Hurricane Tomas: All Bark and no Bite!
The past few weeks have been pretty wild for Haiti. It started off with the cholera epidemic then came hurricane Tomas. Our team here has been extremely pro-active and once again we were prepared for disaster. I brought the kids up on Thursday to stay in Maggie’s Kitchen, the kitchen of the new orphanage facility, so they would be close by and in a safer building in case the winds really picked up. We brought up mattresses, MRE’s (Meals Ready to Eat) and of course the projector! Instead of sitting around worrying we had fun! The kids played on the playground (when it wasn’t raining) and made good use of the new pavilion, playing soccer and hanging out. The kids played cards, dominoes, checkers, Uno and we watched Mighty Ducks 1 and 2, Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel and this amazing documentary called Babies which the kids and I both LOVED.
We were expecting the worst and so we waited, and waited.
It was windy, but not enough to break any branches or anything.
It rained, but not really all that hard.
We waited some more. Eventually there was a good 20 minute downpour paired with a few lightening strikes and BOOMing thunder, and then it was over.
Saturday morning after breakfast the kids packed up and headed back down the hill, some were dragging their feet saying they wished there was still a hurricane so they could stay longer. I am thankful that instead of worrying the kids were able to have some fun!! This was also a great test run of what it will be like once the kids move into Hope Village (our new facility). I loved hearing them playing while I drank my morning coffee.
We are getting closer and closer to moving the kids up and I am getting more excited every day! This week I will be hiring some new staff, planning out room assignments, making our moving up shopping list, thinking through the staff and kids new schedules, adding a few new rules to our list and ironing out the final details of all the behind the scene things that need to be done.
Please pray for wisdom and guidance as well as a healthy dose of patience as the final arrangements are made for our move.
Peace, love and deflated hurricanes!
Rachel
We were expecting the worst and so we waited, and waited.
It was windy, but not enough to break any branches or anything.
It rained, but not really all that hard.
We waited some more. Eventually there was a good 20 minute downpour paired with a few lightening strikes and BOOMing thunder, and then it was over.
Saturday morning after breakfast the kids packed up and headed back down the hill, some were dragging their feet saying they wished there was still a hurricane so they could stay longer. I am thankful that instead of worrying the kids were able to have some fun!! This was also a great test run of what it will be like once the kids move into Hope Village (our new facility). I loved hearing them playing while I drank my morning coffee.
We are getting closer and closer to moving the kids up and I am getting more excited every day! This week I will be hiring some new staff, planning out room assignments, making our moving up shopping list, thinking through the staff and kids new schedules, adding a few new rules to our list and ironing out the final details of all the behind the scene things that need to be done.
Please pray for wisdom and guidance as well as a healthy dose of patience as the final arrangements are made for our move.
Peace, love and deflated hurricanes!
Rachel
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