Laughter

If you have ever traveled to another country or interacted with someone from another culture, you might find that it is hard to connect with one another. You might not be able to speak their language, or understand their culture, but I have found that you can always LAUGH together. Whether playing a game and laughing, trying to speak each others language and laughing at your efforts, or laughing at someone being silly...I believe laughter is one of THE best tools for connecting cultures!

Here is my first-hand example of this belief:

Stephanie and Sandra are two of the Good Samaritan girls. Stephanie is 21 and was recently our first high school graduate (this is a huge deal in Haiti to be able to graduate!!). She just started her first University classes! On weekends, she stays with us and works for AwakenHaiti to begin making money to support herself. Sandra is 16 and will be moving to the USA in the coming weeks. She is also staying with us until then. Because of this, we have been trying to find entertaining things to do in the evenings together. I knew the girls loved taking pictures of themselves and so I decided to try the PhotoBooth application on my computer that distorts your faces. Oh boy, did we ever laugh! We are still laughing today!

This laughter is one more tool that is bringing our worlds together.

Stephanie is on the left of the screen and Sandra is on the right...

*Sidenote: This is not what we actually look like :)