Saturday - Work Day 3

Saturday
Hello everyone it's Sam. So today started out a little differently than the rest of the days so far. Today was the last day that we were supposed to helping out Odenel’s family on the wall project but it turned out a little differently than intended. If you have been following the weather of Port-au-Prince over the last few days you will see that thunderstorms have been on the agenda, well today while the lightning still evades us we got the rain and a lot of it. Well who would have thought that even though it is so warm Haitians don't like working in the rain. Because of this our day  turned out to be different than we had expected. Until lunch this morning the team was able to catch up on some much needed rest and heal up our sore bodies. Our translator Vanessa came over and hung out with us in the morning time and even taught a few of the girls Haitian card game. After lunch we all loaded up into the cars and zoomed in crazy Hatian driving fashion on out to an orphanage that's sponsored by Pastor Louighins. When we arrived there were about ten kids sitting all quietly together but soon that was  broken by the sound of laughter from the children as we pulled out bubbles. The kids faces were so happy and joyous. So many things happened all at once. Lexi and Kierra were over at a table paitining kids faces, Audrey and Colin were playing futbol with the kids in the rain, D'Anne was playing singing games and  reading with the kids, and Alyssa was letting some of the older girls cornrow her hair. The kids were so filled with joy just to play with us and interact with us. God has given the people of Haiti such an amazing joy. The place we were at today was created after the quake in 2010 and many of the kids were orphaned because of it. To me it's just crazy that no matter all that they have been through there is still unexplainable joy and love for life that they have, which is something you rarely find back home. Today just warmed everyone's hearts and a great reminder that God is good.
Bonwit