Day 8

Thunderstorm coming in over the Mountains

Well here we go.  A new week and a new set of ideas.  We had my grandmother Butterworths pancakes this morning.  At least they are as close to the recipe as I can remember.  Stuck bananas in them as this is about the only local fruit we have been able to find right now.  Reminds me of a Jack Johnson song.  Not quite as many in for breakfast this AM.  It is a  Hatian holiday All Sanits Day so there is no school and I think many of the workers have taken the day off.  Tomorrow is another holiday all souls.  Going to make the closest thing to a quesedilla we could come up with for lunch today..  Flat Pita with monterey cheese and cooked ham and onions, grilled and served with a hearty corn chowder soup.  The medical team is down all week so they will be in for lunch.  Had another 15 so we had our largest turnout yet about 50 hungry souls.  Trying to get some laundry washed today.  We had an unbelievable thunderstorm last night.  High winds and the rain came down in huge droplets.  Thought it was hail at first but it was 32 degrees out as well.  Night comes early here usually about 5:30 its dark and it gets light about the same time in the AM.  Took a picture of the storm approaching about 4:45.  Thats the one you see.  Serving spaghetti and meat sauce with biscuits and oatmeal cookies for diner tonight.  Mercy Chefs is a really great organization, and I think that the work they are doing down here is just amazing.