Prince Port-au-Prince

... vit, Pétionville, y'a moins de pauvreté mais à peine. Ici, les riches sont à côté des pauvres.

· De la rue, on voit pas grand-chose d'intéressant, dans les villes. La plupart des maisons en sont de fortunes, ou passablement délabrées. Les demeures mieux nanties ont parfois de beaux jardins, les restos de belles terrasses, mais elles sont cachées (protégées ?) par des hauts murs et de grandes portes, fermées ...

... n'a pas encore la voiture de fonction fournie par son travail, et bien voilà, les déplacements sont au minimum!

Donc hôtel très bien, fleuri et vert, à flanc de montagnes, toujours arrosé d'une brise, sinon d’un vent. Le facteur humidex ici est très bas, donc beaucoup moins chaud que Saigon. Dans les 28-32 tous les jours. Des bassins d’eau et fontaines partout, et des vieux meubles art déco en bois ...

... and she said she had to look closely because half of the soap boxes are actually bleach that women use to lighten their skin. Skin bleaching, hair straightening, etc. is nothing new, but it’s something white people generally don’t contemplate. There’s an old documentary on the subject called A Question of Color that’s worth checking out.

... rag-tag clothes, disturbingly large duffles, and loud banter we are definitely the "bad news bears" of mission groups. If being in Haiti is wrong I don't want to be right! Which of course makes it so much more fun! We get through customs smoothly and head out to the parking lot to wait for our rental trucks. The heat is stifling and the smell in the air is not to be described. As I scan the surrounding areas I see pollution ...

... middle ground. We know The Powers That Be can turn it on - or off - at any time. Candlelight dinners have lost their romantic connotation. Some are fortunate enough to have generators and inverters whic provide power 24/7. But we are not so lucky. I just wish They would stick to a schedule :-( Earlier this week, we passed an electric facility built and paid for by the ...

... We have time before our flight for some duty-free shopping. Some other group is waiting to leave as well and they all have matching t-shirts. I think this is something we need to look into Bill! I'm looking forward to diving into some real food in Miami. Tim has a game for us to play, making balloon animals. Seems like good clean fun till one pops, which sounds like a gunshot. Gunshots in the ...

... for their various needs. We hope to continue building this with donations from Grand Rapids. We take our last hike up the mountain. It is a beautiful day. The girls travel to the clinic where we see Kenya one last time. Dr. Suzi updates us on some of the patients from the other day. Finally we head to the Brother's house to head down the mountain. The ride is smooth although we encounter some pretty big puddles (just remember to keep your mouth closed ...

Up nice and early! Sleeping was fine, steamy though. There was a dog barking outside our window all night--and they warned us about the roosters. I slept with a picture of my three precious babies next to me. I'm sure they are having a wonderful time with their aunt. All four girls are sharing a room. Let's just say we know each other very well now! Unfortunately I waited to take a shower in the morning. Bad move as there was no ...

... oblatos, nos subimos a nuestra pobre camioneta (que milagrosamente desde noviembre viene cumpliendo cabalmente su deber), y nos lanzamos a la voracidad de la noche. Aquí un parenético urbano, dirigido con cariño a todos aquellos defeños defectuosos que nunca han tenido el placer de quedarse en la Ciudad de México desde el 26 de diciembre y hasta el 2 de enero: ¡háganlo! Lo digo porque no soy devoto de salir en coche en Cabo Haitiano, pero fue hasta ...

... la lluvia también es problemática. A finales de octubre, escuché un gran estruendo, y pensé: ¡suena tremendo! (ya sé, ya sé). Resulta que como resultado de la lluvia, una gran roca se desprendió de la montaña, dañando varias casas e hiriendo de muerte a dos personas. El domingo pasado tuvimos elecciones municipales. Aún no tengo noticas sobre los resultados, pero sé que en algunos lugares como LIMONADE (una comunidad a pocos kilómetros de distancia ...