As I write, we are at Bud and Jane’s house awaiting dinner.\u00a0 The kids are playing Wi – they miraculously survived an entire week without TV or electronic games up until last night.\u00a0 Bud and Jane have gone above and beyond duty in entertaining us this weekend.\u00a0 Jane works as “hostess” and with the Starfish program.\u00a0 Bud is the compound’s maintenance miracle worker.\u00a0 Yesterday they took us to Cormier Beach – a rough hour-long ride to the other side of Cap Haitien.\u00a0 It was so rough that Sammy lost the pineapple he had for breakfast.\u00a0 Poor guy.\u00a0 I was the one to try to catch it.\u00a0 I was glad he hadn’t had the oatmeal. (Cormier is beautiful\u00a0– like so much of this island.\u00a0 It is killing me to not be able to post any pictures.\u00a0 So frustrating.)<\/p>\n\n\n
I am continuing to have internet problems and don\u2019t have time to write in much detail anyway.\u00a0 So suffice it to say for now that we are having a great experience and feel nothing but confirmation for our plans to move here in just over a year.\u00a0 The kids have been troopers \u2013 tolerating the heat\u2026 eating unfamiliar foods \u2026 meeting lots of strangers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
This afternoon – after church and\u00a0then swimming at a local hotel –\u00a0we got to look around the house next door to the Bundys \u2013 which is where we will likely be living once we get here.\u00a0 Now Melissa is making a list of things we\u2019ll need to bring with us and she\u2019s already arranging the furniture in her head.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I hope I will have a chunk of time on Saturday once we get to Miami to sit with the computer and process some thoughts and post some pictures.\u00a0 Sorry for how disjointed this posting has been \u2026 every time I get going, I lose my internet connection and have to go through several steps to recover my post.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
So I will just ask for your continued prayers and I will post again as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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