Krabanbara (Tarantula in Creole)

The most amazing thing happened to me last night while Haley, Sarah, Rachel and I were all playing a very hyper game of cards. Vern came in to come get the whole group asking if we wanted to see a tarantula. Everyone’s natural response was “yes!” As we all walked down the path, I came to where everyone was standing and saw this huge spider, and I hate spiders. I was really happy to see that both the spider and I will be even happier if it stays away from me. When we returned to our card game we all found out that Hailey cheated in our game. We all had a good laugh about that because we didn’t know Haley was capable of such things.

The next day was a very successful day because everyone learned that teamwork and leadership play a very important part in putting on the tarp for the shelters we were helping to build. Everyone had different ways and ideas of putting on this tarp, so naturally we all argued on how to put on this complicated tarp. Rachel and I argued the most because we had two very different opinions on how to put up the tarp. But I learned that sometimes you have to let your ego go and open up to different ideas, so I’m going to try Rachel’s idea the next time. By the time we finished the fourth side of the house the Haitians tore all our work down because it wasn’t up to their “supreme standards.” It only took us 3 and a half hours to put up. Overall I’m having a great time in Haiti and this experience has opened my eyes up to many other countries that I would like to do missionary work in.

Fred