask in Haitian Creole if you can give them the watch or ring, pointing to our wrists
and fingers. They are most eager, some a little shy, however, to teach you their name in Creole.
The team of Kathi, Tracy and myself, Chris ,. .with several other missionaries who have been helping
were in LaBruyere yesterday. There was a bit of disappointment when many of the sponsored children
did not show up. Pastor Dorlean, who has been working with Kathi on the collaboration of
S.C.H.O.O.L. expressed his heart-felt apology but explained that so many of the parents do not begin
sending their children to school until the second week of the beginning of school, and this year school
did not start until October 4th.
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