Thunder, Rain, and Birthdays on the Mountain

Today was a great day! It was Christelle's 14th Birthday. Tonight we walked over to the guest house and had cake, donuts, and cookies with the medical team. I was able to make a cake with all the flour and lard that we were able to purchase. David had made donuts earlier, so we frosted those. The kids and I made cookies last night as well. Tomorrow the team heads back to the USA. We will miss them!

Earlier today, we started to walk up the mountain to church. Thankfully the truck came by on our way up and we were able to hop a ride. This was an incredible blessing. The road is STEEP!  It is something like a mile and a half, but it feels like 20 miles straight up.

After church, our family walked back down the mountain. It looked like it was going to rain, so we started back home right after church. There were many people at church today. We were blessed to hear a sermon on forgiveness from the pastor on the mission team. A music pastor was also a part of the team and he sang an amazing song in both English and Creole. God is good! What a blessing to be here in Haiti!

On the way down the mountain, we took the short cut on the goat trail. I LOVE the goat trail because it is much shorter then the other walk, but there are sections on the goat trail where you are practically crawling up. It is really hard to capture this in the picture. Please come to Haiti and see for yourself!

It was a good walk back. Bets were being made on who was going to fall down first on the slick rock and mud, but actually nobody fell down at all.

We made it back home just in time before the rain came. And when it rains in Haiti, it rains hard. All of a sudden the sky opens up and the thunder rolls and everyone gets soaked.

The rest of the team left quite a bit later then us. We had already made it home when the team was coming back down in the truck. They were not quite as fortunate and were caught in the downpour. We stood on our balcony and took pictures of the rain and the team in the truck while we were nice and dry indoors. Overall, it was an amazing day at Mountain Top Ministries!