This past Tuesday was the first day of school. The grades 1 - 12 met on the basketball court for opening devotions. The Director welcomed the students to the new school. I led the devotions for this diverse group. The school theme for this year is the most excellent way. The ES was dismissed while the MS/HS were given some more instructions regarding their elective courses. This year we have 100 students in the HS. People were still coming to school trying to register after the first day of classes. Most Haitian schools will start in about three weeks time. Then the roads will be congested once again.

This past Friday was the new parent breakfast at the school 'cafeteria'. There were more than 50 parents there to meet and greet one another and get to know more about the school their children attend. They were served a continental breakfast of bagels, crescents, cinnamon buns, watermelon, apple slices with carmel, juices and of course coffee. After the breakfast Parent Action Committee gave group tours of the school in action, which the parents really appreciated.

This is the back yard of the Quisqueya Chapel, the church Mary and I attend. Just to confuse people, this chapel is not the chapel at the school but approximately 10 minutes drive from the school. It is situated on a nice piece of land with grass for these grazing cows and also for the children to play on the playground on Sondays and during the week. More than 200 children from the surrounding orphanages/schools use the grounds during the week.

Today was the first Sonday that our pastor, Carl Olson was back from the States. The church was still empty with some of the missionaries still being on the mainland. Each Sonday the visitors are asked to stand and tell where they are from and what they are doing in Haiti. Today there were approximately a dozen people visiting the church. They were working with one of the Christian organizations or in the process of adopting.

A snapshot on the way home from church. The streets were empty today. Many puddles were on the 'gravel' roads due to the rains we have had Thursday and Friday night. One travels slow on these roads,not knowing how deep the puddles are and not to splash the pedestrians.