Good Morning to all:

Its a cloudy overcast day that greets the team as they get ready to head to the airport. I think they are all praying that the rain drops will hold off until they are at least at the airport. They have had enough experiences getting wet in the back of the truck. It seems the rain in Haiti is getting some press in the US as I have had a number of emails with prayers for our safety. I haven't heard the news of what's going on in the rest of Haiti, but accept for the big storm end of last week, the rains are more or less what comes with the rainy season. But normal or not it still is not ideal conditions for all of those living in temporary shelters. The prayers and concerns are appreciated. Not all is negative though as some of the team members took advantage of the rain off of the roof to "soften" their hair with rain water.

Attendance at church was quite limited on Sunday but the few kids that were there thoroughly enjoyed the singing of our group and readily joined in for a second rendition..hand movements and all. The team repeated their performance at Little Children of Jesus yesterday and it was heartwarming to see some of those kids attempting to do the hand motions. The big smiles on their faces seen as the team sang away, though were more than enough. This was the team's reward for all of the choir practices they had before going to church

Many chores were got attended to this week as the team split up into various groups. A new carpet was put down on the stage in the chapel, two classrooms painted and touched up after repairs were completed and another one refreshed and best of all (for me at least) was getting all of the classrooms organized. We got new tables and chairs in place and were able to dispose of a number of broken/warn our desks. All of the senior grades are pretty much set and next step will be to take care of the junior grads (grade 7 and down).

As the "Moving Drip Dry Team," thus named for all of the furniture shuffling they did and their several baptisms of rain, heads back home, I will be heading to the school to deliver the staff pay and continue with my contract work.

Brooke, Brenda, Nelson, Melinda, Mike, Judy, Liz

Pana, Elizabeth, Tom, Joe, Kim, Rose Marie, Jessica

tira for now...time to cook up some breakfast.

Debbie