Church anyone?

This is the church I went to. It had probably 8 rows of pews on each side....each pew could fit 4-5 people.

This is a dog I named Ethel. She hangs out with us at Trench Town (one of the bars) and I, of course, always pet her.

This is down by Regatta, we found some cool shells here.

Hey Everyone,

Yes, you read that title correctly....I went to church yesterday....willingly. Mass started at 5 and was over by 5:40, there were about 20 people there. The priest said most of the mass in English but said the important parts in both English and French (for the Haitians). His homily was about how only God can give you a brand new heart and spirit as well as how pride is the worst sin. I thought that was interesting. He was saying how people shouldn't be arrogant and look down upon other people. He also said that when priests do it, it is worse than when regular people do it since they are "married to God" and when Bishops do it, that is the worst.

On Saturday I was on dock duty for site clean up so I had to scrub the bottom of the boats. It wasn't too bad....you get to be in the water so it is the only job you don't sweat doing. For community outreach I was supposed to be on games with the kids but only like 4 kids showed up so I got put on sand sifting duty. We just got a pile of sand in for the vball court, but it's full of rocks and shells so we have to sift it all.

Sunday I went with a few people to East Bay and Regatta to look for shells. It was fun until I stubbed my toe on a rock and sliced the tip of it off. Don't worry, I cleaned it out 2 hours later when I got back. There were a ton of shells at Regatta...I found some baby conch shells which are quite possibly the cutest things in the world. After that was when I went to church.

Today in the morning I had to help out with mangroves. By the time we were done, Liz and I looked like we had chicken pox from all of the bug bites. It was kind of creepy working in the roots of the mangroves. It's really quite and you can hear when a fish eats something and when the donkeys yell at you. It also rained on us 3 times so that didn't help the spooky feeling dissipate at all. After Liz and I finished the mangroves, we had to walk 2 miles to help the beam trawl people. Once again it rained on us. We tried to take shelter under some "trees" but it was raining too hard so it all came through anyway....so we decided to rough it and walk in the rain. The bugs were no better by the beam trawlers so we all continued to suffer.....it was great.

When we got back from Bell Sound Courtney and I took a walk around town. We haven't been in any of the "fashion stores" so we tried a few out today. They surprisingly have some nice stuff in them. Granted it's $50 for a shirt, but they look pretty nice. They had shoes and accessories and my personal favorite; a palm tree bathroom set complete with rug, toilet rug, and shower curtain. I now know how I am going to decorate my bathroom when I move out.