What a great day

What a great day we have had. A wonderful church service, delicious lunch of rice and beans, a 3 1/2 trip to Ti Rivere and back by a different route. Dickie drove with Luckner, Karen, Dennis and Paul or Bill inside (they took turns) and the rest of us outside. We put 2 benches in the back....trying to be a regular tap tap but we were not very successful, no one wanted to get on with us! A lot of people laughed at us though.
We saw the whole valley and what a beautiful sight!
We returned home and a bunch walked the canal with all the kids. Faith and I stayed at home and "poisioned" the wood. We are to paint it tomorrow when we return home.
Tomorrow we go to a resort for the day, all 12 of us and Karen and Alex. School also starts again tomorrow and the kids return with the construction well underway.
The living room is a bee of activity with about 8 or 10 people playing Mexican Train.
I am hoping Karen will get a few lines in here. She has been dealing with a lot of stuff since we returned and has to get things organized for tomorrow while we are away.
Hi, me here now. I just had a two hour phone call with my trusty assistant dealing with problems at school and onsite. Fun and games.
We really did have a great day, which helped make the problem solving go better.
Alex is spoiled rotten, more than usual even, by all the loving attention from the great crew here. He is loving every minute of the attention and is shining in fine form with his performances. It will not only be hard for me to see them leave, but it will be horrible for him too. So how many of them am I going to be able to tie on down here.
Now I have to go down to the depot with the giddy sister to prepare food for the students as school reopens tomorrow.
Two we have to take time to check over our kids skin for any problems to see if a visit to the doctor is needed tomorrow.
If I don't go now I will get even more giddy, so goodnight. More tomorrow.

Sunday after Church

It is another great day in Haiti. We had a great Church Service this morning. We are having a great time together and getting lots of jobs completed. The kitchen cupboards at Luckners are completed except for the doors. Luckners children have poisoned it and will paint it tomorrow. Then I will make doors. I finished Karen's storage closet yesterday, Faith and Sandra will poison it and then paint it.
The School work is progressing nicely and with a couple of hundred kids added tomorrow it will be fun. The Market trip yesterday was interesting as usual, I almost lost it smelling the rotten meat,etc. We are going on a field trip after lunch, 14 people in one small truck, no small feat. The heat is bad but getting somewhat better at standing it. Lots of funtimes with the children. It is always a pleasure to come here, I enjoy it tremendously despite the trip in from PaP.
Love Dickie