Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Update

There has been so much going on I don't know where to start!  First of all, Monday afternoon we went to Petionville to get the Montero windows tinted (safety issue- now people can't see inside as easily) and when we went to leave the place Redgi noticed that the battery charge was going down.  He drove in traffic to a gas station and (PRAISE GOD) we pulled in and parked just as the engine died.  Again, a praise is that we were near one of his friend's houses so he left me sit with the Montero and grabbed a moto to get his friend's car (to borrow) to return me and all our valuables to Carrefour which is about an hour drive.  The next day (Tues.) James and Jimmy (our Haitian mechanic) returned for the car while we had to rent an SUV to get some errands done like fruit which is on the 25th of each month, arrange for someone to lay block at the orphanage with the group coming, measure for the block, purchase a bunch of small things needed for the next team, rent a "short bus" to transport the team, etc.... We returned late last night and Redgi took back the rental car and then his friend's car.  In the meantime I started to feel sick because I was not drinking enough water and the SUV did not have air conditioning nor did the windows work properly so we were melting all day.  Another praise is that we called my Haitian doctor who was just getting off work so we gave him a ride back to Carrefour in exchange for him writing a prescription for medicine which we promptly went to the pharmacy to purchase.  Today has been spent waiting on the mechanic who said he will return at noon with the parts to fix our car but is still in Port au Prince (typical) and it is 4 pm.  I hope to get to the city still tonight because I have some things I want to do there, but it's not looking too promising.  So sad!  I will keep praying for a way to get in there and that the car is fixed because we pick up our summer staff for this team at 9 am. in the morning at the airport.

Keep praying- we can tell you are!  No coincidences here- the gas station, the friend's car available, the doctor being right by the pharmacy, etc.... ALL direct results of your prayers for us here in Haiti.  God bless!

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