Day 21 in Haiti

Today was a horrible day for Nicole.  She spent the whole night last night running to the bathroom.  Her stomach was purging something both top and bottom.  She has been in bed all day and hasn't moved.  (Actually she just got up and I gave her some water.  She has been in bed since 10 pm yesterday, it is now 10 pm again.)  I must say I have never seen her this sick before.  Finally around supper time she was able to keep down water and a couple of gravel.  She is now sleeping and we hope that she is well in the morning.  The doctors and nurses are only concerned if she gets dehydrated, otherwise it hopefully will run its course and she will be out of bed in the morning.  Your prayers for her are very much welcome. 

With Nicole in bed all day, I was in charge of the kids.  I did some French reading with the kids for school, then we completed a couple of Sudoku for their math.  (Dad's always find the simplist things to do, then praise themselves for being such great home school Dads!!)  All of us prayed tonight that mom gets better so she can be in charge of school. 

In the afternoon all of us including the medical team (which had the day off) went to the beach.  This was the first day we have been at the beach before 2:00 pm.  Anica and Noah actually got a little sun.  We've have spent so much time in the shade trying to stay cool that we haven't had to worry about getting a tan let alone burnt.  The medical team however is taking Cypro and one of the side affects is skin that burns easily.  So half a dozen of them came back red like lobsters. 

The temperature is starting to cool for the winter months and it was only 28 C today compared to 35C when we first arrived.  Right now it is only 25C and I am finally not sweating while typing.  We are all looking forward to the snow, so I hope you don't mind that we are praying for mountains of snow when we return. 

Tonight I will be doing some preparation.  I was asked to give my testimony to the chruch on Tuesday night so I have to give some thought to what I want to say.  I will likely talk about Romans 12 as this is the chapter that I keep coming back to again and again.  Give it a read sometime and see if you can follow the guidelines for a week or two!!  I continue to fail miserably. 

Being is Haiti has been such a great experience so far.  This is a beautiful country and although it will take some time, lots of effort, and God's mercy this can be the jewel of the Caribbean once again.

I will leave you with this verse I read this morning.  

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.  Romans 12:12

Talk to you tomorrow.
Charles, Nicole, Anica, Noah.


P.S.  We do enjoy reading any comments you post on the blog, it means alot to hear from our friends back home.