First week complete

I ALMOST have a new car. Randy and I went again today to shop around. We have a few options. Tomorrow we'll go again and test drive them and make a decision. After that it should take about a week (although this is Haiti to anything could happen) to complete all the paperwork. Randy and Karen have been great about driving me everywhere but it's difficult to coordinate all our schedules and we will be able to accomplish much more when I have my own vehicle. The teachers are very busy in their classrooms and they are starting to look pretty good. I interviewed a woman today to assist in the special education class, we will most likely hire her tomorrow and then the staff will be complete. Each morning is spent answering the teacher's questions, helping them find needed supplies, finalizing the teacher's contract and organizing schedules for the year. We meet every morning for devotions, share announcements and discuss anything that needs to be discussed. The secondary students come in the afternoon to clean the school. Most of them are former students and it is wonderful to see so many familiar faces. They have grown up so much both in maturity and in size. Yesterday I was able to spend some time with Cadeau and Samuel my "little brothers", it was great to catch up with them. They are both doing very well. I've also had a little bit of time to talk to Manman Manise, my good friend from before. I'm feeling a tiny bit overwhelmed by the amount of work that must be completed before school starts. I still haven't put together all the furniture in my room that I bought and therefore my suitcases are still not completely unpacked, all in good time I suppose. I turned down an invitation to dinner this week just so that I could get a few things done around here and feel a bit more settled. Overall, I praise the Lord for a great first week in Haiti.