Fun day Sunday …

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Well once again I am about a week behind, but better late than never I guess.Last Sunday was also a very interesting day.  I started off the morning at around 6:30 when I usually do and went to get into the shower, but I noticed that I had a visitor with me in the bathroom.  By visitor I am referring to a spider about the size of my hand, plaguing my mind by just lying frozen on the wall of the shower.  Well it wasn’t moving and I needed to take a shower, so I had to work out a compromise where I kept my eyes on that monstrosity the whole time I showered.  Not ideal by any means, but in Haiti one must get used to these unexpected visitors.  I did not really want to touch and I did not know if he would jump or not, so I let him be.  Before I left for church, though, I told Lorraine to keep her eye out, because there was a massive spider lurking around the bathroom.  Unfortunately for her, she forgot and was quite scared when she realized that she was taking a shower with a spider the size of my hand.  She got over it eventually and we transported the spider out of our room and across the street where it can find another residence.  These spiders are called Banana Spiders, because they must spend time around the banana trees, and fortunately for us they are not dangerous – just big. After church was over Lorraine and I were scheduled to take another adventure to a local hotel and restaurant.  This would be our first meal outside of our street, and our first meal at a Haitian restaurant.  It was actually quite beautiful at the hotel, because the hotel was right on the beach and the restaurant overlooked the ocean.  (I should have some pictures from there soon.) The mean took a long time; it was not the typical in and out restaurant that you visit in the states it was a couple hour venture.  I played it safe and got a chicken dish.  Lorraine, however, mixed things up and got the goat – that’s right the goat.  I tried it and it was quite tasty; pretty much like a beef jerky or something like that.  The food was very good and we had a really good time, and so we went back to our room and crashed.  Oh … just a note about the pictures below.  The first picture is of Lorraine, obviously, but I wanted to put in on there to prove to everyone that we actually are here in Haiti and that we are not just putting stock photographing on the webpage. (As if there were any doubt)  Mostly all of these pictures besides the first one were taken from the roof of the school.  It is one of the tallest roofs around, and it is right off the ocean, which leads to some beautiful scenery.  I have not been able to take too many pictures in town or even on our street, because it is always crowded and the people are very sensitive about photos, so I do not want to upset these wonderful people.  The first picture of our street was taken when nobody was around, which if you come here you will know that that is extremely rare – I mean extremely rare; I am still amazed I did it.  To the left of the picture is where Lorraine and I are staying, and a little further up on the left is the house of the main missionaries.  To the right up a little bit is an orphanage. (but it probably can’t be seen from this picture)  I will hopefully get some better pictures later of where we are staying, but for now this will have to do.