… Continued…

….  after all the “sticky” weather we were having in Leogane, the cool breezes of the mountain felt wonderful! The air was fresh and clean and the scenery was spectacular.

After a pleasant evening with Rhonda and her children we, retired for the night. The night was quiet and peaceful. No fans were needed and no mosquitoes bothered me.

The next morning we awoke to a beautiful Lord’s day. We enjoyed the freshly baked oatmeal that Rose prepared for our breakfast, (Rose, who is 14,  is Rhonda’s oldest “daughter'’)  after which we helped dress the little ones and get them ready for church.

The children admired the “machine” that we had brought and wanted to ride to church with us! Our children wanted to ride with Rhonda on her husky so we traded some of the children!

The children were thrilled to be riding with us.

It wasn’t long until the husky passed us! A vehicle like that is a good way to go here in Haiti.

Since we were planning to eat lunch with the missionaries at Allegre, we stopped by there on our way to church and dropped off our ice chest, which contained  some food that I had prepared for lunch. Don decided to leave our vehicle at the mission and walk the rest of the way… I am guessing that it took us about 15-20 minutes to reach the church. It was a bit of a strenuous walk… but I enjoyed it! Makes me feel young.. :)

On the way into the mission at Allegre, there is a VERY steep hill, called Jack Rabbit Hill. I do not like that hill!!! We made it down okay but I worried about our ascent. And I was not the only one that wondered if we would be able to make it out with the vehicle that we were driving! Even Don was concerned! And if Don is concerned… there usually is a good reason! (The vehicle’s four-low didn’t work… but we had four high.)

After spending the afternoon with the missionaries at Allegre, we decided that it was time to head home… Steve Simmons offered to go ahead of us with his four wheeler and help us up Jack Rabbit hill! The first attempt was unsuccessful… the four wheeler “fish tailed” in front of us and we came to a dead stop on the steep hill.. unable to go any further. I “bailed out” again and hiked up instead! ;)

 

I hope those pictures give you an idea what we were dealing with!!

Well they gave it a second shot… they roared up the hill and the black smoke blew out the back of the Montero… but they made it! Thank God!

To sum it up.. we made it home AFTER dark and in the pouring down rain! We once again praise God for His mercies and for giving us a great weekend!

Thanks to all of you who are praying for us.. Prayer TRULY helps! We can feel it!!! Love you all…