Waiting ...

After all of our shopping and errand-running was finished, we still had about an hour to kill before Daryl and Jay's plane came in. So we found a nice motel restaurant, with a beautiful pool on the upper deck, and chilled while we killed time. Actually, we spent that hour very leisurely and enjoyed every moment of it. Some of us found souvenirs to bring home with us at Christmas, some of us ordered drinks to help cool us off in the hot afternoon hours, and some of us stuck our feet in the pool. And some of us took naps (MacKendy). ;) I guess he earned it though, after driving us all the way to Port and up and down those mountainous roads in town ...

Waiting some more. At the airport. Lindsay's anxious anticipation, and Shakinah's and my shared excitement, were hard to miss as we stood along the railing, singing loudly and getting very giddy about the arrival of our new visitors. It was quite the drama. By the time Jay and Daryl walked out of the doors of the airport, I was surprised the whole crowd didn't erupt in applause! They nearly did ... but it was fun to share our joy. And I think the Haitians like being part of it =)


This young man, a friend of MacKendy's, got permission for Lindsay to go inside and wait in there to personally greet Daryl and Jay. She was MORE than eager to take him up on his offer!



And here he is!!! Safe and sound. And Jay is here too =) And the four brightly-colored suitcases (I had my eye on the orange one, as I knew it carried some special care packages that were for Lindsay and me...).

The happy couple. It's been fun seeing Daryl connect with people here on the base - staff, young people at church, and students at the Liberty Academy. He even taught Math for Lindsay's 3rd graders on Friday, and they loved it! He did too =) Maybe we have another teacher recruited for the Liberty Academy ...