On Wednesday I spent the whole day replacing a tin roof on one of our buildings. It had been used as a platform to haul concrete to the roof for the dorm building. In the process, people had stepped where they shouldn't have and concrete was also spill on parts of the roof. When it rained, the roof would leak, so I replaced a section of the roof with new tin.

Some of the workers here were clearing some of the trees so the telephone pole could be put up. They had tied a couple roped together and had it around one of the trees they were cutting with a machete. As Chris and a couple other guys started to pull as the tree was getting close to falling, the rope snapped and we all watched the tree slowly fall into the neighbors property and onto the roof of one of his buildings. Not a good thing, but we are pretty good friends with them so it should be alright. We just stood there for a second and everyone looked at each other, and then we started to laugh. There wasn't much else we could do and it was a little funny to watch.

On Thursday, Chris and I headed back to Port because his brother, Ben, was coming to visit for a few days. I drove from Pierre Payen to our first stop in Port. I'm getting more comfortable driving and learning what I can and shouldn't do. I did "bump" one of the stray dogs that roams the streets. Usually they will get out of the way and you can just keep going. I slowed down a little, but this dog moved slow and then we heard a whimper. Chris got out an looked, but the dog was off to the side of the road. I'm guessing I just bumped it....who knows. Ben's plane ended up being delayed about four hours, so we ended up getting quite a few errands ran while before he got in.
On Friday we took it kinda easy since Ben was visiting. We changed the tires on one of our vehicles and got a load of cinder blocks. At night we visited Dave and Judy and had rhubarb pie that Leslie had made. Chris asked his brother to bring rhubarb with him since you can't get it in Haiti. I had never had rhubarb pie before....it was very good.
On Friday we took it kinda easy since Ben was visiting. We changed the tires on one of our vehicles and got a load of cinder blocks. At night we visited Dave and Judy and had rhubarb pie that Leslie had made. Chris asked his brother to bring rhubarb with him since you can't get it in Haiti. I had never had rhubarb pie before....it was very good.
2 comments:
Hey, I'm enjoying the blog; the pictures as well.
Please tell me you tried the literally fresh-roasted coffee.
Actually, I don't really like coffee, so I haven't tried it yet. I may have to pick it up though since I hear Haitian coffee is pretty good.
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