Funny money

I haven't shared with you about money in Haiti which is a gourde (pronounced goud). There are 40 gourdes to one US dollar but when they price items they use Haitian dollars; however, there is no such currency. So there are 8 nonexistent Haitian dollars to 1 US dollar; therefore, to figure what to pay you have to multiply the Haitian dollar by 5 to find out how many gourdes to pay. So confusing.
Yesterday evening my hostess, Ildie, put her little grandson in my lap. He was so tired and really fighting it so I was holding him and singing and praying please don't pee on me....no diapers. Most little kids run around with bare bottoms. Sunday seems to be party day with people congregating around the houses. Down the street there is a little bar with music playing and lights on due to a generator. They are the only lights on the street other than our house. The stars are incredibly bright due to lack of competing light. As I was journaling the moon was coming up and so beautiful and I thought how wonderful we were all looking at the same moon. Love and joy to you all.

Barbara