Snake (Krystle)

The last few days Kelly has been out to Renold's place to hopefully finish the well. I have been coming with all of the guys(Emmanuel, Arcene, Chedson and Rob) because everyone else is in school all day. The guys are doing really good on the well, it's going slower then Kelly hoped because its Haiti, and there have been several problems but I will let him tell you in more detail what's happening later on. But a note to Grandpa Berg, I am learning so much about water well drilling you just might have to hire me when we get back home:D! Lol Just kidding Grandpa! All of these guys are working hard so Kelly and I have been trying to make sure they get plenty to eat. Yesterday Kelly splurged and took us to the Deli Mart for pizza and chicken nuggets. It was really nice but we realized we can't afford to feed them like this everyday and we didn't bring enough of our own food to feed them out of our stuff, so today it was hotdogs and chips! Now, I think they were all surprised when we got back to the orphanage and Kelly put the hotdogs on the stove and I started to get the plates and buns ready. Normally in Haiti the men don't even go near the cook stove, it is considered woman's work and they are not usually thanked afterwards for working so hard. So Kelly proved once again that being a man isn't just about being tough and being able to do things like water well drilling! When lunch was finished each of the guys came up to us and thanked us for the food, it was very sweet. As we have spent more time together I can tell everyone is really warming up. Since Emmanuel, Arcene and Ched all know a little bit of English, and Kelly and I know a little bit of Creole we can talk quite a bit. In fact, we just had a very interesting conversation about koulev, or in English, snakes! I have never seen a snake here in all of our trips but they were saying it's just because the people try and keep them killed off. Now I think this how it should be done everywhere, but I was explaining how some people in America keep them as pets or how some come from places like the Amazon and are kept at zoos. I wish you could have seen their faces! I know I'm scared of snakes but they are all petrified! We are having a good time and being able to reach out in new and different ways. We are off to YWAM tonight to get our souls fed in a language we can understand, we went last week and it was a wonderful service and fellowship time with other American missionaries, so we have been looking forward to it all week. We had taken Dina to an eye doctor last weekend and he gave her new medicine to put in it and by today you can barely tell she was ever having an issue. I am feeling a lot better, although I have lost my voice and I am worn out by evening. Hopefully in a couple more days I will be back to new! I love and miss you all but when you are doing Gods work it seems easier to cope with! Blessings! Krystle