Day 24

Well, I finally got to a place that has internet. There has been so much that has happened since the last blog. I don't know where to start.

Well, I will start with projects that I know about.

The Port - This project seemed to pick up speed this week. I have been watching the Brazilian UN start to fix the slip so the UN can finally use their boats to patrol the port and guide ships in. This was exciting to see the development and work being started. I have been taking pictures for people there to send out what is needed. So hoping that is helpful.

The maternity clinic - It is actually starting to look more like a clinic. They have been working hard at organizing and moving equipment around so they are set up to continue work. I have only been helping on a manual labor portion of that project. Which is really hard in a hot and humid climate and when you are moving a ton of heavy medical equipment.

Pastor Abraham's School - I spent a four days this week at his school. I worked on hanging curtains between classrooms in the temporary bamboo school structure. He is waiting on the government to say that his concrete building is secure until he moves the classes back inside that building. To me it looks structurally sound, at least 95% better than most building in Jacmel. The parents are nervous to send their children to a concrete building right now. I am starting to make friends with the little kids there and they all seem to know me. He has 625 children in his school. He has a great school here. The curtain hanging was laborish and time consuming considering we had to string the rope through the sheet slash curtain and then tie the rope to bamboo. Some of the other days work there included going to the mountain to get more wood for the school, moving a ton of supplies so that Medair can store some of their housing equipment in the concrete rooms that are not being used. Yleinia painted a chalk board for the school. I loaded Medair trucks to help put up housing that are hurricane and earthquake proof.

Misc - I helped out Cesar one day doing inventory for Medair and moving heavy boxes of tarps all day. I have been trying to help people out with their websites without a real option of internet all week. That has been frustrating, but a reality here in Haiti. I helped relocated Joy in Hope's office this week as well.

All in all this has been a productive week. I feel that I have a ton of small things to do for people and maybe just maybe it will be helpful in the long term. I want to promote Joy in Hope here in Haiti. They are doing great work and have been doing great for years now.

As for what is on the agenda today. I am working currently online and trying to get all the stuff done that I need to get done within two hours this morning. I need to make a visit back to the hospital to see a friend who was in a serious moto accident. Go to Western Union and make it back to the house by 12:30 to go to the beach with Joy in Hope kids.

Personally, I am getting more comfortable walking around Jacmel by myself. Even though yesterday there was a riot and two people were killed in the riot and two others were killed in a truck accident that started the riot. People are nice here and I am getting better and better at Kreole everyday.