Last Full Day

Once again, it got to be evening yesterday and we were too tired to blog!  So here we are, picking it up again.  Last evening, Jim had an interesting tale of listening to a symphony of snorers.  He had Paul on his left; Mark, the Pavarotti of Snoring in front; and Greer, the team leader, on the right.  The concert lasted a good hour.  How do their wives survive?  Another interesting story - here in Haiti, Spam is a popular product.  Unbeknownst to our team, Sarah's father appears to be a Spam aficionado and provided us all with an in depth history of Spam.  Apparently, the worldwide Spam museum is 40 miles from his home. 

After lunch yesterday, the wall brigade finished their work with important contributions from Sarah.  We should note that the finishing work on the wall was to take the plaster and using your hands, smooth it on the wall.  That was a kindergarten skill we learned long ago.  Who would have guessed it would be of such value today?  The ceilings and walls were repaired in Joel's room and prepped for painting.  This mission trip literally has been about moving mountains of rock lead by our spiritual leader, Liz DeMik - and we mean literally moving rocks.  The task was to move the rocks to allow better access and maneuverability of the trucks up to the storage depot.  Liz used muscles she hasn't used in 20 years.  As our team observed Liz work, the Haitian workers actually gave her a hand.  The most unique experience of the day was to watch Popular climb the coconut tree and retrieve several coconuts which Stephen DeMik "skillfully" cut open.  Our mission team then had a taste of coconut milk while most were impressed, some were not.  One member considered it to taste like the stuff you drink before a colonoscopy.  Christian turned his coconut into a drum and Paul used his as a beer mug.  Following dinner, we continued our devotionals which have been a interesting time for spiritual reflection for all.

This morning many of our team members got a jump on today's projects with some painting the first coat in Joel's room and others building our prototype bench.  We're off to Little Children of Jesus.  More to follow this afternoon.