Friday
Friday was our last full day in Grand Goave. We were all ready to make
the most of it even though we were tired. We had eggs and toast for breakfast
and then we went back to working on the ditch. God provided us with clouds so
it was much more bearable than Thursday morning (which was very hot!). We
finished almost the whole ditch in the time we worked! We had to leave a little
space untouched so trucks could get onto the property to continue removing the
trash pile. We had tasty meat pies (which made us feel right at home!) and french
fries.
We ate quickly and
changed into our swimsuits to go on a special trip to an island! This was a
special treat since we only had half of the kids to get across the ocean. We
drove to the beach and a Haitian man rowed us over in groups to the island.
Josh and Leslie sat on the back of a boat during our trip and we took on a lot of water when everyone tried to get out- oops!
The island was beautiful. It had white sand
and lots of trees. There were even goats on the island! The water was the most
beautiful blue and we found awesome shells and some interesting creatures. There were lots of
hermit crabs, sea snails, and even some live sea urchins!
We also found a puffer fish on the beach, but he was a little dried out.
We played some with
the kids in the water and explored the island.
We cleaned up when we
got back to the compound and we ate homemade pizza for dinner. After that we
had a debriefing time and then our usual team meeting time to reflect on the
week. That evening we watched “Aslan” (as the kids called the Chronicles of
Narnia). The Suttons made popcorn and we
had lots of different seasonings to put on it. We all snuggled up on the
shakoun outside and tried to stay awake through the movie. Even though the
movie was in English the kids quoted their favorite (very random) parts. It was
too cute! Another favorite movie of theirs is Home Alone which they call “Kevin”.
Their favorite quote from that move is “Kevin, what are you doing in my room”
and since we had a Kevin with us, we got to hear that a lot during the week!
Even though we were all ready for bed we stayed up until it
was over so we could get hugs and tell the kids “Bon Wit” or good night.
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