{"id":4803,"date":"2011-09-01T00:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T00:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4803"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:57","slug":"hotel-mont-jolie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4803","title":{"rendered":"Hotel Mont Jolie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t have any pictures of the churches we visited on the two Sunday mornings we were in Haiti.\u00a0 I just don&#8217;t feel right about carrying a camera into church.\u00a0 I want to go to church as a worshipper, not a tourist.\u00a0 I must say, while I&#8217;m on the topic, that our kids did exceptionally well at staying put and attentive through multi-hour worship conducted in a foreign language under very hot circumstances. So going to the Hotel Mont Jolie after service for lunch and a swim was an especially sweet treat.\u00a0 The hotel has a great view of Cap Haitien and a sparkling blue pool.\u00a0 Bud and Jane were along and so was Maury, a great guy who is\u00a0living on the compound for a few\u00a0months and working\u00a0as interim treasurer for the mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgQSHPWIQBloDIN3sxP7VS9jpR_YiNOYmhmZjP5pp1ISl1WCpUptaxQANfuGSBiyWQOl8LW4EfVNQtEvCh5h6-dmuWSAVU7SjHQQzv1PYka5PUCM3sbCaddsT74stox7c2XBwFGvmzU7OI\/s400\/Haiti+July+2011+001.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The kids and Melissa take in the view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEio2i384JZgSAXdORP2eLiNzNdwa_EyoKxeMLK_7-PcGOgWJR3RSZmNEkA3A_oQOFyYUMEHNlnDJ28SRX26YJxo1_fDttSKWV4FVF_4rwXXMTf0ZmCSJYZ1X61_9uRS-a8utkgcqpEOHus\/s400\/Haiti+July+2011+003.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dats is on his way to the dressing room to change.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiRs4sek2czIJe4JojWb6ZXU3MKih1IuhGnIz4bdU39ScmaXH8GAXeSRYuBbbke7ccFBkJ-TJqCHAChyphenhyphenlYgzEWwkk20uuXFwLd7I7a6DAe9RLFIJ-RX2umzB2XXFXCR7q1O26UQOUiC7zU\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+005.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The view of Cap Haitien&#039;s harbor from the pool deck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjG57x2phatWrZYig62GEK7jpp6sWce8TowsYWrNVLfh7DElgORNmCS9ysn9o6WzpZz4DQmVrKfyN8_fxo5qj0HdmNw_MQbpsWNq_4jVt5UUVapybgEPXTmMObaWtNcCrC3-xN0KagyyaU\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+009.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Four great kids!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgAAMuYoqf2IXzSsNrVq_YhTPFiQ6D9CUkzXgXj1rnvkk2gA0WgHBM_gukTlQxizPfG8Muw6RW7GIBWn1I2fMfuYyT3mw_PtqyANZTBaHNa6ovG0DK6MZU3PeIPxavFXCT6HmaGRe9fJW8\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+013.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">You can see The Princess&#039; affection for her Uncle Bud in her eyes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg5n72Ja7xd-9iaAHBcaiym5UKp6L58rAsDQLU1l1k7G_u_ZiMmMyaTEJGxCfxV21_oUzjiXt3CdjsHVDbCG8SrkX3mK3vHCHkTf8o7PBzqBRbIuvX1oPrSy7MaFMLNuGMnJ7y72ZXAI84\/s400\/Haiti+July+2011+015.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dats and Maury taking a break from swimming for a little conversation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgQHasKJ8X_ebK38RMTqHhHuUHquf-rOC1sVe_ZZSGczBpKPNiBQixIh0ONNueNqpeAv4wz4QJmNqyNAPtFIFa_Wb0Kg9nKo666_8deSI2hxflSBHVye2PyMZRp6burUS2gAzy9le5E1y8\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+018.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We were trying to coordinate a flip while Melissa took a picture.\u00a0 We were unsuccessful on our first try.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg4CS0QNlAqAWpWiw3I690icWl2BeI3Un2JKrNoQwAMkEnLf-w96fVVJPPE4Idd6UsnecVDnnsQ31lTy_kosdyyWuUZCa6p_3MfYXGJhcLyfxCZliI4HOxFC1Al-8olcq68iCcXGxBvVYc\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+023.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">That&#039;s Bud on the left, then a young man named Zion (who was at the hotel with his family), then Ida, then me and finally Dats.\u00a0 On our second attempt, we got the picture we were wanting&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjfK8TaItU_dQCByRaDlH-9XFLyg_NXnLtRhE3Wj1QRNoOt9tGvxeWZgpXJ0DOUj8UPS8vX0GUIsNSrNdzc-ZmcjGzI1-k3NRvVYohkUrc8atK4MFSa34kbIl4WrCewpiZjiI3nFxspOsk\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+024.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgevDXiqR4BreRaBJqA2aVj4l1ZadkRD77Mk_TbSyBXPEeRyGb8Bdsn6kyqVgbOYe8xXPWbKiZR2nb7oJ4leZv-uc4QJUB7Q5fOMEL6feHg5e6m5YcEOmRuUWreOE57IH0DwweVdZL3Ago\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+031.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Another great meal!\u00a0 Our server happened to be one of Jane&#039;s students &#8211; she teaches English classes to adults.\u00a0 He did a good job waiting on us in between running back to the lounge where a soccer match was on the TV!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjGJ9YOgFVuLH9Q1Mou1YX43pTLUShCU0miGwhNvvOzx0D7GDjUqfmkpJILwzktGyxcBhnD-tXX1GuCzanjIo0KbRWl4HcP6gR5QRgScRQphOS14QIYHw7Eo0VgxjUtoiQLVyFJaErV1So\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+032.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t have any pictures of the churches we visited on the two Sunday mornings we were in Haiti.\u00a0 I just don&#8217;t feel right about carrying a camera into church.\u00a0 I want to go to church as a worshipper, not a tourist.\u00a0 I must say, while I&#8217;m on the topic, that our kids did exceptionally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4811,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4803\/revisions\/4811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}