Yeah! Last day in Verrettes continued #2 - last one

Continued 2

Coming back down the mountain was just as exciting as going up!  We all now have a new appreciation of what a pick up truck can do!  Now off to visit a "buck" goat who fathers many other goats in the animal husbandry program. This particular goat is from Africa and has had 200 offspring in the last year!!! His species adapts well to this climate and produces a more hearty breed. At this moment it started to rain - so down the mountain we scurried!  Back to our truck to quickly make our way back to Tom's home while getting pelted with a much needed rain. Schmitty was very happy to see the rain come after our help earlier with planting the fruit trees in the mountains. They really need the rain for the trees to survive and the people are so incredibly hopeful. 
What fun we had back at our home base watching the downpour and the quickly running "river" that once was the road. Our friends all together under one roof, singing, talking, learning about eachother, watching our new friend Echo dance, and just an awesome sense of comeraderie. We are all working for the same purpose all loving the same people all worshiping the same God. How fulfilling our day was!!  We closed our day with Fr. Alexis joining our group discussion after supper. Tonight we shared all that we have learned over the week and everyone contributed wonderful insights. We have been so incredibly blessed even sometimes beyond words. But this experience has been engraved into our hearts, never to leave. We have become better people from of it and we will be challenged now because of it.  We believe in the goodness and love of the Haitian people and will keep them close to us always. 
Amen!