At LaHatte 4th and 5th grade class
Slip sliding while driving in the truck down the dry river bed.
What an adventure on our first full day here! :-)
Good evening to all the loved ones at home. We send you all love and hugs and appreciate the prayers you are sending our way. God is good.
We arrived Sunday afternoon and going through the airport and customs was the easiest ever. Praise God!! We organized our supplies for each school and unpacked at the compound. That night we went to St. Marc for church and thoroughly loved worshipping with our Haitian brothers and sisters. We are one in the spirit and Carter translated the message for us to follow along.
Today was an early morning departure and a bumpy cargo truck ride on "River Bed Road" to LaHatte school. We were able to observe six (preK-6th grade) classes in the morning and enjoyed passing out some new school supplies to each teacher, helping to teach a few French songs with the instruments we also brought there. This is the most remote and poorest of all Mission Possible schools with approximately 90 students.
Our afternoon focus was at the Mission Possible teacher institute where teachers in training and current Mission Possible teachers are attending each afternoon. Members of our team have each prepared a 5-day unit intended to increase their knowledge in a content area and/or improve their teaching skills. Today we found our "students" to be attentive and interested in what we had to share, and we look forward to our remaining days.
Love from,
Sharon Newlove, Judy Shick, Patti Spiegel and Mary Jo Williams
