We literally went from
one world to another. The boys and I (poor Bill had to stay in Haiti
to work) spent a week in Florida with my mum, dad and sister. It has
been 5 months since the boys saw their Granny and Bampa in person and
not over facetime! Sam was a little overwhelmed and shy when we met
them in Miami airport but he didn't take too long to come round.
Joel was his usual smiley self for them.
We had a great week
together, Sam had been looking forward to the trip to the zoo for
months so he really enjoyed it. In his own words he ' actually fed a
giraffe!!' We went to the beach, the pool, the park, had ice cream,
ate strawberries & blueberries, went on a boat trip, saw dolphins
and even stroked a baby alligator!! It was funny for me to watch the
boys and their reaction to America. Joel eyes were wide open the
whole time taking everything in. Sam had definitely forgotten about
somethings from home. In the airport he was asking me was the
escalator was and was scared when we got in the lift which was
strange because he used to love going in the lift!
After a week Leah had
to fly home as she was starting work again and my mum & dad flew
back into Haiti with us for a week.
It was raining when we
arrived and has hardly stopped all week. Bill told us it had rained
really heavily on the Saturday night. When he was driving to come and
pick us up the road was covered in mud which had come down off the
mountain. By the time we arrived it started raining again.
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| Mud which has run down off the mountain onto the main road |
It has rained and
rained and rained all week and now Cap Haitian and surrounding areas
are flooded. We have heard reports that 9 people have died in the
flooding. Almost everyone I talk to has water inside their house and
everything is wet. Some people have lost their homes and many of the
few possessions which they have. The roads are terrible, schools
have been closed for the week and once again Haitian people are
suffering.
With no infrastructure
to cope with the amount of rain that is falling is causing a lot
of problems. Often it feels like Haiti has so many problems its
impossible to know where to start even trying to fix things.
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| The traffic on the way to the airport, it took us over 2 hours a journey which normally taked 40 mins. |
The election is
supposed to take place on 20th November, this is the same
election which was supposed to take place last October as in 2015.
It has been postponed many times with the most recent one being just
after hurricane Matthew hit.
So one week we were
taking a boat trip around one of the richest cities in the USA where
the houses cost millions upon millions and are just holiday homes for
people to use for 2 weeks a year and just a few days later we were
driving through a flooded city where people are losing their
possessions, their homes and for some their lives because of
something as simple as rain. It is quite a difference and hard to
get your head around.
Maybe your tired
hearing about Haiti's problems, it seems like the people never get a
break, as if life isn't difficult enough Haiti gets hit again and
again and again. We ask you again to pray. Pray for the rain to stop
and the sun to come out. Pray for the election, Haiti needs a good
president, a good government who are going to work to improve Haiti.
Pray for those suffering from the rain, who don't have any dry
clothes to put on or who are getting into a wet bed every night. Pray
for wisdom for us, there is so much suffering and so much need all
around us that we would know who and how to help.
****Thankfully the rain has stopped, the clean up is happening and the roads are still terrible but its dry. In other news Sam had his first day in school on Monday, he is going to Cowman School the OMS school here in Haiti on Mondays and Wednesday's at the minute. He was excited to go and a little nervous when we went in but he seemed to like it.
Meanwhile Joel has discovered oreos.......
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