Sunday

Today we drove out to the country for a change of scenery. We attended worship at The Salvation Army's Lafforoney Corps. This year it has grown dramatically. At the start of the year they averaged 150 in worship. They now have over 300 every Sunday morning. They have already constructed a larger worship hall on their compound, and may need to expand again.

This is not unusual in Haiti. Haiti Division has over 40 Corps and at least 20 outposts. These 60 churches are rarely small and their members constitute two thirds of the soldiery of the Caribbean territory. They are growing fast - Port-au-Prince Central Corps has reported 300 converts this year. 60% of the officers in the territory come from this Division. It causes a few issues - apart from French Guinea, the rest of the territory is English speaking. It means that all of the Haitians, including the second year session of cadets who are all Haitian, need to learn English to attend college in Jamaica and that many of them won't come home to Haiti for their whole officership.

This afternoon was an adminsitrative effort. A report on a grant for the UN. A report for The Salvation Army on the operations of the camp. A project proposal to improve security and safety by fixing some more lighting at the camp, ready for the territory to approve tomorrow (he says in hope). Writing up three contracts for new staff that we hope to start this week.

Back to the camp tomorrow to distribute mosquito nets, soaps, condoms, sanitary pads and jerry cans courtesy of Unicef and Concern Worldwide.