The past week

Since last post....
The Orthodox Presbyterian Missionary to Haiti and 2 OPC members came through on Thursday night to crash here before flying out of Sto Dmgo. Flights out of Haiti are so backed-up that it's worth it to drive the 7hours or so to Sto Dmgo and find a flight. Ben will come back through early next week before heading on to Haiti. It was so nice to meet him and we hope that one day we can meet his family who is right now living in the States during all the chaos in Haiti.
On Friday we were able to spend half the day with a dear Christian friend who has just returned after 3 months from having her baby in the States. Adeline and Hartleigh were in the jacuzzi one and for 4 hours! We were amazed at how well they played together. Not one fight the whole 6 hours of the playdate!
Saturday I had a golf lesson. I'm trying to take advantage of living in a climate that you can play golf in 12 months out of the year. During my lesson I met an American who works for the embassy here and he and his wife joined us for picaderas (appetizers) along with another couple Saturday night. Saturday night was our short story discussion date night. We have a list of 15 interested couples/people, but we usually only get 1 or 2 to show up.
Sunday afternoons are a lot more fun with a house and pool. As soon as we get home, weather permitting, the kids and Scott hop in the pool while I throw together lunch. We eat casually outside and then head in for a nap. The kids are old enough now that we can all take a nap on the same bed! (old enough meaning it's not a distraction to sleep with the family) It's SO sweet.
Today I never made it out of my work out clothes because Darton fell out of the car AGAIN! This time he fell on loose gravel instead of concrete, which resulted in a cut that we felt worthy to be checked out at the hospital. My Monday morning routine is to take Adeline to school and on the way home stop at the Botanical Gardens with Darton for a brisk walk. Once again I learned that when in a high-stress situation NO HABLO ESPANOL! Praise God He put a girlfriend in the park at the same time and I found her to help us. Jen is a veternarian and she drove us to the hospital wHere we were miraculously in and out in 40minutes. That doesn't happen folks..not here, not anywhere. Our pediatrician was on his way over to the emergency room to see a baby who had been burned by coffee, so it wasn't long before we got to see him and he shewed us out of the hospital reassuring us Darton was fine and didn't need stitches or an x-ray. Since the emergency room doctor didn't see us, we went in and out without having to pay anything! The same thing happened the last emergency room visit. Our visit the first time did include seeing the emergency room doctor, but since he didn't have to perform any assistance for us he didn't ask us to pay either. Craziness!
I just knew I'd have to miss my 2 hour Spanish lesson because I was going to be stuck at the hospital. I got home at 9:45a and handed Darton into trusting hands (Ana's) and headed to my lessons.
He doesn't have a large bump, just a small cut. But he is the most pitiful thing when you talk to him about it. It's quite funny listening to him explain what happened.
This afternoon I pureed through the food processor 150 bananas for a missionary who is making anywhere between a dozen to 4 dozen of banana breads for YWAM teams serving Haiti. It was a disgusting amount of pureed banana!
The kids and I head out Wednesday afternoon for the north coast to spend with my girlfriend Olivia. Scott will join us on Friday night. Please be praying for protection as I make the 3 hour drive through the mountains solo.