Last week, a missionary friend of ours with OMS was working in the wood shop (John). His right hand man, a Haitian, was working alongside of him. Somewhere in a pile of old boxes, Jackie found a tiny plastic dinosaur, and thought he would play a trick on his American friend.
So, Jackie put the dinosaur on John's neck while he was bent over some work. Jackie and John shared a good laugh over his surprise, and John picked up the dinosaur. Always trying to work on his Creole, our friend showed it to Jackie: "In America, we call this a T-Rex. It is a dinosaur. How do you say 'dinosaur' in Creole?"
Jackie thought for a second, and then shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know!" he said. "We don't have those in Haiti!"
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