Greetings from Hot and steamy Port au Prince...the little rain we had this afternoon didn't do much to help cool things done. Everyone is spread about doing various and sundry activities. I was sorting a new shipment of donations we recieved from Food for the Poor yesterday. Some folks are rinsing out the tie-dye t-shirts they are making with the kids....(all 150 of them). Others are organizing photos of the kids. Matt and Jean got the wiring at the school changed over from the solar panels, so hopefully they won't have any more "blackouts".

The Hope House Chinese laundry...first step to tie-dying......is prepping the shirts so the colours last longer and appear "brighter"..even I am learning something this week.

My next big challenge is organizing the vehicles and people so that we can go and get the container of donations that have also finally cleared customs....I just knew it would happen this week or next when we were so occupied.....naturally it couldn't have come out last week when I had vehicles and people to spare. However always looking at the silver lining, the team is free in the afternoon and will be a big help putting it all in the depot and getting it organized.

Meanwhile they were busy today with their bible story skits....the highs seas adventure of Paul imprisoned on a boat heading to Rome for his trial. Matt and Barrett are making the waves of the ocean with their blue cloth. The kids were quite enthralled and followed along very well. They especially liked it when they felt the raindrops falling on their heads (water being squirted by Pastors Rich and Veronica)

While the grade 3 and 4 classes enjoy VBS the grade 6 class is preparing for the final state exams. Today they had a preporatory exam to help the teachers identify their weak areas. Space for writing the exams (to discourage cheating) is limited so some of the kids were spread out on the chapel benches. Here is one of the girls writing her exams......can you imagine a scene like this at home!?

This photo takes us back to Sunday but I wanted you to get an idea of the scene that was repeated all over the country as folks were glued to their radios and TV sets following the final game between Spain and Holland.

until next time.....take care.

Debbie