The school is on Yvrose's property and consists of 3 cement- blocked and stuccoed rooms. The orphans can attend the school up until about 6th grade and then they go to another outside of the orphanage. The teacher in this photo has been teaching for 25 years. 
He was appreciative to get the supplies and proceeded to lock them up immediately.
The children all over Haiti dress in school uniforms and they look beautiful and bright in them. After visiting the school, we went back to play with the other kids at the orphanage. We colored a lot, drew on the cement with chalk and just hung out with them.
At some point in that day, Yvrose took the time to explain that she didn't want the children in her place to be adopted. She wanted to raise them to be successful, Christian people would stay in Haiti and help Haiti to be a better place. She is a visionary woman wanting her children to spread the gospel.
We then went out to visit two church plants. The first was called "St. Charles". It had roof problems and one of our teams had been there the previous week to help add support to it.
The second church is called "The River Church". These churches are both getting some support and are slowly improving. We prayed over them and headed out. On our way back to the compound (where we were being housed), we stopped for a few minutes at the beach, looked at a ship wreck and studied the rocks. No sand on these beaches, just rocks - rounded and smoothed by the waves. It is a beautiful and rugged coastline and many ships are lost here. It is a vivid picture of how this country feels beautiful, rugged and somewhat lost.
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