We also had a treat on Friday night.... American Pizza! There is a missionary family that started making pizzas in their home for mission teams that come in. It was absolutely delicious! We have been eating more authentic Haitian meals than on trips in the past, so a taste from home was a treat! The family there has six children and a trampoline that the kids were invited to jump on. A heavy rain came through and soaked them all, but that didn't stop them!
We returned home late on Wednesday night to friends at the airport and a plate of delicious cookies (thank you Lea!). Katelyn had to leave for Young Life camp at 6:45 am the next morning, so I spent most of the night doing her laundry and was excited to crawl into my bed at about 4:00 am. We got up on Thursday and packed our bags again to celebrate DJ Morgan & Demi Boe's wedding up in Bellingham. I got to coordinate the wedding, so I had tons of fun being in charge of things after such a long break!
So that brings me to today, prepping for church in the morning, looking through photos to share at church and editing video. I get to relive the trip again and spend time reflecting on all we got to see and do.
We are incredibly thankful to have spent such an extended time in the country we love and to have been able to do it as a family. There is so much we will miss about being there, and yet we are incredibly happy to be home. As a family we have a much deeper appreciation for simple things and have been caught off guard by some of the things that we missed... like carpet! Both Kate and I were shocked at how it felt on our feet after spending a month on tile and dirt.
Thank you to everyone for your prayers and your support while we were gone. God has richly blessed us with friends and family to come home to and people to miss while we were gone.
The Pastor & his wife and daugther in Williamson. They have six children, one of whom was VERY good to Brooklyn. In fact the Pastor's wife told us that Brooklyn was a regular topic of conversation around the house. On several occasions we were served delicious watermelon when we were there. We'll miss that!
Brooklyn and her friend Edna... and Edna's friend... we can't remember her name.
She was mostly there to appear in the photo!
LIMEONADE!!!
One last Coke with my friend Ahmad.
Trampoline time.
Men, what do you think of this directional sign?
Any guesses as to what these words are? I love this phase of development. You become a super sleuth to figure out what's being written. (I'll post the answers at the bottom of the page in case you want to try to guess.)
Our meeting in Gonaives with Pastor Joshua, Pastor Michel, and Claire. We interviewed them and can't wait for Brookview to hear their hearts for Haiti when we share tomorrow.
Brooklyn playing in the children's home in Gonaives.
It was HOT!!!! Brooklyn was the designated face mister.
Her first Hatian Coke! What a treat.
This was one exhausted family on the drive home.
Our car and driver for the trip up North.
Can you believe we had eight people and luggage in the vehicle?
A small taste of the driving. Yes, that's a Mack truck flying at us at about 60 mph. Yes there is a car on the right side of us, making it a challenge to get out of the way. Yes, we did weave our way into the middle of the road and came out the other side just fine! It's like the ultimate game of frogger.
The answer to Brooklyn's phonetic spelling.... 1) Pizza, 2) July - the j is backwards. We're working on that.
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