BUT i arrived safe and the airport went very smoothly. Our pick-up man, and driver was there and waiting. oh... you might wonder "our?" well i met a girl from the seattle area in the vancouver airport. we had all the same flights, and actually i believe we are on the same flights home. how strange, i know. But it will be nice to catch up with her when we are both heading out of here. I will have been down in PAP for a month at that time, and she still up at GLA. We squished into the front and only seat of the truck and off we went. i was so happy to be driving streets that i remember here in Haiti.
Arrival was good! with warm welcomes. I was thrilled to see my friends and they where thrilled as well.
Susie(a staff member here) gave us a tour, which for me was optional since i know the place pretty well. So i took some time to talk to friends, and just was excited to be re connecting in person. I was given a list of 5 children to have as my focus for the next 2 weeks, 3 of which are still living in the NICU so they are younger and smaller. I have one named Blanco that has not had a volunteer yet, and he is very small for his 5 month age. I call him my little peanut. I have a boy and a girl that live in the Nursery, and the little boy, Sony, has not had a volunteer either. He is kinda a serious one, but i got some smiles today. he is just happy to crawl away and look back to see i am still there. some separation anxiety from his drop off here a bit ago.
i have been playing lots of basket ball in the evenings, usually a game here at the Main house, and then another one when i get up to the toddler house where i live. i think i will be improving soon... but am pretty lacking in skills compared to most of the guys here that i play with. Oh well, they are still happy to have me.
I am sleeping awesome and feeling rather at home!
Sony
Jasmin
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Cute kids! Jasmin sure has a gummy smile. I love it. Glad you are having fun.
ReplyDeleteWe are heading back to Portland tomorrow.
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