26 April - More Electrical Repairs to Doctor's House - Trip to the Beach
Friday, April 26, 2013 – Miriam, Cal and Pastor Thoney
visited a Notary first thing, to clarify the purchase agreement and land
transfer process for the new school site. As soon as they got back, Cal took
the truck for a tire change. Then we headed over to Dr. Rodney’s for the guys
to finish up the electrical work. He and his family are very glad to have that
done. Dr. Rodney’s wife Vedane, and his children Rudy, Ollie and Alicia joined
us for a trip to the beach. This involved travelling through narrow back
streets of Cap Haitien and over a really quite alarming mountain road. Cal is
really quite the Haitian driver, using the horn and swerving among vehicles
with that big truck, with all of us clinging to the back. We finally arrived at
a really lovely resort beach. It was fun playing with the kids and floating in
the ocean. We are all pondering what we have seen this week and where we might
want to invest further effort. We used some of our time this afternoon to talk
about that, but there is so much need and so much great work going on that we
will need to pray and consider some more before we reach a conclusion. We are
very grateful for this whole experience – we have seen the pain and sorrow of
the beautiful people of this beautiful country, but also the joy and faith they
have and the bright hope for “the big tomorrow adventure”. Grace and mercy
indeed, as Pastor Thony tells us often. Tomorrow we’ll be on a bus to Santiago
and the next day on a plane home – what will being there look like after being
here? We were talking about what we missed or where anticipating at home, and
other than family none of us missed much of anything. We all anticipate a long,
hot, bubbly bath. And I think most of us think we’d do this again, given the
chance.
Safe trip home. We can't wait to hear more of your stories and observations from this challenging trip.
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