Whatever comes to mind, whenever

(Trying to keep on track with posting these, but I have a conference tomorrow through Saturday, so I don’t know when I’ll be online next!)

Sleeping until noon was incredible. I honestly thought that we had slept later than noon – even though it had only been a little over six hours of sleep since getting back from the church.

We ate “lunch,” which was really breakfast, and then left for the Boys’ House. The Boys’ Home was the most fun I’ve had in a long time. We played with them for about two hours on the basketball court behind the school, which is right next to the school.

Definitely one of my fondest memories from Haiti: ballin' it up with the boys (and girls)

I played basketball with two of the other team members, Sarah and Chelsea. We played against the Haitians and had a great time. The two girls were actually pretty god, probably better than me. I had my height on my side though, and became the rebounding king…because  missed so many of shots! But I was still able to frustrate them and have a blast.

We made s’mores with the boys afterward – most of their faces were covered in marshmallow goo in mere minutes! Guerrier kept putting dead grass on the fire and I taught him how to break sticks and put them in the fire. He had a lot of fun!

After the s’mores, we gave out the present to the boys, but not before Jen and Jeff gave them lecture to tell them to do well in school, because they have a lot of people giving money so they can go to school. Hopefully, they got through to them!

THe older boys got a BIble in the Message translation, and the younger boys got a comic book Bible. They also all got sunglasses, and we were able to get a lot of pictures of them wearing them. Most of them put them on upside down to be funny. After a quick snack that they made for us, we said goodbye until tomorrow and left for home.

One of the boys, Mackenlay, enjoys his first ever s'more (and it looks like he LOVED it!)

I haven’t really mentioned this before, but I love having Jean-Alix and his family around (Mylene, Lori, and Markley). At team time, someone mentioned just how Christ-like the family is, and the truth of that statement is so evident. THe parents and children’s’ love for Haiti and for each other is amazing and tear-jerking.

At “team time,” we began preparing for coming home, and just thinking about going home is hard, because of what I have to look forward to. But during team time I was convited to actually look forward to going home to my own mission field. This is the place God has placed me in, and I should be excited about what God has in store for me.