Another amazing trip so far...

I got up early (as usual) and had a few minutes to write about our upcoming day and the past 2 days.  

Saturday the team arrived and (as Sarah said) they had no trouble in the airport.  Their bags were all in one pile ready for them by the time they got through immigration.  The ride home from the airport was uneventful but gave them a good view of Haiti (Port au Prince area) and some of the things they would be seeing/experiencing during the week ahead.  

We got home and unpacked, sorted medical donations and other donations, set up "camp" on the roof, etc... Then we ate dinner and had a little orientation.  

Sunday we woke early because we had been told we would need to go to church early since it was their 20th anniversary of the church here in Carrefour.  It was a long service full of many guest speakers, choral groups, and more but it was typical Haitian church.  We even got up as a group and sang for/with the congregation.  It was a really blessed experience- worshiping in English as they did in Creole.

After church we made sandwiches and then headed over to the orphanage (about a half hour drive).  The girls there were glad to see us and meet the team.  We got a tour of the place and everyone was very impressed with the view.  Haiti IS a very beautiful country.  

We left the orphanage early thinking a storm was coming because the sky was getting dark.  The girls were eating their dinner anyway.  When we got back to the house Ethan and Redgi had a little soccer game with the neighborhood children while the rest of us relaxed or wrote in our journals or got ready for the medical clinic we will have today here in Carrefour.  We will be heading back to the church to use their facility as a base. They say they will have a few medical personnel joining us but we will see how that goes.  Haiti is a place where things kind of "go with the flow".  Either way, we will have patients to see and medicine to dispense (pretty much all over the counter stuff but some antibiotics should we have someone to help diagnose and prescribe).  

We are all healthy and getting along very well.  There are already inside jokes and people teasing one another- a good thing.  We are already talking about "next time...." and that is good to hear.  This place really does have a way of getting into your system.  

Thank you for your prayers!