School opened today, April 5th, for the first time since the earthquake. This is the day the gov't had established for schools to begin functioning again. In spite of the fact that we were no where ready for it our director and teachers were in place in the yard
at 8 this morning. The tarp was not much help in the competition to find shade from the hot sun. They were not discouraged from the task as about fifteen of the smaller students showed up. Each day a few more will come. It was quite a task in competition with the welding generator that was making a horrible noise as the men continued to weld the frame of the temporary school/church. They finally gave up around ten o'clock. Back again tomorrow bright and early. We will be ready for more students. We gave each of them an MRE ready meal to take home and they were delighted. We listened to progress the rest of the afternoon as the men used our new piece of equipment to pack down the ground inside the foundation where we will hopefully pour concrete tomorrow. We are very thankful for your help in purchasing this valuable piece of equipment. Without it we would have to rely on men with hand tools trying to pack down the ground. We are thankful to be able to do it much quicker and the guys seem to be enjoying the chance to run the new piece of equipment.



We made lots people happy sharing new shoes and flip flops brought to us in the container. The girls were dancing and twisting and all the boys were grinning from ear to ear. Even our cook, mammi Simone was part of the celebration. Thank you for giving and sharing with us.