Fun In The Son!

Today was a "family fun day!" We went to the Fun In The Son program that was held on the soccer fields at Sun Auto in the Tabarre area. A steady flow of people headed to the grounds. They were preoparing for 100,000 people to attend.

One soccer field had many games and activities for the children.

Benson and Stephanie are heading over to the games.

They got as far as the front door of the air house and then decided that they didn't want to go inside :)

Manu took off his shoes and ran! His friend Jonas ran after him.

Boy scouts helped show people where things were and also served as crossing guards as people entered the soccer fields.

1,000 churches were involved in this large evangelical event.

The UN was there too for security.

The Haitian police were there too.

It was a hot day and no shade. Only people who worked in the tents had any shelter from the sun. A typical day in Haiti :) The children saw this advertisement for Tampico and asked me to buy them one.

Manu, Fonise, Stepanie, Benson and me were getting thirsty, so Manu rummaged through the knapsack looking for the money.

They then went and bought some tickets for the drinks.

A children's musical program was taking place with a lot of singing and action songs.

A children's choir and their director were dressed in Haiti's colors.

They proudly sang for the audience.

We walked over to the other large soccer field where preparations for the main evangelical program that would start late in the afternoon.

The program was called Haiti Broilers and the American evangelist Andrew Palau would be speaking.

Haiti broilers is right. We were there a couple of hours and when we found out it would be another couple of hours until the concert everyone had enough of being broiled in the son. and we went home :) Here are Johnny, Herode and his brother Rosquini sweating in the sun!

We saw this man standing on a mound of dirt in a neat looking suit. The best part of the preliminary show was the motorcycle jumps!

With the assistance of a ramp the motorcycle became airborne and the bikes soared!

The drivers did some stunts while they were in the air.

The dirt ramp mound was used for the landing.

They were great riders!

It was a challenge taking photos but some turned out!

We didn't see any of the riders lose control, but when Manu was watching on rider banged their leg a bit.

It was fun watching this part of the show.

These drivers would do well on the roads of Haiti.

After we got broiled we went outside the park and found a shady tree to sit under. We had fun watching the "Cat Police"! These are the names of the police who drive these 4 wheelers.

We watched the people heading to the soccer fields or just walking.We then headed home and sat in the worst traffic jam I have ever been in! That is what happens when 100,000 people head somewhere at the same time :) I am sure the rest of the program went well.