Smooth Travels

January 13, 2014

Day 1 – Cap-Haitian, Nord Haiti

Perhaps the smoothest trip down, ever.  Both flights on time and this morning we even left early, made good time and no one was at the airport to greet us (sound familiar Grand Goave team?) But of course the agents and attendants knew Pastor Joseph Voltaire, phone calls were made, Vince handled all of that while the rest of us tried to get through the luggage check and out the door. Many willing souls wanting to help us, sell us sunglasses and many other things but No Merci was our practiced response.  And when he did arrive, yeah!, Herb Rogers from ABC IM was with him.

Yes, we all thought we were rarin’ to go to work but alas no, Ye shall rest. And before we knew it everyone was happily taking a power nap. Lunch was wonderful, beef stew (yes it’s hot and we are eating beef stew) and other than the naïve folk who said they liked hot sauce and put numerous “drops” of it in their stew, we knew who they were because they were sweating, choking and turned a different color. And one called herself a “hot sauce connoisseur.”

The school supplies and personal hygiene products and tools and all that was collected through the various churches is absolutely amazing. What an ordeal getting it all into 15 suitcases with none being over 50 lbs. We will get some pictures posted when we can.

God is at work in Haiti, oh ya, but apparently He has decided to withhold gasoline for the time being. There is no gasoline at any station in the city (sound familiar Grand Goave team?) so I hope “Raju” our chauffeur had a full tank in his bus to start the week and we are his only clients.

God bless,

lp