Day 4

Day 4 of our trip was much like Monday, with one key difference.  Wanting to help as much as we could, we felt as if our entire group was not being as productive as we could all situated at the church.  About half of us decided to work on another project that had come to our attention.  This group’s job was very labor intensive.  A wall needed to be built at an orphanage within walking distance of our compound so the group hauled rocks from a dump site not too far away over to the mason who cemented them into place.  They felt at the end of the day hot, tired, dirty and thirsty, but proud at what they had accomplished.  The group that stayed at the church mostly hauled cement buckets over to the mason who had to level out the walls to prepare for the roof to fit on.  We learned Haitian songs from the children there, engaged in a spirited water fight, and eventually returned to the compound.  Our afternoon was spent catching up with group at the wall and playing basketball with a few of the older Haitian boys.  We played with the kids on the swings and really tried to integrate ourselves into their culture.  We had devotionals at night and settled down, dog tired but glad that we were able to help in even the smallest ways possible