New experiences!

Well these last few days have been quite an experience for Delcy and all of us as well! Delcy woke up his first morning to a little disappointment.  He didn't realize that Aly and Val don't live at home anymore, but in their own apartments.  Bill was able to make him feel better though, with a plate of waffles, eggs and ham...all were approved of by Delcy!  That afternoon Aly and Val joined us when we took Delcy shopping for some clothes that are a little better suited to winter weather in Omaha. As we drove through Omaha, Delcy commented that there are not as many people out on the streets as there are in Haiti.  When we got to the mall, he saw where all the people were! He saw the escalator at Von Maur and asked if he could ride on it...after three flights up and then back down, he was satisfied.  We had a successful shopping trip and Delcy is currently feeling very stylish :-)  

We took Delcy with us to the grocery store and he was pretty amazed at all it had to offer.  He asked if the store had hot dogs, so we bought some and they were part of our dinner that evening.  The next afternoon Val asked Delcy, "do you like our dogs?"...Delcy's response was "yes thank you, I ate one last night." We all had a good laugh about that, Delcy included! 

We all went to church together on Sunday morning, and Delcy was very good at communicating with all those who introduced themselves and wished him well.  He said he enjoyed church very much and would like to go there as often as possible.  Well, since I work there, I'll plan on bringing him with me when I can.  After church, we went out for lunch at a Mexican restaurant and Delcy had tacos, beans and rice and liked all three.  On our way home, we drove around Omaha a bit to show Delcy some highlights and stopped for ice cream downtown.  We also drove by the hospital where Delcy will have his surgery so that he could see where he will be having his operation.

Nick, our new friend who speaks Creole, picked Delcy up today and took him to the Children's Museum along with his 4 year old son, Niko.  They had lunch at a Jamaican restaurant and then spent some time at Nick's house.  Nick told me that Delcy saw a pretty young woman that worked at the museum and walked right up to her, introduced himself and talked to her for almost 10 minutes!  He's very charming our Delcyn:-)

A few other things that Delcy has learned about in the last few days...hot showers, dishwashers, wearing seatbelts in the car, how to make and throw a snowball, operating the TV and DVD player, and bowling with Wii. He also learned that you don't put ketchup on your salad (he prefers poppyseed dressing!). His English is getting better everyday and we're all picking up a little creole!

Delcy's pre-surgical  appointments with his surgeon are this Thursday and we're supposed to get up to a foot of snow that day!  We have a four wheel drive Jeep, but would still appreciate some prayers 

that we have no problems getting Delcy where he needs to be.  I'll keep you posted...

Peace,

Margie