Weddings, Baptisms, and Funerals (Krystle)

Greetings from Haiti! Things are going well. The guys have water at the well we have been working on. They still have a little more work but we will wait until the first of the week. When we got back from the job site yesterday we were so tired but Rob said okay I will be back in an hour to take you to the wedding! I was freaking out but we got some lunch and got around. I'm not gonna lie I was kind of annoyed that I wasn't given much time to get around and eat just to attend a wedding of someone I didn't know and had never met. We got there and I just prayed that God would take away my selfish thinking, after all this day was about the bride and not me! So as Kelly and I were sitting there a couple of men came in late and slid into the bench beside us. Anywhere we go we get looks from people and the same happened here, they didn't try to be inconspicuous or anything. Kelly and I were trying to pay attention to the service even though we didn't understand a word and we were only one hour into the two hours but the man next to us was a big distraction. He leaned over towards me and said "you speak no Creole?" so to be nice I replied quietly "no, we don't." "Oh!" he said, "then you don't understand anything being said!". Once again I replied "no", hoping he would take the hint I didn't want to talk. Well by then Kelly's protective instincts were coming out and he had scooted closer to me and put his arm around my shoulders. But that seemed to only make the man more curious and he said "Oh! You have baby!". I was completely confused and said " No, I do not have a baby". He didn't stop, "Oh! You are married!" he said pointing to Kelly. "No!" I said "He is my brother". Kelly's arm was suffocating me by now, but this guy would not be quiet! "Well," he said "You are very beautiful". Now the whole thing is completely awkward and this guys friend only makes it worse by leaning over to me and saying, "you are very niiiice!". At this point I'm completely speechless and try to just ignore the man, but he continues to pester us with questions about where we live and who our parents are and then tells me all about his wife and baby at home and how he is Jehovah's Witness. I looked up at Rob who was performing some of the wedding and he was giving the guy the evil eye, not that the man noticed because he was to busy talking. In the end Kelly got the guys number because he insisted on giving it and we got right out of there when the service was over. We told Rob everything that happened and he officially taught us how to say "shut up" in Creole! Haha! It was very funny! So to Neil Josza and John Bader don't freak out, Kelly is taking good care of me! We took the day off today to take care of some of our own things and just relax a bit. I think we realized today just how tired we are but we're doing okay. Rob had about 25 baptisms this afternoon, Kelly and I got to go with him. It was at the ocean and I was the official photographer! It was a really amazing experience! We have a funeral to attend bright and early in the morning so I'm out for tonight! Love and miss you all! Krystle