Day three, touring through the streets of Haiti

This day was set aside for an earthquake tour. We were all up bright and early, the roosters and the chickens made sure of that. A member of Christian Reformed World Missions, Jennifer, was to be our tour guide and personal driver. Jennifer was flexible, she would take us where ever we wanted to go. She made a suggestion about going up the mountain and stopping at a few overlook spots, go to a museum and then stop for lunch. It sounded good to all of us. What she failed to tell us is that the roads we were going to take were not very smooth. There was a lot of turning, bouncing and sliding and this was inside the car. The streets of Haiti are hard to describe. It appears that there is not a speed limit and the other lane can be used by the car behind you or the car that is coming towards you. While you are wondering what the car in front of you is going to do a motorcycle will weave around you. The motorcyclist will beep their horn as a warning sign. Another thing about the roads is that they are very rough, no matter if they are paved or dirt.

The view from one side atop the mountain was gorgeous, winding roads through green hills. The view on the other side of the mountain was very different, it was the city of Port-au-Prince. The city seemed to go on forever, it looked like a city of cement, it was hard to tell if there was any green trees or grass down there.

We spent a little time at a museum, where we learned about Carnival which is going to be starting in just a few days. Jennifer told us a little bit about Vodo and how people are starting to believe that it is people like the Christians that are getting rid of Vodo. We didn't feel too bad about that.

After the museum we went for lunch at the Baptist Mission. We could all order what we wanted and that made some of us very happy. Just ask Kelly.

Later in the day we were introduced to the Fish and Egg mission. A gentleman by the name of Christian showed us the chicken coop that he has. He has enough chickens to lay 1500 eggs every day. He also has a fish hatchery that has hundreds of fish in each little cement pond. What does he do with all this stuff you might ask? He feeds the children. What a awesome man.

That pretty much wraps up the day. (Internet not working so well. Pictures later.)