When you begin to take something for granted, it is often taken away from you so you can appreciate it more:) For many months now we've been receiving electricity every night for approximately 6 hours. This is enough time to charge our batteries and keep our fans going through the night. The batteries at my place are nearing the end of their life, so we've been rationing their power for a while now, but the last two nights we haven't received any electricity and even rationing isn't working any more. Only fans are permitted at this time and tonight it'll be a miracle if even they work! Some people have generators which they can use to charge their batteries, but we don't have one at my house so that's not an option. When I drove by Randy and Karen's this afternoon I heard a generator running and discovered that they had borrowed a generator for a few days, and therefore have power right now which is how I am able to write this post. Ah the joys of Haiti.
One another note, the Ontario team left today and we will miss them. They were a great team, enthusiastic throughout, even with the heat. They were able to accomplish A LOT! Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures today because I thought there was no electricity, therefore no computers or internet. Next week I'll try to update some pictures. A lot of painting has been completed and it's starting to look GOOD! I've met with the teachers each day this week, which has been good. Unfortunately we had to push back the opening day of school until May 31st, so next week will also be full of meetings and preparations, without the joy of actually seeing the student's faces. All in God's timing, I know! This will likely be my only post this weekend, so until Monday!
1 comment:
Good thing that God's plan is always waaaay better then ours! Although I have to admit you get more opportunities to be thankful for this in Haiti....
Hope your weekend is awesome and looking forward to when classes do resume! :)
Gwen
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