Our last day in Haiti was spent in Port-au-Prince. We started off driving through town, speechless from seeing what remained 4 months after the devastating quake hit. Our first stop was to see old friends from St. Vincents. One of … Read More
Continued…We also saw Michele Antoinise who visited with us for some time. She still works at the school’s clinic which is now set up at the boys’ foyer in a new temporary structure. Dr Ferdinand is now working 3 days … Read More
Sunrise awoke us as usual, with the faint sounds of the ocean coming in the window. This morning another sweet sound woke us up; Jean Robert playing hymns on his violin. I actually got a recording of it. John, Drew … Read More
Amy and Allie spent the morning at St Pauls school seeing the 3rd and 4th graders, about 45 patients. Margaret visited with some of the children and teachers and apparently taught them out of the creole/english medical dictionary while they … Read More
Thursday started with getting up at the usual time-5:30 AM. The sun is bright by then and the rooster has been crowing since midnight. The Haitians have all been up by then anyway. After breakfast we went on our boat … Read More
Debbie and Margaret toured the school and saw every classroom. Margaret speaks fluent french and apparently charmed all the students. After lunch we walked back to the little house near our campground to see the 3 month old baby with … Read More
Tuesday night I swam in the ocean. There is a rocky beach and the sounds of the ocean are always in the background. The water is cool enough to melt all the heat and cares of the day away.Afterwards we … Read More
Tuesday at lunchtime, Allie and Margaret arrived safely amid hugs and claps on the back for surviving a difficult trip. Now our team was complete at 9. In the afternoon we all went to the pharmacy to help out since … Read More
Sunday morning we piled into Pere Deravil’s truck to go to church at St. Paul’s. Pere Deravil is the priest in charge of the seminary campgrounds where we are staying, also the church and school at St Pauls. “Piled” is … Read More
The first news from the April 2010 Haiti trip has just arrived (Tuesday 8:39 PM) from Dr. Susan Nelson. She had to send it in pieces so I am pasting it in the same pieces to give the flavor of … Read More