Hi Everyone,
There is much to tell but, I am just going to give you a glimpse from this mornings journal. Today was absoultely fabulous, but I haven't had a chance to journal yet. So many God filled moments to share ahead!!
10/28/11
There is a bank of fog on the horizon. I see the faint glow signifying that the sun will soon be following. The sun is like a giant orange ball that is all aglow with Gods light bringing hope to a new day. It takes less than two minutes before it is completely above the horizon and within five minutes the suns glow spreads across the water. It illuminates a vertical path for as far as the eye can see. It is always a picture perfect moment as a fishing boat crosses its beautiful path. The small fishing boats are at a distance. The two fisherman aboard are paddling in a syncronized rythm. It is as if the two are one. I perfect example of how well our team has joined and how effortlessly our reunion has gone with our Haitian Pastors and friends. There is such a unity and friendship amongst us. We are comfortable to joke with one another and thouroughly enjoy working together and to share praise and worship to God. It is awesome!!! O.k. I got a little side tracked from my notes in those last few sentences (they were not in my journal after the syncrinization of the fisherman, but the analogy came to me).
Back to the story: The street below is starting to come alive with joggers and traffic. The water is calm today, but I still hear the sound of small waves crashing on the seawall. I love that sound.
The people in the house are starting to come alive, hopefully, after a good nights rest. It is extremely hot and the fans seem to barely make a difference. Coffee is made to help those interested welcome the new day.
Today we will be doing a health assessment in Gaudin (like we did in LaBruyere last year). We will also be doing a presentation to the kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades about traveling from Maine to Haiti, the wildlife in Maine, and the four seasons. Members on our team brought laminated maps and pictures to help depict the beauty of some of God's creation.
We shared our presentation in Gaudin yesterday with greades 3-6 while the younger classes went through the health assessment program. Overall the children were in pretty good health. Many of the children were given de-worming medication and a few recommendations for clinic. Today the assessment will be given on the children grades 3-6.
The children have loved the pictures that we brought. Amongst them were a loon with twin babies, a fox, a deer and a bull moose. They liked the loon and the fox best. They said they were the prettiest. They thought the moose was a little scary. Do you think it might be because I told them a moose weighs as much as seven of their teachers all toghether! I think I also showed them how large their antlers can be and told them that they sometimes snort like a bull and paw the ground. Run!! It was fun! The 4th grade class seemed to show alot of interest in the fox as they were passing it around. When asked why, one child said they have a story in school about a fox, but they didn't know what it looked like. I thought that was pretty neat!
We also showed pictures of the four seasons in Maine. As we might expect, their favorite pictures were of the children playing in the snow, sliding and making snow tunnels. I told them about snowball fights and playing king of the mountain. We had a map of Maine, the United States, and the world. We circled our state, Florida and Haiti. We shared our journey on both the commercial flight and missionary flight. We had pictures of the DC3 that we fly on from Missionary Flights International including a picture of the interior with us as passengers on one side and the cargo on the other. We also had a picture of the pilots in the cockpit with all of the controls. We closed by singing praise songs with the children and inviting them to feel free to shake our hand and touch our hair. Little did we know that our translator told them to take their hands and mess up our hair, which they joyfully did!! We were all laughing. No comb, so you can imagine how beautiful we were for the rest of the day!! Add to that being soaking wet from perspiring, water dripping off your nose (being thankful that you have a long skirt to wipe your brow) and you get the picture. I forgot to remind us to take a sweat cloth.
All of the pictures were laminated 8X10 's so they could see them well. We gave a similar presentation to the children in LaBruyere on Tuesday. We are able to leave a set of pictures and the maps with each school.
We did open our day in Gaudin with a wonderful welcome and invitation into the church for prayer and praise....off on the right start!!
I forgot to journal about our trip from the mission house to Gaudin, but that is a story in of itself for another day
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