We have been here for a couple of weeks now and we are beginning to get used to some parts of the new life. No hot water, living in community, bigger family!
It is interesting to watch Charlie and Christopher play. Charlie speaks and understands very little English and Christopher is the same with Creole, but the two have had many adventures together already.
I have been tending to a few odd jobs / fix it tasks and I am ready to start building out the carpentry shop. I have been a plumber, internet technician, electrician, gardener and laborer so far. I can't wait to be a carpenter and a teacher again. I think I will teach some English here too. I have the experience and there is a desire...so I think I can carve out a few hours a week for an English program.
The kids love the ability to run around anywhere on the property. There are quite a few animals here...dogs, cats, ducks, turkeys, goats, chickens, sheep, horses, turkeys, quail, lizards and tarantulas! Christopher loves to feed the ducks. He has been able to feed them from his hands and they even let him pick them up sometimes!
I have to get my Haitian drivers license renewed before I can buy a motorcycle, so I am still without transportation. I have a car in Gonaives, but apparently it has some serious issues and can not be driven up here like I thought I was going to do.
Today we are going to look at the place on the property where employee housing will go, so that project is officially started! It will be nice to have our own space here.
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Scott, Ruthcher, Victoria, Abby, Christopher, Charlie, Christmael
