Day 3

Hello friends!

Today was filled with various activities, some being very monotonous, others in air conditioned offices, others rather enjoyable under the shade of a tree with some paint brushes. In any of these circumstances, we all served COTP and the Lord in some way.

The morning started off with a delicious breakfast of pancakes made by Maude, the cook for the volunteer house. Some people were up and did devotions before breakfast, others slept in until the last minute possible (cough, yours truly) and groggily ate breakfast and did devotions after. It's an enjoyable way to start your mornings.

After devotions and breakfast we started our jobs. Mom (Tammy), Lizzy, Micah, Nic, and Alinda all started off by pressure washing and scraping paint off the side of the Life House, a continuation of yesterday's job. Cassandra and Jordan were working on photocopying report cards in the offices for part of the morning, and Jordan continued to work on computer problems for the rest of the day while Cassandra switched out to scraping the wall. Dad (Jeff) worked on preparing for a bible study for the international staff and worked on building a game for the carnival this coming Friday. Dan came around and supervised everything and took pictures and worked on painting a little bit. From 3:30-5:30 we did a VBS with some kids from one of the baby houses.

Alrighty, I'm going to expand a little bit more on this because this is what I did for most of the day. Cameron and I started off the day by painting one of those boards with animals on it with the faces cut out so you can go behind and stick your face in it(see the picture below if that description made absolutely no sense :P) It was a lot of fun and we worked fairly fast and got all of it done today. I had an absolute blast working on it and the artistic side I didn't really realize I had came out.  The picture below is about half way through the painting. A few more clouds were added along with some tree branches. We'll be using it for the kid's carnival on Friday.

I am thoroughly enjoying our time here in Haiti. I have a new appreciation for washing machines, for cold showers, for good paintbrushes, and air conditioning. I am loving the Haitian culture and their relaxed time schedules. Since we don't have access to social media/aren't really supposed to be on it, I have realized how much time it can really suck out of your day, and how much more you can connect with those around you when you're not worried about your Facebook friend you hardly know. It has been very refreshing.

We are excited for the rest of the week, and for me it is all together going by much too fast. Your continuous prayers would be appreciated, and I hope you are all having a lovely week back home :)

-Hannah Vanderhooft