All's quiet on the Haitian front

It sure it different around here with our numbers diminished drastically. Half of the visitors left on Sat. afternoon and successfully arrived home late that night. The celebration/dedication ceremony of the playground was a HUGE success. The kids LOVED the pinata and the candy bags and the cake. We took a picture with all the kids holding Canadian flags in front of the playground. Overall it was a great day.
The weekend was quiet. Several of us visited Ysmaille's sister's house on Sunday. It was a nice relaxing day and a nice break from the humity of Port-au-Prince. It has been extremely hot these days and it hasn't rained for almost 2 weeks. Last night it finally rained and things cooled down considerably.
I forgot to mention a story that happened last week. After we visited Double Harvest we stopped at a little village to show the visitors some aquaducts. Karen's sister had brought a lot of candy with her to share with the kids of the village. When she started to pass out the candy she was practially mobbed and the adults were worse than the kids. People were putting their hands in her back pack and grabbing at her quite roughly. We quickly left town and went back to our car. But we still had all this candy we wanted to give out. So on the drive home we decided to throw the candy out the window at kids we saw playing on the side of the road. The first time we threw candy it hit a kid on the head and he seemed quite surprised. But after this they seemed to get the hang of it. At one point we drove by a soccer field. When we threw the first hand full all the kids playing soccer noticed and came running. It was crazy!!! We were worried that the car might break down and we'd get mobbed again, but all went well. Everytime the kids dived for the candy we laughed so hard. Some kids ran behind us for a while hoping for more but couldn't keep up with us. It was great fun.
This week looks like a quiet one. The visitors are finishing up some odd jobs. I'm focussing on getting the report cards ready and preparing for the parent/teacher interview/information night. Apparently they do things very different here so I'll be learning a lot the first meeting.