Its Been a While

A great big Bonjou to everyone out there who has been keeping up with/ following/ stalking my blog just waiting for a new post. Well, here it is!

Life has been crazy here in Haiti. As you can guess we all made it to Lagosette, Haiti safely. Our plane ride was an adventure. In mid air after leaving Ft Lauderdale, the pilot of our small rickety 30 passenger plane announced that we were having engine trouble. We had to turn around and head back to Ft. Lauderdale. After killing two hours in the airport we took off, AGAIN, and finally made it into Haiti. We traveled through Cap- Haitian to get to Lagosette. Cap-Haitian is the second biggest city in Haiti, and I can understand why. There were so many people walking, driving, riding horses and donkeys, pulling wheel barrows, and recklessly driving. I was completely over whelmed by the sights, and sounds. Trash burning, horns honking, goats bleating, and people yelling "blanc, blanc," as we drove down the road.

Here in Lagosette there is our camp, a school, a church, and an orphanage. Our camp has a kitchen, guys and girls dorms, and plenty of clothes lines to hang our hand washed laundry. The school has over 300 kids that come to school. As the summer months approach we plan to start a feeding program so that the kids will still get at least one meal a day. This is special because if not for the school, they probably wouldn't eat every day. Church is hot, and stuffy. We sit in school desks, fan ourselves, and try our very hardest to understand the 2.5 hour Creole sermon. However, to hear the way that the members of the church worship is absolutely incredible. The orphanage has almost 30 babies ranging from birth to four years old. We get to spend a lot of time just holding and loving on the babies who wouldn't usually get that kind of intimate care. I'm settling in quite well here in Lagosette. The groups from the states are all really cool. Our second group came in today and we are in for a busy week. Mixing cement, painting, visiting the orphanage, hiking up to the Citadel, and heading to the local beach are all on the schedule. The only bad things so far are the bugs, and the rats. Yes, I said it: the bugs and the rats.

I know that this post is long coming. Thank you guys so much for checking this out. I really appreciate it!!! Hopefully I'll be back on here before too long. If your a praying person, please pray for the babies in the orphanage, the kids here in Lagosette as they all have really tough situations, the missionaries, and all the people in Cap-Haitian. If you aren't, just keep us in your thoughts. I miss you all! By the way, thanks for the comments. I really LOVE reading them. Who ever wrote the story about the ogres, I love you and I think that your hilarious. PLEASE reveal yourself.

Be strong and courageous and do not be afraid. The Lord goes with you each and every day.

Felicia.