Preparing for the Week Ahead

Sundays are generally a low-key day as we prepare for the week ahead. We attended church at Port-au-Prince Christian Fellowship followed by lunch at the Observatoire. It's up in the mountains and has a spectacular view of all of Port-au-Prince. You have to have patience, though, because it does take several hours of time, but it's worth it. Then we went to Giant grocery store to buy some of the local products like vanilla, coffee, and plantain chips to share with our family and friends back home. We like to put money into the economy.

We returned to Hope House and prepped our goody bags and made peanut butter sandwiches for our Vacation Bible School (VBS) tomorrow morning. Our goody bags have toothpaste, toothbrush, raisins, a mini Haitian flag, and bubbles. We did 360 goody bags and 135 peanut butter sandwiches. The assembly line at peak rate, completing all this in an hour and a half.

We experienced our first Super Bowl Party in Haiti with hamburgers, cheeseburgers, potato salad, chips, and for the older crowd - Prestige. During halftime, we did our devotions and practiced our skit. This year we are doing the story of Joseph and his multi-colored coat!

Tomorrow we look forward to VBS then out to the Village of Hope School where we'll prepare bags of beans and rice for distribution, paint, and do some other odd jobs.