Hello friends and family,
It is 8:40 Sunday night. The bags are all packed and loaded in the truck. I leave home at 4:00 in the morning.
I will be driving to Des Moines, (near Seattle) to meet teammate David Zaske and then on to SeaTac to fly to Miami by way of Chicago. David says there is supposed to be a snow storm in Chicago so we are hoping and praying that our plans don’t go astray. We are scheduled to meet up with the rest of the team in Miami tomorrow night. We will finally all get to meet each other and then will all fly to Haiti on Tuesday morning.
David and I are bringing the tools for the team, two chests full. Thanks to all the generous donations from you all, we are taking our required tool compliment as well as some additional tools and supplies that were requested by the Haiti staff.
We will also be taking to suit cases full of medical and health supplies. One of our team members had to cancel at the last minute. She was kind enough to drive her supplies up to Tumwater from Newport, Oregon so the team could still take them even though she is not going to be able to go.
At this time it looks like we will be working in the compound at the main Methodist Guest House in Port au Prince. This is our third assignment in about as many weeks. Originally we were scheduled to go to one of the more outlying areas, but due to the recent civil unrest we will be staying and working where it will be a little more safe.
As we understand it we will be working on repairing a roof on a building used for a school and church, of course we are told to be flexible, as situations can change daily, and our assignment depends not only on the overall situation in Haiti, but also on what previous crews accomplished before us. In addition to working on the roof, the nurses in our group are hoping to provide some medical and health services for the children while we are there.
Well, that’s about all for now. I’m sure I’ll have a lot more interesting news to share in a few days.
Fides,
Steven
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