Recent Happenings...

I’m not good at being consistent with this thing. Mostly because life here is not too different than it is from life in Dallas. Sure, it’s hotter and I have more mosquito bites than I have ever had in my life, but the routines are very similar. Go to work, teach, grade, plan, hang with friends, rinse and repeat.
Here are some random photos from what we have been up to the last few days…

On Friday our school, Quisqueya, had a game against another school in our league.

Quisqueya campus was crawling with students all night long on Friday night with our high school all-night camp out. There were movies, smores, volleyball, capture the flag and more. Several teachers chaperoned. I got lucky and had the early shift so I was only part of the action until about 1 am.

Saturday, a fellow teacher took Jill, Kellyanne and I up to the Baptist Mission in the mountains. You enter a completely different world when you go up the mountains. Beautiful, lush farmland and green as far as you can see….green!

They have a little restaurant with very American food, a gift shop with handmade items, and a bakery with the best cinnamon rolls I’ve ever had. Afterwards, we went to a little restaurant in an area of town known as Petionville. This is the nicer area of Port au Prince and the price of things reflects that. Still, the ice cream was delicious and it was great to see more of the city.

Monday was a rainy day. So, what did we do…Played in the mud. After a long Monday of meetings and teaching, what better way to unwind than throwing a football around in the mud with two good friends.