Blog by Bruce

So here goes my first post! First day returning to Haiti my confidence level was very high. Mainly for the reason that I have experience in country. The airport was typical with only a few more conviences like a baggage belt. The airport has changed the way that you walk off of the property. Now there is a long walk along the street inside a fence, then the chaos of the city. From there we arrived at the guest house. Very nice people here as expected. We found ourselves playing with the kids within the first hour of being here :-) Our team got a tour of Port-Au-Prince in a van. A little overwelming for the newbies but soon got a grasp of how bad life is here. Stopped at a grocery store for ice and things. Returned home for dinner, showers, and relaxing. Slept well and ate breakfast. The people here treat us well and could not be any more hospitable to us. Two more guys showed up today from jpf, Tanu and John. Very smart and nice guys. Will compliment our team well. We recieved news that there was a transportation mix-up and we will be staying here another day. So we aranged another tour of the city but this time we insisted in riding in the back of a pick up truck. Very good choice! Seen the sights and stopped at the market to purchase some Hatian goods. Bought a small handmade wooden box, a wooden sculpture thing of the map of Haiti, and 2 Haiti flags. While driving around the city, there was a bird that aparently flew in front of our truck. Wellllllllll needless to say this bird flew just above the windsield and the edge of it's wing hits my forehead! Another two inches and it would have hit me dead between the eyes! Everyone laughed, definately a me moment! Returned home and got settled before dinner. As we were relaxing for a few minutes there was a small medical emergency that arose with one of the locals. It was a very good feeling seeing 6 of us salivating at the chance to get our hands dirty and do what we do. Dinner was very good and well appreciated. Now we are all sitting and reflecting on the days events. It's 930 here and a summer storm just rolled through. Morale is very high, health is great, spirits very high. Bye for now. :-)