Seriously......

Hello everyone, just wanted to share some recent news from here in Haiti this week.  

Sonlight is the only school in session here in Port de Paix.  All schools are closed until October 6th due to the hurricanes/economy.  So we had a visit from the minister of education earlier this week saying that we needed to close as well. Our director discussed the issue with him, saying our kids aren't affected by these things, that they are all still attending school each day & want to come but that didn't seem to matter. It ended with Sonlight being able to stay open everyday 8-12 "to tutor" our students.  So we have been doing that for the last few days, the students were all still coming to school, they aren't wearing their uniforms but they were all ready for learning!  Well as of today, they came to school again, & gave our director no choice but to close until October 6th.  This was very hard for our students to understand, some did, some however too young to understand what is going on.  Some of the older students don't understand & kept asking Brennan in class why they are getting punished & school taken away from them.  We don't understand as teachers why the board of education here in Haiti would want all their children sitting at home for 2 weeks doing nothing, when instead they could be learning everyday in school, doesn't make sense.

So that is the latest here.  Also, we are still waiting for fuel so have been limited on electricity, the guys have been working hard when the generator goes out.  The roads were destroyed from the hurricanes so we are waiting for the roads to get rebuilt so the fuel trucks can come through to bring fuel. We have enough to last the rest of this week.  Please keep praying for us all here at Sonlight. Pray for our students during this break from school & for their safety.  Pray for all the teachers here as well.  We love you all & miss you greatly.

Janna, Brennan & Lyndlee Jya-Ying