Joy

What a day!  Travis and I started out our day with church in town.  Dickenson and Davidson were able to join us, and noone else from our team wanted to go, so we enjoyed a little family time with the boys worshiping and catching up a bit.

Today we partnered with the other Healing Haiti team that is down here to help them kick off their sports camp at Grace Village.  We meshed really well with the other team and we had a blast playing with the kids during the morning hours.  There was basketball, kickball, 500, skateboarding, dancing, bowling, catch, ring toss and more...It was a BLAST!

Group learning some tap dancing.

Skateboarding

After Grace, we visited Juno's Orphanage which was a first for me.  The children were so welcoming and they sang us a song to thank us for coming before we got started.  We sat in a circle and introduced ourselves, sharing our names and what we do for a living.  Their sweet voices speaking beautifully clear English was adorable!  We then taught them a couple songs with actions and had fun being silly with one another.  We brought materials to make paper airplanes and the children enjoyed throwing them and watching them fly.  We had so much fun with these kiddos that it was hard to leave!  When it was time to go we all went around and gave hugs and kisses and said orevwa (goodbye).

A Tooti Ta game with the kids

Travis with Edwinson when we went on our tour.

When we got back to the guest house, a few of us walked over to the Palm Inn to take a quick dip in the pool before dinner.  As we were walking to the pool, out of nowhere, Dickenson came running up and jumped on Travis' back....He joined us for a swim and has gotten a lot more comfortable in the water since last year!  Davidson joined us shortly after, and we had a fun time splashing and talking more about their school year and how well they did on their exams.  They were so proud to tell me they were first and second in their class.

Our team is awesome.  Our meeting times have been so rich, and we have been able to be transparent and vulnerable with each other in how we are processing all of our experiences.  Sometimes it is difficult to process and it is so helpful to talk through the emotions we are feeling.  Bonding is happening!  On another note, this team knows how to have fun.....So much laughter and silliness and not taking ourselves too seriously going on over here :)

Jean came over tonight, and we invited the other team over for a salsa lesson.  We had so much fun! Jean is a great teacher and we look forward to having another lesson later this week.

Fun after the lesson, doing our own thing

Water truck day tomorrow, the anticipation is making it hard to calm myself so I can go to sleep (note the time I'm writing).  I am so excited!

Till tomorrow,

Alicia