Merry Christmas!

Written Saturday, December23:

I've made it through exam week already. It's was an incredibly crazy week, running around trying to get exams printed off, when no one in the whole town has electricity. Fortunately, I found some missinaries with a generator, who were willing to start it up just so I could print off my exams. There's been a lot of exams to mark, so far, and a lot of math to do, while tallying up the student's final grades for the term.

Needless to say, I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off, but still enjoying all the relationships I've been building, especially with my students. People here are very open to listening to me talk about Jesus, even if they are not Christians themselves. The opportunities to share the Lord are endless here and I praise God for that! My students will often ask me theological questions in the middle of class, making me far more than just an English teacher. I've become a role-model and mentor for many of them.

Christmas isn't a big deal around here... most people don't even have any plans at all. There's going to be a rice distribution down at the church, so I'm looking forward to helping out with it! I told Pastor Julihomme that I wanted to spend some time with his kids and he suggested Christmas day. We’re planning on going to the beach after the rice distribution. I’m looking forward to a nice, hot day at the beach! After we get home from the beach, we’re going to attempt to conjure up some sort of Christmas dinner, which should resemble something of a turkey, mashed potatoes, vegetables, and pumpkin pie. I’m pretty sure this is going to be the biggest feast we’ll have had since we arrived in Haiti, and I have to admit, I’m really looking forward to it!


Merry Christmas from Haiti!!!