Day Two

Dear family and friends,

We are finding that sleep is over rated. We already wrote about the long night with the carnival going on and the loud drums that went along with it. Last night the lanzak church was finishing up their 3 days of worship, prayer and teaching (which would go on all through the night!). It was beautiful worship songs in both English and Creole, yet very loud! They finished by the time we were getting up. Another funny night time event that happend while we were sleeping was waking up to Natalie sitting up in bed and yelling in her sleep then waking up saying "I don't know why i'm yelling!". At that time Liane had turned on her headlamp and everyone else was sitting up in bed wondering what was going on!
After the girls adventurous night the day got started with the sound of the generator being on for the first time in 48 hours! Thanks to everyone who helped it get started again :)

Since we didn't get to blog last night, we are going to let you know all that went on.
Mark and Ron went with Herve to Port -Au -Prince to get the tools and supplies for the generator. When they got there the stores they needed to go to were closed because of the Carnival. They took the pump they needed fixed to a repair shop but no one was there to help. Just when they were about to leave the worker arrived and was able to fix it for them!
Something to praise God for! They also got to travel around Port-Au-Prince and see the progress that was made in the city since the last time they were there. The tent cities are much smaller, some rubble has been cleared and new buildings are starting to be built. There's a long way to go but it was encouraging for them to see the progress that has been made.
Greg and Kathy continued on their project making cabinets that will be going in the third floor apartment of the compound.
Heather, Abby, Natalie, Darren, Joyce and Katie continued painting and applied a special paint that protects the walls from moisture. When they first started to apply it they wern't so sure how it was going to look. It looked and went on more like cement than paint! It was hard to get it looking the way we wanted it, but with a little encouragment from Darren, it worked better than we thought it would. They still have a long way to go finishing the bottom part of the walls and starting a second coat!
Amanda, Pam and Nancy cleaned the storage room again and prepared hygenie bags for today's lesson in one of the schools by adding Ibuprofen and girl panties to pass out along with pads and a calendar.
Jon, Jeremy and Steve continued their work adding a roof to a building near one of the schools while teaching their new haitian friends some new skills like reading a tape measure.
Russ got started trimming the upstairs in the bible school and preparing to get started on making screens for all the windows at the compound.
Liane was busy cooking delicious meals for everyone while trying to learn new ways to cook without electricity! She was very glad when the generator turned on today!
Later on in the day we hung out by playing cards, talking, and even enjoying a yoga class led by Darren.

Thank you for all your prayers and support.
Have a blessed day!

Katie and Liane.

(pictures will be coming soon!)