Cheri Kay in Haiti....where my life became meaningful.

I was laughing the other day, because we all sat around the dinner table for about 45 minutes AFTER we had all finished eating watching the 2 geckos that you see above. They chased each other and the big one actually bit the little one's bottom! I guess this is what I have now found to be interesting night time entertainment! We have a television, but no cable so all we can do is watch movies--no sitcoms, no drama's and worst of all for me is no ESPN!!!! I have to settle with watching the gamecast online!!!!!! The radio is in either Kreyol or Frech (which I have a minimal understanding of) and they talk throughout the music so that people can't sell it illiegally. It is a really difficult thing to listen too! Even worse than American radio!!!! It's such a different life here, and it makes me laugh how well we have all adjusted and made the craziness of Haiti normal for us and that our night time entertainment now revolves around the critters of Haiti and not the t...

....in Haiti. It would seem that life here would be slower and less packed full of activities. Well, it doesn't seem to be that way!!!! Jaryse and Ecrissa keep me running!!! Ecrissa is almost potty trained with very very few accidents and Jaryse is talking up a storm!!!!! I have been busy also with therapy sessions with some missionaries, 3 local children, children in orphanages and I have been helping to finish up the training for the Haitian Rehab technicians with Healing Hands for Haiti. It has been fun to watch these students mature and make great decisions regarding how to advance the function of children with disabilities! We have been dealing with some normal Haiti issues such as spuratic electricity, extreme heat and humidity and crazy roads and travel situations. Lately though, there have been a couple added obstacles in our daily lives, our phone has been down and my computer is broken AGAIN!!!! UGH!!!! I am lucky to have great friends here who will let me borro...

I took a weekend get-a-way......to the United States!!! I had to re-do my fingerprints for the final stages of the adoption and this had to be done in the U.S., so, Shelley and I took a weekend get-a-way to Fort Lauderdale FL! it was the first time in over 14 months that I have left the country of Haiti. It was amazing to me how "normal" Port au Prince has become to me!! I was amazed by the cleanliness of the streets, by the landscaping, the electrical/phone lines were organized and straight, the cars were not all dented, and they followed the rules of the roads. There was constant electricity and water, there was a TV and real TV shows -not static, and we could walk outside day or night without an escort!!! It was amazing to me!!! I cannot believe how shocked I was to see my own country!!! It was a nice break from the Haiti reality! I look forward to introducing the US culture to my children when their passports and visa's are comleted and they can travel home to the US ...