Anpil Petit! (Tortuga, Jorge, Miriam Center, and Graduation)

Well, hey there, America.

To be completely honest, I don't have a whole lot to say today... Yesterday was orientation and tours and whatnot.  Not much... My group is the "miscellaneous" group, which basically means that they can plug in wherever they want.  AKA, I can plug in just about wherever I want.  Sweet.  (Crossing my fingers for more  English classes!)

Today I actually spent with someone else's group because their intern was sick.  Tortuga!  Whoop!  My fav.  They did a pretty cute little Bible story about Abraham and sang the Father Abraham song in English and in Creole, which was fun.  Then we played all sorts of dancing and singing games- like Little Sally Walker, except Creole versions.  We also taught them how to play Freeze Tag with all the Blancs being It.  Oh my gosh.  So funny.  They were running away from us screaming!  Ha!  Hilarious.

I was playing with a girl in the water later (wearing my water shoes, no worries there) and she knew that I was friends with Wencha.  Apparently this is grounds to totally mess with my head... I told her that I hadn't see yet, and the girl told me that she had died.  It wasn't until I was marching out of the water to go find her that the girl said she was just joking.  Not funny, girl.  Not.  Funny.  I was sad that Wencha wasn't around, but no worries. I talked to her sister and she's fine.

After a late lunch, I did grocery ministries with a small group.  One house we went to was a man and his ten kids.  He said he was married, but his wife wasn't there.  We were invited inside where he immediately found chairs for us to sit in and wouldn't let us talk until everyone was comfortably seated.  It was cute.  When we left, he gave us each a hug and a kiss on the cheek.  Being Cuban, I'm used to that, but I don't think I've ever seen a Haitian man do that.  It was really sweet.

Prie
When we asked him how we could pray for him, the man that we gave groceries to, Jorge said that he had diabetes and was running out of medicine.  Please keep him and his family in your prayers!

Also, there are now 47 kids in the Miriam Center and let's just say there's not enough staff or room for that many... Autumn and Stephanie have been working like crazy to keep it running.  Please pray for them and the kids!

Loue
37 preschoolers graduate tomorrow!  Whoop!  :)

Creole Lesson:
Papa Abraham gen anpil petit!
Father Abraham has a lot of kids!

Sung to the tune of "Father Abraham."  :)