We went to a soccer game today! So fun! Grant (who is a missionary at nwhcm) runs a sports ministry down here, and we got to go with him to a game. He has helped with not only the soccer team, but he is also working on getting a basketball court put in next to the field. It’s pretty cool to see how is ministering to so many guys through sports! He is a charismatic fun loving guy, who will pry end up living part time with us at the campus when Port de Paix gets up and running.

Since he is the VP of the team(and he loved to remind us of that!) he got us all inside of the field for up close and personal seats. It did cost a few dollars to get in, since they were two professional teams playing.  It was ASSL vs. Gonaives. Not too many people paid to get in, put plenty of people stood on roofs, cars, and fences so they could watch the game. They even bring in police to make sure things don’t get too crazy.. watch out for those wild soccer fans!! GOOOOAAAALLLL. We did win. Woohoo!

Wooohooo!!

We went to the market yesterday, and got some fresh fruit. It was exciting, scary, new, and fun trying to navigate our way through the streets and figure out what we were doing.

These are the fruits we got. They do look a bit different.. can you guess what they are?

Left to right:

Grapefruit, banannas, pinapple (with the stem, I had never seen that before!) mangos.(we just ate two, they were SO good!!

So, I am thinking gardening might go differently here. Mainly, cause God does most of the watering in a place like Haiti-and since that was the number one way I killed my plants, I figure they have a better survival rate here! My mom gave us some seeds as a going a goingaway present, and we have already put them to good use. It wasn’t easy tracking down the materials though. We are learning to scavange and be resourceful. So, for buckets we used recycle tins from canned food the kitchen uses, and we bougth a huge red wash tin from the local market. This tin is for my cucumbers so they have room to grow. Then, the harder part was figuring out where we could get soil-free from trash and other nasty things. We found some in the back part of the campus and had to hoof it back up to the roof. But, it’s all planted and ready for God to make it grow!! There is no lack of sunshine here, that is for sure!