I think today may have been our busiest Saturday ever in Haiti. We promised Karen we would have her bedroom and bathroom painted by Saturday. And that it would be put back together, cleaned and pictures re-hung and she could be moved back in today. Pressure!! I thought in retirement I was long past deadlines!!
AND nobody told me I had a trip to the dentist in the afternoon!!
But we did it. Good work Joan.
The Texas Team did a tremendous job rebuilding the tub structure and the storage cupboard. All I had to do was caulk and paint. The termites have been terminated and it looks clean and fresh.
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| Finished Bathroom |
The Jaunty Joan color turned out very well. Joan mixed the color from various paints on hand. Karen is very pleased and delighted with how the room looks. AND with being moved back in before dark. If her bedroom only gets painted every 11 years I could supervise my 2 and 4 year old grandsons next time during their spring break!
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| Joan putting the room back together |
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| Enjoying the new paint |
Yup. We took 9 kids to the dentist in Borel this afternoon. Do these look like children on the way to the dentist?
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| Ti-Luc, Karena, Josie, Joan and Judel |
There is a visiting missionary dentist team from Missouri at another mission in nearby Borel. The children were very excited to go and actually did very well. Josie had to have 2 teeth extracted but was a real trooper. The clinic was set up in the church and there was a steady steam of patients. Free service for children and a very minimal charge for adults. The dentists’ chairs were plastic patio chairs on cement lock. Instead of overhead lights the dentist and hygienists were wearing headlamps.
However the service and dentistry was first class.
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| Ti-Luc getting some encouragement from Mama |
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| The dentist clinic |
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| Josie |
What’s the best way to reward to kids for a good dentist visit? Yup, a little road trip in the back of the truck for ice cream.
Life is good.
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| Ice Cream shop |
Then back to the compound to get Karen’s room finished, a late night walk, some star gazing, finish the blog but no hockey.
Good night.
Keith
7 comments:
I sure hope you got the gps co-ordinates of that ice cream shop for my next visit Keith!
...and Karen's room at least looks cool now. She will probably need a sweater in there :)
Love the "Jaunty Joan" color. You did well Joan. It looks lovely and she may want to stay in there longer! I know you two worked hard there, many thanks for this. I know it will be a boost for Karen. Did you and Joan sit in the dentist chair too?? I am like Jim, I want to know where there is an ice cream shop!
Now to see what Lovely Lisa looks like!
Absolutely not to the dentist. I'm not as brave as the kids.
We can't tell you where the ice cream shop is.... but after you pay back some work IOUs we could take you.... when are you coming back?
Nicely done Keith! While my pink primer on the cabinets was rather beautiful, this actually may look even better...
Some things never change. Keith is just as busy as ever!
You are doing such an amazing thing helping all those people in need, keep it up and I will be sharing your cause with my friends and family and raise some awareness. We need more people like you out there doing more for the world, if each of us does something then soon there will be no more suffering, thanks.
Joanna @ Westheimer Dentist
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