Days 4 & 5 - Working Hard
08/22/07
The last two days have been a blur with everyone working really hard...which has made them fly by. Our daily routine has consisted of soccer in the morning with the kids followed by construction in the afternoon. The days have been long and hot but we have gotten a lot accomplished both in building relationships and in building the school and ajoining cafeteria.
Yesterday (tuesday) saw us playing a few different games of soccer and just hanging with the kids as well as starting to put up the trusses for the school cafeteria and lining the future floor with rocks.
Today we continued with the same activities and also poured concrete onto part of the roof of the cafeteria.
Jeremy Roberts
HFL Assistant Team Leader
Here are the pics you've been waiting for:
The ladies insisted on their own soccer game on the second day!
We figured we'd be continually 'schooled' by our Haitian friends... today we won a game 6-4.
Not everyone can play... but there are smiles and fun everywhere!
A favorite is 'blitzing' on the kids and giving the first one to be caught a 'tickle torture' treatment:
Construction begins of the feeding center's cafeteria roof:
A team of six participated in helping pour the concrete roof on the feeding center's kitchen... four gals and two guys...
The backfilling of the cafeteria by hand... here is our 'rock' brigade:
Blessings all... the team is well... though very tired... our youth team was in bed by NINE O'CLOCK today... that's not a typo... This team is stepping out of their comfort zones and putting extra energy into the time they have here... building relationships and loving their Haitian neighbors.
We almost had to pull the Toyota 4runner out of a deeper than average part of the stream when the headlights got covered and the truck stalled.... but it started again and was able to back up onto the bank... the river is passable... we just learned to use a Haitian guide everytime to make sure that it's not too deep where we put the vehicles across...
Some of our friends in Dumay!....
Blessings all... the team is well... though very tired... our youth team was in bed by NINE O'CLOCK today... that's not a typo... This team is stepping out of their comfort zones and putting extra energy into the time they have here... building relationships and loving their Haitian neighbors.
In One peace,
Paul DenHaan
HFL Team Leader
1 Comments:
Jer, Chantal and team:
So good to see the pictures and read both blog sites. It makes us feel like we are there with you (minus the heat and the hard work!)Hope you aren't getting too tired. Your team is doing a great work! Looking forward to reading more blogs again tonight. Keep looking UP! Love, Mom and Dad R.
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