Haiti: Day 5

  It was Haitian Hustle day!  The Haitian Hustle is a 5K that our hometown, Becker, does to raise money for the boys and children at the Lighthouse.  There were people in Indiana, in Spain, in Haiti, and several places in Minnesota running/walking this 5K on Saturday, August 17th.

Minnesotans and Haitians who ran the Haitian Hustle (no. i didn't do it)

from right to left is first, second, and third place.

  After the Hustle was done, we went to the beach.  So perfect!  We all had a wonderful time cooling down in the water and stayed for a few hours just basking in the perfectly blue Caribbean Sea.  It was gorgeous!  A lot of laughs were had as well as a panic moment: Tanner got stung by a jellyfish.  We had such a great time bonding as a team, which is very important, as well as spending some time with Tom's boys.

  The combination of the Sea, mountains, palm trees, hot day, blue sky, and sweet fellowship with friends made this time all the more better.

  When we got to the Guest House, we got ready to head to the Lighthouse where we spent some wonderful time with the kids!  We did straw painting which was fun to do.  I loved seeing how different each child's creation was.  The little guy in the photo below touched many of our hearts.  He is blind and his story is both breaks your heart and shows just how amazing our God is!  He is very intelligent, is a pro at Bop-It, rides bike, plays basketball with the other boys, and is just one of the sweetest guys ever!

  Lynel and I got our fingernails painted by this beautiful young lady.  Lynel and I had blue, sparkly fingers for the next few days.  

  We had a marvelous time playing other games including Jenga, Uno, Bop-It, Impulse, Tick-Tick-Boom, and more with the kids on Saturday.  We started building relationships with them, so it was hard to think of leaving on Monday.  

 This was written on a column at the Lighthouse.  Loved it!

In Christ,

     Sierra