Haiti: Day 3 {part 2}

  After a meal of chicken, rice, fried plantains, and homemade lemonade at a Haitian restaurant, we headed out for the River Walk.  I wasn't quite sure what to expect.  I had so much fun, though, and was so encouraged by all that happened - even the smallest moments.

  First, we had to drive quite a ways down what we would call a "back road".  The road ran along a river where we saw kids swimming and bathing.  One little boy ran up from the river next to the road, jumped up and down, waved his hands, and yelled "Blanc! Blanc!", and called his friend to come see, too.  What a great way to start the afternoon!  When we got to a small village, we all piled out of the truck and the kids found us right away.  One sweetie wanted to come along, but she was too young, and her sister wouldn't let her come with me.  We started walking to our destination: another village tucked away and accessible by a very narrow path which crossed the river twice.

While it wasn't easy trying to walk against the current while carrying one girl and holding the hand of another, this was one of my favorite moments from the whole trip.

 This picture shows the width of the path the majority of the time.  We passed a couple banana/plantain groves, some quenepa trees, beautiful flowers, and a lot of randomly tied goats, cows, and donkeys along the path.

  When we first got to the village, we tried rallying up kids to get them involved.  Then, we sat them down to hear Christine's Bible story, sing with Johnny, and play a few games with us.

  This kiddo, when we first arrived, was so scared of "blancs".  He cried and hid behind his dad.  When he calmed down and we were no longer surrounding him, his dad asked if I could go over to him to see if he'd come to me.  He did!  We sat together during the Bible story and it was so fun to see him get more and more comfortable!

  After our walk back, we headed back down the road and this little girl was running after us!  So sweet.

  A very blessed day.

 In Christ,

   Sierra