Lights in the village...

Hello all, first I'd like to apologize for not posting as often as we had hoped. It just seems so difficult to sit down and type out some thoughts (I have so few of them, ya know!  ;-) ) along with the fact that time just slips away so quickly! (It's not and it doesn't really, but it sure seems like it! That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!)

Anyway...we had the privilege of helping to put on a party for the village of Lagosette and the surrounding area last week. As part of the preparation we (my dear friends Martin, Brett, Mathias and I manufactured (another case of degaje) and strung lights so the party could continue into the evening. The party including food, liquid refreshments and even a dj and local singing and comic relief and seems to have been a great success with about 300 local residents attending. I'm here to report a good time was had by all.

Lights in the village.

A side benefit of the party preparation is that we decided to replace the bad light bulbs and the faulty wiring that feeds eight street lights that were manufactured and installed along the main road (uh, the only road) in Lagosette in the past and that have been inoperational for some time. These lights are now operational and are plugged into an outlet that is located in the COTP shop and wired directly into the COTP generator which automatically starts at about seven and runs for an hour or so.

This means that every evening the lights in the village come on and shine brightly giving the local residents the opportunity to extend their day with time together as a community.
This may not seem like much to you and me but for those that mostly live without the benefit of electricity this is another way that COTP has extended their hand to the community in which they serve.

Way to go COTP on your continuing efforts to partner with the people of Haiti. What a privilege it is to be here and be a part of this great work!

Sara and I had another opportunity to visit the Citadel this past Sunday. This trip is becoming my favorite Haitian excursion as the Citadel is a facinating piece of Haitian history, ingenuity and accomplishment that is par to any of the castles we've visited in Europe (even better because there are very few restrictions and you can actually touch the cannons!)

Atop the Citadel

This time we remembered to ask about the unique restrooms. Wonder what I mean by that? Well, check out Sara's FB post with the picture looking through the seat ring. It may be difficult to tell but that's an eighty foot drop at least and the updraft, well, leave it to say...uh, okay, never mind.

Thanks for hanging with us.
Blessing to you all,
J