{"id":6427,"date":"2013-11-03T03:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T03:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:31","slug":"a-saturday-morning-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=6427","title":{"rendered":"A SATURDAY MORNING RUN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

… turned into a reminder to me: we live in a beautiful place!\u00a0 I have not been running on a regular basis here, but this morning was cool enough to tempt me into a short run.\u00a0 I did a mile and a half and then grabbed my camera for a\u00a0cool down walk around the same loop.As I walked with my camera it really did give me fresh eyes for what I too often take for granted.\u00a0 Yes, we’re\u00a0less than three months into our new life in Haiti and I am already taking mountains, tropical flowers and palm trees for granted!I start my run from this gorgeous tree in our front yard:<\/p>\n\n\n

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And soon pass the clothes line where Melissa has the family’s laundry drying:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Then down the path that runs along the back wall of the mission grounds:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Which is amazing in the morning sun:<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a0And I am accompanied by Bella and Inigo, whose job it is to sneak up on and bark loudly at strangers\u00a0wherever they might find them on\u00a0the mission grounds.\u00a0 They take their job very seriously, but this morning they are in the mood to join me on my run.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I am tempted to leave out the ugly reality, but I won’t.\u00a0 This is where Caleb has to go to “take out the trash”.\u00a0 Every few days someone rakes it up (after Bella and Amigo have spread it everywhere) and burns it.<\/p>\n\n\n

Banana groves are more pleasant to look at:<\/p>\n\n\n

And then I pass the mission gardens:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Once I round the corner, to the left is part of the medical clinic complex:<\/p>\n\n\n

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And then I pass the old seminary chapel.\u00a0 Last week there was a very loud wedding being held there on a Friday afternoon and I\u00a0had to yell\u00a0my instruction to my adult students as I taught next door.<\/p>\n\n\n

A glance inside the medical clinic gate:<\/p>\n\n\n

An old outhouse being guarded by a goat – as I approached, it lowered its head like it was planning to butt me:<\/p>\n\n\n

Now we move towards the front of the mission.\u00a0 To the left is the backside of the\u00a0Vaudreuil church.<\/p>\n\n\n

Plenty of goats around here.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u00a0If I would turn left here, I would soon be out the gate and onto the main road to Cap Haitien:<\/p>\n\n\n

But if I turn right, I head back towards our house and pass the mission office on the way:<\/p>\n\n\n

A chicken pecks at a fallen mango in the middle of the road:<\/p>\n\n\n

To my left now is the OLD Radio 4VEH building, which is\u00a0currently used\u00a0as a woodshop:<\/p>\n\n\n

Next, the Holiday House, where visiting short term teams often stay.\u00a0 A beautiful team of cooks works hard to keep them well fed.\u00a0 We have visiting teams here about two or three weeks out of every month and while they are here, all the missionaries take turns joining the team\u00a0for dinner throughout their week and sharing testimonies about the work the Lord is doing here.\u00a0 It’s always different and always so GOOD.<\/p>\n\n\n

We pass a few more houses, and lots of greenery …<\/p>\n\n\n

And in just over a mile, we’re back home again.<\/p>\n\n\n

Home, sweet home.\u00a0 We are blessed indeed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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