{"id":101,"date":"2011-02-16T20:46:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T02:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/haiti\/?p=101"},"modified":"2011-10-13T20:21:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T01:21:09","slug":"ten-new-sounds-from-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/haiti\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"Ten New Sounds from Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pastor Steve asked that we consider giving up all electronic devices and communication during our mission trip. Things such as Facebook, email, text messages, Twitter, smartphones, computers, etc. He asked that we \u201cde-clutter\u201d our lives while in Haiti; the only exception was this blog. Honestly, it\u2019s been an excellent exercise. There have been few distractions allowing an opportunity to grow our relationship with others on this trip. And it has helped us meld together as a group. It has been a wonderful opportunity to listen\u2026not only to God\u2019s words and direction, but to everything else we encounter. My sense of hearing has increased on this trip along with all my other senses. Below is a list of things that I have HEARD while in Haiti:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0 The sound of 125 cc motor scooters whining thru the streets and on the back roads. Many of these scooters sound like they need a quart of oil.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0 Horns beeping\u2026.all the time for any apparent reason. We are all from Chicago, so the horns are not uncommon. But the Haitians use their horns many times each minute behind the wheel.<\/p>\n

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\n3) Animals are everywhere. Cows, goats, and roosters all get up very early in the morning and make a lot of noise.<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0 Every evening and every morning, you can hear taps and reveille played. The sounds come from the Korean U.N. facility.<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0 Haitians singing. Not only at church, but during the day as well.\u00a0 They know many English Christian songs. While working on a church reconstruction project the Haitians sang in English to us.\u00a0 But we were unprepared to sing the words to every verse of the songs we joined them in singing.<\/p>\n

6)\u00a0 Clans chanting in the morning in beautiful unison at 5:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

7)\u00a0 Rain on the tin roof. The guys all sleep in an open aired bunk house with a tin roof. We have had plenty of rain and the sound on the tin roof starts out loud and then becomes a sleep aid. That is until a mango falls from the\u00a0 tree above the tin roof. Can anyone say \u201cbombs away\u201d?!!<\/p>\n

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\n8)\u00a0 Speaking of the bunk house, an open air bunk house is no place to store seeds. Late at night, little grey animals get hungry\u2026they even fight viciously and loudly for food. No\u2026..these grey animals were not squirrels!<\/p>\n

9)\u00a0 Hey You. Bon soir. This mean hi and \u201cwhat\u2019s up\u201d. Creole is a difficult language, but fun to listen to and learn.<\/p>\n

10)\u00a0 Ten 8-10 year old boys in the orphanage yelling \u201cI want to be next\u201d as they were begging me to dump water from my water bottle into their mouths.<\/p>\n

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\nSo there you have it\u2026ten new sounds from Haiti! I\u2019m listening better without the electronic clutter in my life. Now if I could just learn how to hear God better and follow His direction in my life in total obedience. This was great exercise in eliminating clutter in my life.<\/p>\n

J.P.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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