Torback Dec 14th

The hurricane overcast skies have dissipated to reveal clear blue sky day.  A two show morning for two elementary schools, the first Saint Sauveur in Les Cayes, the second for the Saint Paul school nearby here in Torbeck. More than 200 kids at each of the shows,  all of them in uniform. They are thrilled, and so are we as the show has coalesced into a more solid unit. We have started to identify a bit more just what makes these kids funny bones tick.

Squeals of laughter when I ask my young volunteer in the sponge ball magic routine to make a magic face. He imitates my big teeth exagerated grin, and all his little schoolmates are loving it. Then they squeel in delight when I pull the mini harmonica out of his ear and a whole multitude of red sponge balls jump out of his hand as he opens it. Big laughs for the slapstick of a chase scene as Elisa chases Sarah and Brendon who are both on stilts.  Many more moments but my  energy has been drained by performing in the full sun of the morning the first show.  Luckily the second show there is a big big tree in the front of the school, and although the ground is dirt, uneven and full of pebbles and small rocks, there is enough shade to allow for a large semi-circle for all the kids, and for us as well.

It is evening now, kids are playing in the rectory yard outside, and just outside the open window there is a tutorial class going for an advanced electrical circuitry class.  I hear the man’s voice talking about resistances, motors, generators, volts and circuits. Practical stuff as I hear the generator in the backyard powering us up.

Tomorrow we will go to the main hospital in Les Cayes in the morning for a visit.  it is a hard place Sarah explained to me yesterday. She visited it last year.  A lot of people are in rough shape.  The patients have to buy their own everything, medicine, drips, whatever is needed. That eliminates a lot of the population from what I understand.  But I haven’t been there, and i will no doubt find out a lot more.  We will go armed with a ukulele, a mandolin, a bunch of bubbles, small tricks, love, and a lot of humor which we will keep in reserve offering it up to those who are wishing to receive.

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