Thursday & Friday

It's been another good couple of days, so here's an update for you!

Thursday:
Today was another full (well, almost...) day of work. We kept on hauling sand, gravel, and water up to the second floor of the new building at the ministry center. We were able to pour three columns today. It was a lot of hard work, but we persevered and made it through (with only a little bit of sunburn... ;))! We were able to visit Quisqueya Christian School today. They had a basketball game going on, and we toured the school as well. It was interesting to see a basketball game in a different country, and outside. Apparently, there are some different rules here than in the States. Don't ask me, though, I don't have much knowledge of sports & rules. We came back to the ministry center afterwards and called it an early night.

Friday:
Today, we only had a half day of work. We poured the concrete for the last column, and we were pretty much done with the second floor. We were also working on pouring concrete for outdoor showers that they hope to have done before summertime, as there are a lot of groups that come then. We then had a celebration lunch, with a typical Haitian meal. It was cornmeal, goat meat, yam, and plaintains. I can't say that I was a big fan of the meal, but it wasn't too bad. After lunch, we headed off to a village that has many artists who do iron art. It's all very beautiful, and is made out of recycled iron. We came back to the ministry center, and did some debriefing. Now, we're here for the night, just relaxing and doing some packing.
Tomorrow, Ryan is headed back to Michigan, Bill is going to Jacmel, Haiti (where he used to live) for a few days, and I'm staying an extra week to volunteer in an orphanage.

 We can't believe that the week has gone by so fast, and definitely appreciate the prayers and support as we were working here alongside the Haitians to work on their building project.
Thanks,
Rachel