Ever since I started to feel better I've been crazy busy! Saturday was spent running around doing errands around town. At night, Randy and Karen's neighbours had a costume party and invited me as well. We got dressed up and had a lovely night with their family, eating delicious food and watching "Casper". Sunday we had a small party at the church to celebrate the one year anniversary of the church. It was a nice time of fellowship and some great treats. Ben Hopp preached, which I always enjoy because he preaches in English and has someone translate. Although attending a Haitian church is improving my Creole vocabulary, after three hours of church my head starts to hurt a bit, so it's always a nice break to hear English for a while.
Monday was a holiday here in Haiti. To celebrate my good health a group of us went to visit the Hopps at their house, which conveniently is located on a resort on the ocean. We had a nice day of visiting them, and the pool and the beach. It was a really nice relaxing day.
Tuesday was another day of no school. The teachers are given one day off to write their report cards. Most of them came in to work on them and I spent the day proofreading them and signing them all. Wednesday was the parent/teacher interviews. We had a nice little ceremony to begin with. We reviewed the school expectations and rewarded the top student in each class, and one student from each class who has worked extremely hard over the first semester. They received a certificate and a small gift bag. As well, each student who was never late or absent for the entire first semester received a small gift and a certificate. There were fifty students who qualified, I was quite impressed by this. Today (Thurs.) was a regular school day and somewhat uneventful, unless of course you consider mice taking over the office as eventful. They are coming out of everywhere and they are NOT afraid. I'm not sure what I'll do but I'm tired of spending all day sitting on my feet terrified that one might run across my feet. Any suggestions??
Tomorrow morning we have a staff meeting in the morning for a few hours. I always get a bit nervous about staff meetings. It's difficult to have intense conversation for hours in Creole, I do alright but by the end my head is really spinning. I do however, look forward to some time to bond with the teachers and discuss several topics that need to be discussed. I enjoy hearing their points of view and always walk away having learned something new about Haiti culture and/or the education system.
5 comments:
Kim
THanks for your updates, even though i dont comment, I read each one and really appreciate being able to follow your time there. Good to hear that you are well again and able to continue doing the wonderful job you were given and are so qualified to do,
May God continue to bless you as you bless those around you
Love
Mice advice: My sister Michelle used to put out a bucket of water and let little packages of peanut butter float in the water. Mice would crawl over the edge and would ker-plunk in the water....at least it was an easier way to deal with the mice. Where did they come from is my question!?
Sounds like your week has been busy and fun-filled. Any fun plans this weekend???
I think that you are taking the entirely wrong approach with the mice - it sounds to me like they are just being friendly. Maybe you need to extend the cheese of friendship to them!
Now spiders, on the other hand, would be an completely different matter.
Cha
Thanks for all the mice suggestions. I'm leaning towards getting a cat, just kidding, as much as I'd like a cat the kids at school would give him/her a bit TOO much love. I will definately not be feeding the mice unless the food is in a trap, but thanks for that suggestion Cha!
Awww--get a cat! It would be good for the kids--they'd learn about having pets. Cats are pretty resilient.
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