Mission Trip: Day 6

Thursday

We had pancakes and delicious fresh fruit for breakfast on Thursday. The group split up again with half going back to the mountain property and half staying behind. Leslie and I were in the group that stayed. Our job was to dig a 2 foot deep ditch around a property where concrete would later be poured when they laid the foundation. It was really hard work!

  We had a few shovels and a few pick axes and we took turns so everyone had a chance to rest.

 We stopped for lunch and had soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. They decided to burn the trash pile that was on the piece of land we were working on during lunch, so we had to wait a bit before we went back to work. We got to try fresh coconut and help grate it for Tablet (a really tasty dessert).

 Some of us also got to go to the gas station/store with Angie to drop off our orders for dinner. After the trash pile stopped burning/smoking we went back to digging. When we were done working for the day we ran around and played with the kids until time for dinner. The Suttons had two beautiful little girls named Faith (2 ½) and Glory (13 mos.) Faith was famous for asking everyone “What’s your name?” even when she knew it already! Her name is La Foi (sounds like Fwa) in Haitian Creole, so that’s what we called her most of the time. She entertained everyone and we had a great time playing with her and Glory!

Faith

Glory

 We got American food from the gas station and ate outside with the kids that night. We had cheeseburgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, and chicken wings along with a few other options. After dinner we sat around and talked and played until time for worship. We sang songs with the kids in English and in Haitian Creole. They had the words on the screen so we were able to try singing along with them in their language!

It was a beautiful time of worship and Josh gave a short message. After worship we got lots of hugs from the kids before everyone headed off to bed for the evening.