We woke up extremely early to leave La Gonave. We got our stuff together, then along with Pierre walked a mile and a half down to the Pier to catch a boat.It took us awhile to find one. Finally we found a "fly boat" to take us back. Our ride this time was much more pleasant as we did not get splashed with tons of water. We rode a tap tap to Port-Au-Prince. On our way we passed through Cite Soley(not sure if thats the right spelling but a guy at the internet cafe just typed it for us) Cite Soley is one of the most dangerous cities. From Port au Prince we went to a city whose name I forget...to visit a metal shop. This whole towns trade is making this metal art. They take a metal drum/barrel, flatten it out, and cut out their design. Its super cool. So after Pierre took us to his friend shop we got some food, then caught another tap tap to Port-Au-Leogane where we switched buses to go to Leogane. Becca met a super cool old man who understood our broken Creole/hand motions. We also sat in fron of some really annoying guys who told us they wanted to tattoo our names on their arms. We told them that was a really good idea.
When we finally arrived in Leogane we were EXHAUSTED! We were so tired in fact that we took a 2 hour nap. We awoke feeling like crap. We went and got cokes because we were so tired and thirsty. We didn't really eat anything so we ended up not feeling so well.
I'm super excited to tell you we started something that I think is soooooo awesome. When we were in Jacmel the Pye family had a special time together every night where they sang songs, read bible verses, and prayed. We decided we should copy them. It has started slow with just a couple kids but each night a couple kids trinkle in. Its great because we sing in English and Creole and we are all learning and all praising God together. We want to make it a normal thing for whenever we come here. Maybe they will even start to do it when we are not here. With the language barrier it is sometimes hard to have meaningful conversation about God, but with singing and praying it doesn't matter what language its in we can all connect and understand.
Amy
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