No wonder we're so tired!

Some of the things we've done so far:


We did so much laundry that they had to hang up three more clothes lines in addition to the three they already had up ("and by laundry, imagine Debbi & Nicki crouching over 5 tubs of water, scrubba scrubba scrubba, rinsa rinsa rinsa, and hang them up," -Lisa).

We made 60 boxes of macaroni and cheese over an open fire with powdered milk and the kids ate over a box a piece.

Painted lots of little girl nails and sat for lots of manicures (and too bad for you the nail polish remover is coming out tomorrow night before we leave so you won't get to see them!  ;)

A few of us on laundry crew got to use an old-fashioned iron heated with charcoals (that one very tough girl picked up with her bare hands), and spontaneously broke out in song, belting out "Lean on Me," "This Little Light of Mine," and and learning some of their Creole songs.

We nailed bracer panels onto 14 bunk beds.

Got 52 fabric paint handprints.

Some of us built a divider wall in the girls dorm ("and by dorm we mean cinderblock rooms with concrete floors and bunk-beds crammed side by side" - Lisa)

We made millions of friendship bracelets.

We taught 5 piano lessons on a keyboard drawn on paper.

Took lots of video and pictures.

Helped the kids decorate 52 picture frames.

Ate LOTS and LOTS of amazing food (we've been showered with affection by Katia & Smith, the Haitian orphanage directors here).

Visited and prayed over the new orphanage.

Sewed frogs (and frantically tried to manage the needles!)

Painted two ceilings.

Popped 52 bags of popcorn.

Watched a movie where the kids didn't mind or complain AT ALL about the long wait to set up the projector, or it being in English, or having to stop it 1/3 of the way through when the generator went out.

Toured the bakery that where the kids are being taught to keep a job and earn income for themselves.

Put on lots of bug repellant.

Taken 27 showers half on the floor (the water pressure here's a little low...)



And MOST importantly, all the while:

Playing with, cuddling, teaching, holding, playing basketball and soccer with, dancing, singing, snuggling, rocking, laughing with, being taught by, and LOVING 52 beautiful, wonderful, amazing children who love Jesus with all their hearts.

-The Team