Our day began with another great breakfast but for a lot of the guys the morning was a hard one. Our air conditioning (that we only turn on while we are sleeping) turned off at midnight. Most of us had a warm and fitful night of sleep but it was also a good reminder that while we are in Haiti our experience of the country is still insulated by some of the comforts that the people we serve don't have access to.
After breakfast we delivered water again in Cite Soleil. We made two stops and after each we walked around a bit. Our "walk outs" exposed me to more of the area than I had seen in either of my previous trips. We walked out to the pier and watched fisherman pull in their nets, we walked along the homes and shoreline - piles of clothes and trash and crushed sea shells. We walked through narrow streets with tin homes on either side while people were cooking in front of their houses. We saw bowls full of rice and chicken and mixtures of beans. We saw really small children, really elderly people and everyone in between. We saw port-o-potty doors turned into doors to homes. In addition to our walk outs we saw the field where the Haitian Initiative soccer team practices and the feeding center where 300-400 children are fed a meal every day.
After Cite Soleil we went to an orphanage called Juno's. This group of orphans is incredibly well organized, polite, calm and respectful. Our team has been getting more and more tired every day and even though we are still giving MAX EFFORT all the time it was nice to have our most mellow experience so far on Saturday afternoon. We brought out our signature craft of polaroid pictures and "God is Awesome" picture frames which the kids loved, we played basketball with them, toured their home/school, did temporary tattoos and finished our time with them singing songs.
We just finished a delicious meal of macaroni and cheese with peppers, onions and hotdogs. Some of us are going out now to play soccer with the neighborhood boys. The rest of us are relaxing at the guest house and unwinding after the day.
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