May the fourth be with you

Hello!

Today's peculiar festivities started at breakfast... Spaghetti for breakfast.  Although strange, we were pleasantly surprised by the taste.  We ate quietly again today, for most of us- myself included- rolled out of bed just minutes before breakfast was served.  We continued the morning with a good devotion focusing on God's unconditional love shown through the story of Hosea and his wife.

It was just another work day today, but our spirits were lifted as we were not only able to scrape paint off today, but we were allowed to actually put paint back on the wall!  If only I could explain to you how satisfactory that was.  Almost all of our group worked on scraping/painting the wall of the Life House, except for the select few that have been assigned special tasks for the week.  Jordan worked on more technology today, helping fix computers around campus as needed.  Jeff was in the workshop all day wrapping up a skee ball board he has been working on for a few days now.  Dan gave us a goal for how far he wanted us to get painting on the wall by the end of the day, but we are happy to report we reached our goal by lunch time!

For lunch, we had my favorite Haitian meal.  We had grand meatballs, fantastic fried cheesy bread wedges, and wonderful dirty rice.  To top these great foods off, we had two sensational sauces.  Every day we get a nice break just to sit and relax before going back to an afternoon of work.

Speaking of which, this afternoon was a rather easy afternoon of work, which was nice.  Most of us really struggled with energy levels this afternoon, so it was great to just have to clean up as our work.

From three to five, we did our vbs with the kids again.  It started raining, so the kids were pretty distracted during the lesson.  Although distracted, I think we got our point across.  After we finished our lesson, we had extra time, so we colored pictures with the kids and they seemed to enjoy that for the most part.

Straight after we brought the kids home from vbs, we headed into town, and the rain, to have supper at a restaurant.  Let me just tell you, the food was delicious.  About 90% of us ordered a cheeseburger and fries.  It was nice to have a night off the COTP campus with lots of laughs and fellowship. (I feel the need to say Cameron ate his cheeseburger and fries in about five minutes.  We were all really hungry.)

After supper we all got back in the van, with a little more energy.  Hannah, Cameron, Jordan, and I (Lizzy) laughed almost the entire 20 minute drive back.  If you asked us what we were laughing at, we wouldn't be able to begin to tell you; we'd probably just start laughing again.

We finished off the night with another good devotion and even more laughs.  Our time here has been full of work, but also the right amount of fun.  Also, we all definitely appreciated the letters from our families today.  (Riley, I'm sorry. I didn't eat a mango for you...I have plenty of friends here who will though :p ) Thank you all for your continual support and prayers while we have been here! We all are thankful we are here and not in the weather you Minnesotans are experiencing...Take advantage of that AC!  See you all soon,

Lizzy Gardner  :)