Haiti called we answered

A few people have commented recently that our blog posts are becoming less frequent.  This is not due to lack of interesting things to share (we live in Haiti, need I say more!) - just the daily life here occupies us more and in different ways than it did in the states.  On any given week we are welcoming new teams, juggling responsibilities at the guesthouse, spending time daily with the 17 girls and carving out me/us time when we can :)  For those of you who haven’t been here yet, here is a little snippet on how a house in Haiti operates ... we receive electricity from 3 sources - city power (though not consistently or on any type of schedule), battery inverter (very cool if you ask me!) and a kick-butt Kubota generator.  If this wasn't interesting enough, our water also comes from 3 sources – city water (mostly on the weekends, but sometimes an occasional Tuesday like today), rain water and truck water (complete with a Christmas tune or two).  All water is kept/cleaned in the cistern and used for showers as well as dishwashing, but we buy treated Culligan water in the 5 gallon bottles like you see in the states.  When the opportunity arises, it is really interesting to share part or all of this with guests as from their vantage point it looks-and-feels very similar to a home in the states … all part of our “new normal” here!  My hope is you don’t read this blog as a complaint of how tough our lives are here or dare I say “our lives are more difficult than yours” – if anything, the home we get to live/work in is a reprieve from the daily struggles we see people face each and every day.  There is a lot that it is hard about living in Haiti and lots of meat’y tough questions that we grapple with (especially today – more later), however we are so thankful to be here shining God’s light in a dark place (though hopefully not literally dark – we bought more diesel!).