the streets are flowing with milk and honey...and um....yeah.

as most of you know, there is no sewer system in haiti...and a lot of people don't have toilets in their houses (luckily this is not us...we are fully equipped with toilets, so mom, please don't worry!). but if you've "gotta go" you have a couple options. you can a.) go in the street, b.) go in a kivet, bucket, or pan and later throw it in the street...either way, it ends up in the street. luckily we have a ditch in front of our house where all the sewage ends up...it's not just randomly placed in the streets. at least it is all in "one place" to avoid.
and luckily we have nice man who works next door who always keeps our "ditch" flowing fairly steadily so as not to keep the sewage stagnant in front of our house. Sometimes I love living in Haiti and sometimes I don't. But, compared to some of the kids at our school, if the worst thing I face in day is jumping over a pile of poop on my way to school, I'm pretty lucky.