Camping Out in the Rain

Last week the baby house was given a new concrete floor.  But, in order to do that the old tile and cement below had to be removed.  Adam worked with the other men for 3 days on this task.  Haitian men are extremely hard workers and were not discouraged to have hammers as their tool for such a difficult job.  After all the flooring was removed they worked another long day to lay the cement.  Yet, the day wasn't done...

with over 40 displaced children there was much more work to be done.  About 15 of those children found refuge in the volunteer house.  But, the other 30 were camping out under the pavilion.  Mosquito nets were hung from the rafters in order to cover small groups of children. 

The kids thought this was great fun and would have been fine, but then the rain came.  Rain has come most nights since we arrived, but this was not like any other night.  I would venture to call this a monsoon.  All of the children camping out had to be transported to the volunteer house.  And,the camp out ceased.

With all that action we had some grumpy kiddos the next few days.

Note:  Adam and I did not help the volunteers or staff transfer the kids, because we woke up after the monsoon began.  I still feel really guilty.