A New President is Inaugurated

Yesterday was President Michel Martelly's inauguration ceremony. i personally didn't listen to any of it becuase a. i forgot it was happening :-S and b. i wouldn't have understood much of it. lol! anyway, the point is that Haiti has a new president, and he seems to really want to help Haiti get back on her feet. we need to be sure to uphold him and all his advisors in prayer, as the road ahead will not be an easy one, and no change will come quickly or easily, i'm sure! 


last night i was in bed trying to get to sleep when i started hearing this popping sound, like a very loud popcorn machine or a car backfiring. for a while i tried to block it out, but then started to place the sound and thought 'how crazy would it be if there were fireworks going on out there, and i were laying in bed?!?!' i got up and went on the roof/balcony of our house. sure enough, light flashed and lit up the sky beyond the mountain that lies between us and port au prince. fire works shot hight into the sky, exploding in a myriad of colours, sizzling and sparkling, lighting the dark night sky. it was a fireworks show that would rival a Canada Day celebration at home, and it lasted a good half hour! it was a lovely treat, and i thought to myself that Mr. Martelly may be inaugurated any day he wishes if it means getting such a great show of fireworks! lol! but i suppose that wouldn't be very practical. 

i tried to capture their beauty.... 

but i'm still learning all the settings on my camera... 

my favourite shot :-)
however, in all seriousness, i believe that hope has been renewed in this tiny country of Ayiti. People expect great things, and i pray that they happen! my prayer is that President Martelly would seek God's will in all things, and create and maintain a government free of corruption (something that countries like Canada and the U.S. don't even have - dose any country have a corruption-free government? maybe haiti will be the first!). Prayer is very powerful; we need to utilize this commodity to its fullest potential - something i am still learning how to do....