Friday

When we thought we had seen sufficient...it was the warm up.

So the power was off all night and by 9:15 am they still hadn't turned the generator on for the hospital, but soon after. For breakfast our cook apparently included some laundry detergent or dish soap or dish water??? in the large pot of oatmeal she made us. Believe it or not a couple of us didn't really notice (me being one, just Haitian oatmeal!). But once someone mentioned it, you could definitely taste it strong. We'll never know what it was. We all felt bad with bowls of dished up cereal. Jill was just stirring in more sugar - how polite. Noah tried to tell our cook with a dictionary, but we figured she would bring him some soap to put in his cereal! She really did a good job throughout the week, so one mistake is allowed.

The whole group went up to at least part of morning devotion. The scripture was II Samuel 22, a beautiful psalm of David about God's faithfulness shortly before he died. They went about 1/2 hr long this morning. Not sure if that was because it was our last day or what. They thanked us for coming and offering assistance with a very warm heartfelt thanks. I shared with them that "Great is Thy Faithfulness" is my all time favorite hymn and the message I leave them with, to which they spontaneously sang it with energy.