The singer Michel Martelly won by a large margin. He has the support of the young and the poor. He wants to unite Haitians to work for Haiti. His opponent Mme Manigat, stated tonight on TV that the elections had been rigged…. Everything is calm ( very few gun shots were heard on the night after the elections) and the results have been well received…what is she trying to do? She has the support of the intellectual class and of former president Aristide who has a big following. Is there going to be another page to the election story? We are all hoping for peace so that the country can continue rebuilding itself.
Speaking of construction: work at the new orphanage site is progressing. 20 workers are busy lining the septic tank, digging the foundation for the bathroom. It is a lot of fun and very impressive to see all these men working hard in the brutal sun and making visible changes. The plumber came and we went over the bathroom plans… it is going to look like a cross between a convent bathroom and the bathroom of College Brébeuf in Montreal where we take our students every fall! J
AND, 11 chicks were born ( 2 have already died) and are busy following their Mom /hen as she shows them how to scratch the dirt and fallen bananas trees leaves to find little bugs… Great fun to watch!
By the way , bananas right off the tree taste totally different than Giant Dole bananas: it's like another fruit!
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