I Do All My Own Stunts

Today was a work day. Tim worked with Valdez to build the purification system. Rick and Karl worked on the wiring. Darenda and Brian visited some other sites. Akeisha helpd me teach the first part of the health and hygiene class with our friend Frantzou translating. In spite of getting a late start, much was accomplished. Tim and Valdez pretty much finished building the system. They will be ready to do operator training by tomorrow afternoon. Rick and Karl made great progress with the wiring for the solar power system and should be finished tomorrow.

Karl looks on as Tim and Valdez begin building the system

 

Karl hard at work on the wiring\

Our health and hygiene class went well. Akeisha and I started the class with having the class act out the story of Moses, Pharoah and the Red Sea. We had GREAT Moses and Pharoah characters! They really got into it. Afterwards, we had super community help with making paper chains for Sunday's celebration and putting Living Waters labels on all the bottles.



My best paper chain makers - making chains to decorate the celebration

Akeisha organized a gang of teenagers to label all the bottles

Darenda and Brian scouted some good potential sites for future installations. It was a great day all around.

At the end of the work day, we got a round of frisbee going among the crowd that had gathered to observe what the " blanques" (whites) were up to. Interesting that some of the guys had never encountered a frisbee before - but that didn't stop them from really getting into the game.

Akeisha helps one of the younger frisbee players

The most wonderful thing happened at the end of the day. Many of you may remember the little girl we photographed getting water in Camp Perrin last February. We have all been hoping to see her to know that she is still ok. After dinner, we decided to take a walk up to the church at the top of the hill. When we got to the church, it was getting quite dark and Akeisha disappeared around the side of the church. Darenda went after her to get her to come back so we could get back "home" before it got completely dark (the road/path up there is really uneven, rocky and rutted). Darenda disappeared and didn't return. Then Rick followed. And Tim, and then our Haitian co-workers. Brian and Karl and I were left standing in front of the church alone in the gathering dark having "Blair Witch" type thoughts. Finally I said I was going to see what was going on and Karl and Brian followed. On the far side of the church we found our group talking to 3 adult Haitians and a child. And the child was a little girl wearing a shirt that said "I Do All My Own Stunts" - the girl in the photo from last February! The shirt is how Akeisha, who had only seen her in a photograph, recognized her. That child must wonder about the bear hugs she got from this crowd of "blanques".


Bethanie found!