Sunday, 27 Feb

It is another beautiful day in Haiti!  We awoke for breakfast of french toast and oatmeal, as always accompanied by bananas, toast, jelly, and fruit juice.  At 8 AM we loaded up and drove off for church in La Tremblay.  A group of 7 people from Houston came along with us.  The service was energetic, full of song and smiles.  Afterwards, Dawn B caused a sensation as she danced (a capella) with little girls in beautiful dresses and shy young men in nice church clothes.  The little girls, little boys, and many adults shrieked with joy and hilarity when she pulled in one young man to teach some fancy jitterbug moves.  Many photos were taken, and a few movies.

After church we drove a very short distance down the road to our work site.  It is a small church, made unusable by earthquake damage.  There's no roof, no windows, and it's already missing a few walls.  Our job will be to tear it completely down and pile the rubble out near the highway.  The Houston team will join us in doing that tomorrow, then they'll return to their usual job here at the Guest House.  A porcelain commode needs to be installed at the school where we'll sleep, and that should occur tomorrow.  The plan (ha!  plans!!) is for us to return to the Guest House in Petionville tomorrow night, and then we'll sleep at the worksite in La Tremblay Tues, Wed, and Thurs nights.

La Tremblay isn't really a town. It's more or less "an area" along the main highway that heads towards the Dominican Republic.  A series of small roads lead away from the main road, and that's what they call La Tremblay. 

We are having a very good mission trip, bonding well and sharing stories from our spiritual journeys.  Tomorrow, some real, good, hot work will start.  We've made plans to hang a tarp for shade, there will be two people who are designated safety officers, and hydration will be strictly enforced. I expect to become very dirty, very hot, very sweaty, and very happy.