Sadness, joy, and memories...

Gosh, I just realized how long it's been since I last posted!


I should tell you about this past week. . .


Well, for starters, something really sad happened.
Ella, the Ayars puppy dog, died.
And she was pregnant, so her puppies died too.
We're not quite sure why, but we are assuming this:
 one of her puppies died inside her,and she experienced septic shock,
 she went into labor early and didn't make it, or she had preeclampsia.

   













I'm really missing that cute little mutt. :(


Now that I got the sad part out of the way, I can tell you the more fun parts!


Yesterday, we went to the beach with former missionaries, Martin and Sharon Mischler.
It was a little chilly, though (80-85 degrees).
You can never actually be sure what the waves will be like here in Haiti.
Like the first time I went to the beach, it was like a lake; not many waves.
The second or third time I went it had big waves; like boogie-boarding and surfing
kinda waves!
This last time I went the waves were powerful and big, but they broke too close to the shore,
so if you tried to ride a wave to the shore, you were scraping your stomach on the sand
before you even got there!
 
Yet it was still a fun day at the beach!



The first time I came to Haiti was in 2011.
As a side dish for breakfast every morning we had a fruit called  pomfig.
Pomfigs are a fruit related to the banana, and they look just like a banana,
except a lot smaller. . .

That's Stacey Ayars holding the stem of the pomfig plant...

This is the peel of a pomfig compared to my ipod.

Pomfig in Creole means "apple banana".
And it literally is an apple banana!
It has the peel of a banana, but the inside tastes just like an apple!
Even the consistency is different, it's a bit harder; like an apple almost!

Just eating it brings back memories of that short term trip I went on!





Well I hope you enjoyed this post!


Stay tuned for more stories about life Haiti, straight from me!