Thursday, February 17, 2011

Day 4 in Haiti

Hey Everyone,










Yesterday we had a few people finish their quilts! There were many new people who came, so we did a lot of teaching. There were three adorable little boys who we brought out crayons and coloring books for and they spent the whole time drawing. Many of the women who finished their quilts decided that they wanted to make skirts. We cut out fabric for them and one women took the extra scarps and made a pretty head scarf. We also made some pants for a women's two little boys and they looked very cute in them. After sewing we had a lunch of Djon-djon which are mushrooms with spices that have been boiled down and the broth from them put over rice. After lunch we went for a drive to a village called Bonga. It was extremely bumpy but the view was really pretty. On the way we passed people traveling on foot, on motorbikes, and on horseback carrying water, racks of bread, and bags of beans. It's amazing to see all of the children that walk to school 3 or more miles each way through the mountains!  In Bonga we saw a school house and a small 2 room health clinic. On the way back it was sad to see a house that had been completely destroyed by the earthquake.

After our drive we went on a walk up a hill overlooking the village and through a small forest with grazing horses and cows.  We finished the walk at the village where several boys were kicking a soccer ball. Before we knew it, we were kicking the ball back and forth with the children of the village who seemed to appear from nowhere. There was lots of laughing when we missed the ball or when we accidentally kicked it into a ditch where the smallest children quickly ran to retrieve it. It was really fun!  After a half hour of playing soccer we were exhausted and climbed back up the hill to the house. We had expected that three people from "Clowns Without Borders" were going to come and stay the night, but they decided to stay in Port au Prince instead. We were actually relieved to be able to go to bed early. We were tired and the solar powered batteries for the house were running low. We had lights out before 9 pm.

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