New Hope Activity Center, Papillion and La Lue Orphanage

Today was our second full day in Haiti. It was a long eventful day. We first visited New Hope Activities. We painted rocks with the kids and half of the rocks are staying in Haiti and half are coming home with us to be placed around Minnesota and Ohio. Many of them are tagged with #STMARocks.
We also tossed balls with the kids, had some limbo, and played an exciting game of soccer. One of the highlights of the kids was playing with the handheld instruments.

Once we left the Activity Center we went to Papillon Market, which means butterfly, and saw where all the merchandise is made for the store. A woman created a clay cup in 3-4 minutes and another woman was decorating small beads with tiny strips of paper and cereal boxes. After we visited the manufacturing center we went to the market to shop.

Our final stop was an orphanage called LaLue. We were greeted with a beautiful song in English and Creole! First we told the kids a bible story of Noah's Ark. we painted rainbows on the kid's faces and arms. The kids then got the crayons and started to draw on our arms and faces! At the end we played ball and also enjoyed jumping rope.  We said goodbye and endured an almost 2 hour tap tap ride home. We made it home safely and had a nice dinner and devotion. We are home for the night and preparing for a blessed day tomorrow.

Joline and Ethan