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Notes from
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February 17, 2008
On the joys of having sand at one's doorstep!
I was able to make a
quick visit to LaCroix St. Joseph last week. It
was very windy, and very cold, by Haitien standards.
Fr. Kerny and the pre-seminarians are doing OK.
The DDL sisters are
continuing with the repairs to their house after the
November fire. At this point, they are making concrete
blocks to enclose the outdoor steps that go up to the
bedrooms.
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They had ordered 2 loads
of sand in December for making blocks. But because of
the rains, the truck could not make it all the way to
LaCroix.
So the driver dumped the
sand about halfway up the road. The sisters said they
made about 12 trips over 3 days with their own little
truck to bring the sand up to their house.
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On Jan. 31, as we were
going up to LaCroix, Sr. Francesca passed the dump truck
as it was going down.
She asked the driver if he thought he could make it all
the way to the house with the sand this time. He said
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On Friday, Feb. 1, it was
Sr. Francesca`s day to prepare the meals. Of
course, that was the day the driver decided to deliver
the sand.
Since Sr. Francesca is in charge of the construction,
she put down her spoon and went outside to supervise the
dumping. |
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Of course, all 3
sisters were very happy to have the sand at their
doorstep.
They will also be happy
when the steps are covered, and they can go upstairs in
the rain without getting wet or falling on the slippery
steps.
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