A week- and weekend- in Seguin.

Well, by the end of this I am going to have killer calves. We walk here- everywhere. Not on paved roads, on dirt trails and rocks and hills. Around 6 miles a day lately. Like I said, killer calves. Some of the people here have kept up with running while we a up here. I am not one of them. All the power to them, but I am sore already and am very excited to run on pavement once again. 

Our community health project:

For the most part, is going great. Other than I may not have saved one of the days work and lost around 20 people information. Those houses will have to be revisited. Sigh. We are split into 2 groups now to cover more ground. I am with Janea who's creole is getting to be killer, we do have a translator/ guide though, to prevent getting lost!  We get through our questions quick and efficiently. Yay! Lynea and Nicole are with Kyle. At the end of all of this Kyle will be able to track and see where the majority of people do have water and toilettes, and who does not. Then he can find out why and what can be done about it, like education.

The kids:

I love the kids here. They are so funny. Some of them speak a English,but most only speak a little bit. Combined with my very week creole it sometimes take a little while to figure out what's going on. They think it is a game though, making good practice for me. The other day I taught a group of boys to play freeze tag. It was a funny process. First of having to explain that I am it and run from me unless I tag you. They caught onto that part easy, and are great at chase. Then to explain the 'freeze' part. When I catch you, you have to stop where you are and stand with your arms out. Luckily I knew the word for stand, because they would keep running with the arms out. Then we had to figure out to save them and run under their arms, this was also quite funny. Finally one of the boys caught onto it and explained to all the rest. This probably wasn't the best thing for me since now they understood there was no way I could catch them. Finally some one else was chosen to be it. After I was worn out I went back inside, but had to promise to come back and play again after school another day. 

The church:

The church we went to on Sunday was great. The people were so welcoming and happy to have us there . I always love going Haitian church, even though it sometimes is 3hours long, hot, and stuffy. It always inspires me how everyone sings with there entire soul, and hangs onto what the speakers say. How often is it in church you find your mind wandering, thinking about what your going to have for lunch or what your doing that afternoon. I am not saying people here don't do that, I am sure they do- but when they are paying attention, they a really paying attention. We had to go up and sing a song in front of the church, Rachel was supposed to but we ended up getting sent up with her and her ukulele to sing amazing grace. 

Hope your enjoying the updates. My friend Janae is also keeping a blog we're here in Seguins. You can check it out for another point of view.
Janaelindeman.blogspot.com

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