Yesterday morning, Sister Mary and I went to liturgy. It was held in someone's yard. At first, I thought this was probably due to a church being damaged from the earthquake, but that was not the case, the neighborhood does not have a church building and did not prior to the earthquake. It was mostly in Creole, though some of it, and about half of the music was in French. I like that it is held at someone's home, that is afterall how the early church began.
In the afternoon, I walked though the tent community in the soccer field. People are very welcoming and friendly. I was able to talk with people, they are amazingly patient with my poor creole. For a little while I kicked a soccer ball around with some of the kids. So many people seem to live in such a small area. It was enjoyable to be with them for a little while.
Mary and I were invited to dinner at the family house of the priest who presided at the liturgy yesterday. He, his sister and brother were all very kind and hospitable. A true Haitian meal. The food was delicious. It was a very large and beautiful house. There were a couple other people from the community which gathered for litugry that morning also there for dinner. It seems we are located in a very nice area of Portaprince.
We are expecting 17 guests tonight, which should be interesting. Hopefully I will soon have Skype and the webcam my parents gave to me working on the same computer at the same time soon.
Take care,
Kathleen
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