Haiti PAD 8-9

Haiti PAD 8 is LUNCH!  So this is a traditional Haitian meal that we eat a couple of times

while in Haiti.  Once on Sunday evening from a restaurant that was established by a couple of brothers who are graduates of the School of Hope.  And the other time is at the beach on Friday.  It is 3 chicken legs covered in some kind of delicious red sauce that I can't describe, beans and rice, fried plantain, and a spicy slaw.  It is delicious!  Also at the beach we take some fresh pineapple - the BEST you will ever eat, watermelon, AVACADOS....big ones!  You can also purchase fresh crab and lobster straight from the water and have it prepared and brought back to you, or a coconut.  I guess that is why I can never finish my meal!  Most days our lunch consist of PB&J or chicken/tuna salad sandwiches so we are always looking forward to this meal. All of the food is very good when we visit.

Haiti PAD 9 is BIG!  The mountains in Haiti are enormous and beautiful as seen here.  The translators were asking me if we had mountains in Texas.  I could only laugh and try to explain what a "hill" is.  A couple of years ago, we drove up in the mountains to a waterfall and the view was breathtaking.  On the drive to the beach, you can look and see huts far up on the mountainside.  I have no idea how they get there, but they do.  Oh yes - on the motorcycles that they make seat 4!  I tried to put these pics together but they turned out too small, so I decided to share them all.  The other BIG for today is the ocean.  Of course being from Texas and seeing "Texas Beaches" as well as the southern coast from Texas to Florida and even California, this is just.....well.....I don't know the right word.  Beautiful doesn't really describe it for me.  I know there are pretty beaches everywhere, this just happens to be the best that I have seen.  Perhaps it is because of the experiences I have during the week and then when I see the majesty of God's creation, I am encouraged and overjoyed to know that God has given the Haitians such an amazing landscape.  I know he desires to restore that nation for the transformation of every man, woman, and child.

Tori