Day 7: Mountain, Church, Kokoye restaurant

Top of the mountain overlooking Port Au Prince, church and Kokoye restaurant 
We woke up missing part of our team, Ann, Lori, Casey and Cole left early this morning to head back to MN. The eight of us that remained drove about an hour to go up a mountain to see the view. We had a chance to stop at vendors selling things alongside the road and bought some souvineers from them. It was cloudy and cool at the top, everynow and then the clouds would clear enough to see the ocean and city below...breathtaking! Along the way back to the guest house, we pulled over to buy some sugar cane that we all had a chance to try. While waiting for the sugar cane, Julie bought a golden Christmas tree on the other side of the road. Hopefully it makes it back in one piece! :)
The kids had time to cool off at a hotel pool we walked a few blocks to get to. Their friends they met from India at the beginning of the week were there, so they had a chance to say good-bye to them. They shocked us a couple days ago when one of them gave $200 in American cash to Steve and said they wanted us to give it to the poor. They were all there on vacation and were inspired by the stories the kids shared with them about what we were doing during the day. The kids unaminously voted to give the money to LaPhare orphanage to use to buy shoes for all the kids at his orphanage. Another group of people we were blessed to meet.
We were able to get it appoved to go to the Phippipeans United Nations Embassy to attend their 4:00 p.m. Christian service. A pastor from North Carolina was there to deliver the sermon. He asked for testimonies from those attending and Julie, Bekah and Micki all shared one of theirs. They played all american songs that we sang along to. Afterwards they had a huge tray of french fries, bread, jam and juice out for us to eat. They were all so nice and welcoming. Another group of people we were blessed to meet.
On our way home from we stopped to eat at Kokoye restaurant. We tried to order foods that are more traditional in Haiti, kibby's, acra, fried goat with rice and another goat dish. Once the food arrived we realized there was a language barrier when Julie was served double the amount of everything she ordered. We had quite a few leftovers to bring back to the house for the workers and missionaries staying there. They were all another group of people we were blessed to meet.
~Stacey