After almost four weeks straight of visitors, the last few days have been a bit quiet! I have to admit that this past weekend I had to rest up a bit, I LOVE having visitors here but they are always so high energy that after they leave it takes me a few days to recover:) I must be getting old.
After my sister Amy left, we had three board members, Steve, Carina and Hilary come for a visit and Steve's son, Cam, came along to take some pictures. As always my favourite part of having visitors is seeing things fresh, with new eyes. Carina has been coming to Haiti for many years, and therefore, she more than anyone can see the progress that has taken place within our organization. She pointed out the growth of the teachers and how strong a team we have to work with. She noticed little things, like more posters on the teachers walls and more discussion during staff meetings. Steve as always was full of energy and encouragement. For Hilary, it was her first time. She does the bulk of the work for our sponsorship program and it was great that she could finally meet some of our students face to face, instead of only seeing their faces on her computer screen. Cam took a lot of great pics (as you can see on the previous post) and through his lens you can see so much of Haiti.
Elections happened Sunday with very few incidents. We closed school today (Monday) because there is NEVER school the day after elections (so we were told). Although we hate to give in to the fear that governs so much of this country, we gave in this time and decided to tackle a few projects that are hard to complete when school is open.
The next few weeks we will be on edge a little bit, waiting to see how things play out politically. The results should (key word here) be announced at the end of the month. Overall it'll be busines as usual for us, but we'll make an effort to keep extra food and water in the house and our gas tanks nice and full.
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