Jacmel and Les Cayes

Hey Guys,
Right now I am in Tahini which I believe is Carrefour. Later this afternoon I will be going to Grace Village Compound and I am meeting up with a team there tomorrow. We stayed here last night at a place that Johnny and his friend Davenel have in Haiti.

Jacmel was great. It was awesome to see all the kids a the orphanage. They have grown SO much. I got some great pictures that Jen will be posting soon. Wen she does I can link them to my blog. We spent the morning  at Faith and Love in Action Children's home playing with the younger kids and catching up with some of the older ones. Some of the group brought toys and bubbles and even spray on sparkles. The kids loved it. I got to see two of my favorite boys ( even though I don't have favorite's...) and they a doing very well. I also got to see my sister's best friend who still lives at the home. I gave her some photo's of my sister and she was very excited. 

I got to spend some time with some of my dear friends. One wants to be a car mechanic, but he is not in school for it right now because there is not a good school located close to him. He is trying to work sometimes as a translator for teams who come through. Another one wants to become an airplane mechanic. He will have to go to the Dominican, or the States for school for that. He is very musically talented and  has a dance group going at the home. One of my other friends is in his second year for nursing. He is studying hard and said it is going well. I cant get over how hard they all work at school and just in general. It reminds me every time how much we take schooling for granted in North America, including myself.

Yesterday after we dropped off most of the group at the airport (minus Charlie, Riikka and Johnny), and after a street vendor declared his love for me, we went to a shop where Johnny used to work in Haiti. We spent part of the afternoon there and also got to look around the word working area. They build coffins, church pews, desks and since the earthquake, houses for people to live in. The items for the churches and schools are non-profit and some of the homes a giving to people who have lost everything in the earthquake. I can't remember the exact amount of houses that have been made and shipped through, but it is ALOT. They also mostly have Haitians working there, providing jobs for over 200 people. 

Last night I was introduced to barbecue. Which is chicken we bought from a vendor off the street. It was DELISH. Absolutely loved it. Yum. I also now have a mobile in Haiti, which has already made things easier. I have kind of figured it out... A lot of it is in french even though I have it set to English so a
I am taking wild guesses at what it is telling me.

I don't have consistent power or wifi so I don't know exactly when my updated will be posted, but hopefully soon! 

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