Weekends are
great! The kids at Kay Timoun have
activities that are not much different from kids in the U.S. They are up at the crack of dawn on Saturday
morning and then off to exercise.
Stretching exercises, running, and then sit-ups and push-ups are all
included in the program. The kids return
home invigorated and ready for a big breakfast.
After showers and breakfast the older kids have acolyte training. There is no coaxing here to get kids off to
extracurricular activities. They value
the opportunity and are excited about learning.
All the children have music class in the late morning. They are now being taught music theory and
will soon learn to play music on a simple instrument.
After lunch
everybody chips in to tackle the mountain of laundry. They scrub and wash by hand, and then dry on
a clothes line. The boys are responsible
only for washing socks and underwear because they have other yard duties in the
afternoon.
Weekends are
also for relaxing and watching a favorite movie. We show both Haitian and American movies on a
laptop computer. A favorite is “Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory.”
Sunday
mornings are special for the kids at Kay Timoun. They dress up in their finest, carry their
bibles and prayer books and are off to church, usually the first to
arrive. They sit in the front seats,
sing all the hymns and fully participate.
This Sunday I found it amazing that four year old Odiana, sitting in the
front row, stayed focused on the entire service, which I might add is two hours
long including announcements.
Sunday
afternoons are for visiting family. I
walk Benjamy, Ange, Jean Marie and Odiana to their parents’ homes. Wonel goes with Zachary and Sundreen. The older kids are on their own. They know that they are to return at 5:00 but
most of the kids are here at 3:00 for the Sunday afternoon movie.
After chapel
prayer and singing at 7:00, the kids prepare for bed, last minute touch ups to
school uniforms, and another exciting week at Ste. Marie Madeleine School.
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