Ideal Villa Hotel Port-au-Prince

... a me dit pas.

Bon, maison. Donc notre maison est à flanc de chanceux, on est très chanceux de pouvoir avoir une maison comme ça. Remarquez que Richard travaille pas mal fort dans sa job, il le mérite bien! Voyez vous-mêmes si ça vous dit. La propriétaire avait à l'époque un atelier de lampes Tiffany, et il y en a quelques exemplaires dans la maison, elles sont belles. Et il y a plusieurs statues haitiennes, très jolies, pleines de rondeurs féminines, très appréciées ...

... on freshly blended papaya juice (delicious!), I wondered if the hotel had any guests at all. A fan politely whirred above my head. I heard the faint sound of Caribbean tunes on a radio off in the distance. It was quiet. Very different from Washington, DC, with its fire, ambulance, and police sirens, blasting bachata or hip-hop, and screeching buses. I sucked up the last of the papaya juice, breaking the silence with a satisfying slurp.

*Please note that names have been changed.

... a day of worship and community fellowship.

Half our group is going to get the bags of cement which is at the top of the mountain. Four of us girls decide to head up to the clinic. There is always something to say or do there! About a quarter of the way up the mountain we are roadblocked. A truck has run out of gas and is blocking the road. At a 40% grade they are rolling backwards, rock by rock. We ...

... and experienced things that I will never forget.

At the clinic a few days ago, two little girls in ragged clothes came in with
scabies all over their bodies and head. They had no shoes and I wanted to cry. Last week we had a homeless boy who had a bad burn on his back and were able to graft it. The poverty in Haiti is unreal.

The USNS Comfort and the people of Haiti have brought so many people from different places together. We have the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast ...

... next week to discuss our findings and what they saw. They plan to return again in the future. We have also learned that someone has donated enough money for us to drill another well north of town in-between Digue and Constant which was the areas where the people were getting water out of the irrigation canals. They chose this location based on our health survey information and recommendation. That alone made the trip worth it for me!!

... connaisent pas, c'est un fromage fondu trouvé dans un petit paquet rond. Il est divisé en 8 trigulaires - un pour chacun...ou tous pour moi :D Faîtes sa connaisance ici. Regardez ses mignonnes boucles d'oreilles! :-) Attention aux Français: envoyez-m'en!!!!!!!!!!! I wants it. I needs it. Must have Laughing Cow! Errr....on va du coq (vache ...

... waited until we got the final word to launch. The last word we received was that we were going in hot, gun a blazin' ... But the night before we were to take the airport and commence operations, former President Jimmy Carter struck a deal with General Cedras (who were ousting) to leave the country peacefully. For me, this was a good thing, as I was not to keen on going to war. Sure, we had a job to do and I had made an oath, but damn, it's not like I sit around ...

Upon awakening I feel 100% better. Seeing the room, and the whole place in general, makes me realize it is much nicer in the light. There are bugs but not everywhere as previously imagined. The first breakfast is good-mangos, bananas, bread, and Laughing Cow cheese which I love. Our first job is to sort the trucks. This seems daunting but quickly comes together. A small crowd gathers to watch us work. It ...

... casino/salón de fiestas). Y van al mercado en bola, en masa, "en perrada" (quien tenga ojos para leer, ¡que lea!) y compran el cerdo y la vaca y el pollo, y cortan y destazan y despluman juntos... y es bonito. LA CELEBRACION. El reveillon comienza como a las 9PM (hora haitiana... pero casi siempre les falla la planta de luz - porque no se puede confiar en EDH, la "ELECTRICITÉ D'HAITI - o bien les falla la música, o bien las dos; lo que hasta ahora ...

... empresas misioneras me mantuvieron al margen de la escritura, pero no, amado lector, no fue así: en noviembre tuve diarrea por más de diez días - sí, sucede y es posible, pero gracias a las medicinas del dispensario, gracias a la atención del doctor Yves Pierre, y sobre todo gracias a Dios esto llegó a su fin. ¿Qué puedo decir? Tengo un gran espíritu misionero, pero no un estómago misionero. Afortunadamente, o como decimos aquí, MESI BONDYE, tras an ...