Completely Random

Last night I dreamed in Creole. It was weird. I was having conversations with people and I could understand them.  I was talking to a teacher about watching her class for the rest of the day because she was sick. It was a completely random conversation, but it’s the first one I’ve ever had in Creole. At least in a dream, anyway. 

My trip back to the states was good. I spent a week in Orlando with my dad and grandpa. It was relaxing spending a week away from all the children, but I spent the majority of my time shopping for them. I’m about ready to play Bingo with them and who ever wins gets a toy. They love Bingo!! Our games get really intense around here.

One thing that was crazy about my trip home was how I immediately felt insecure. As soon as I got off the plane I started looking at all these magazines and TV shows and I started comparing myself. Within the first hour of my arrival I was totally convinced I had to go on a diet and dye my hair. LoL. That’s insane. Now that I’m back in Haiti I could care less. I never realized how much the media affected me until I went without it.

I have a very busy month planned ahead of me. We have teams coming to stay for the entire month of March. We are doing clothing and food distribution and medical clinics. It’s going to be a lot of work, but I think we’re going to reach many people through our ministries. I'll keep you all posted on our progress

A little break

I'm staying in FL with my grandpa this week. I'm supposed to go back home Saturday. It's good to be here but I miss my kids. Earlier I was showing my family all the pictures I have of them. I've turned into that annoying parent that can't have a conversation without it turning into something about my children. I can't help it though. They're so smart and funny. I went around asking each one of them what they wanted from America. I'm using the money I had donated to me to buy them all something. Wilson, a 12 year old boy, told me he wanted jerky and a motorcycle. Hahaha. I said, "Is that all? Are you sure you don't need a jet ski too?" He's so crazy! I got him the jerky he may have to wait a few years on the motorcycle. If he was sitting on one I doubt his feet could even touch the ground. Another boy told me he wanted fruit loops. I also have to get Nike tennis shoes, a basketball, and a jump rope. It's funny to hear the random things they ask for.
I know my blog entries have become a little scarce. I'm sorry for that. The internet in Haiti has been horrible ever since I got back from Christmas break. I can log on but then after about 5 minutes it kicks me off. I can still answer my emails because I can check those over my phone. It would be a little difficult writing an entire blog with my cell phone though. It's supposed to be working soon so don't forget about me. I'll try to start posting regularly once I get back into Haiti.

Melissa's Laugh

I’ve been kind of sick for a week now. I hate that. I’m not sick enough to miss work. Just sick enough to make the day seem like it will never end. I think its allergies. This is weird because I’ve never had allergies before. Of course, I’ve never lived in Haiti before either.  My throat hurts, my nose is stuffed up, and my eyes are dry. And let me just say that I’m not going to try and pretend like I’m some tough missionary chick that never complains about anything. When I’m sick I’m the biggest baby you’ve ever seen. These poor people living with me have had to put up with my whining for a while now. Hahaha. Oh well, it should be about over. I think it has about run its course.

I found out a couple days ago that I can’t come home now until the end of June. I wanted to come home for a week during my Easter break but I don’t think I can now. There is a team coming to stay with me that week and a couple of the people on the team are from my home church. Plus that week we are going to have a free clinic for one day at the property that Soul Harvest Church purchased. It’s going to be the first ministry we do on our land. I have to be here for that. At the end of June I can come back to WV for a couple months during my summer vacation. It’s going to be weird leaving everyone for that long but I’ll enjoy the little break. I can’t even imagine how hot it will be here in July and August. I’m sure it’s miserable. I know I’ll experience it eventually but for now I’m going to go home and hide in the air conditioning when the time comes. Ya I know. I’m a wimp!

My Creole is improving significantly. I’ve been praying that God would help me with it and he really has. Now it seems like I can remember words easier. Things are sticking in my brain. I can make sentence now but it still takes me a while to think of every word. I think now it’s just a matter of practicing. I have a teacher in town helping me with grammar 3 days a week. It’s helped a lot, but he’s expensive so I can’t go to him that much longer.  My monthly budget is only $150 and I give $50 of that away to whoever needs it.  Obviously I have to be really careful with how I spend my money. This tutoring thing is a good investment now, but I can’t do it forever. Eventually I’ll have to teach myself.

This is completely random but……The kids are outside my room playing right now. I can hear Melissa over top of all of them. She is about 8 years old. I fell in love with her from the very beginning. She has a big personality; aka, she has an attitude. She’s not rude, but she does let her opinions be known. She’s got a great laugh though. I wish I could record it and put it on here. I can always hear it over all the other children. I can be having the worst day in the world and hearing that laugh will always make me smile. I’m so glad I was obedient to the Lord even when I was afraid and unsure. If I wouldn’t have been I would have never got to hear something as precious as Melissa’s laugh.