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| We love our LWW/SUTS operators. |
Prayer Partners of the Day: Becky Field-Ross & Judi Vermillion-Durbin
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| Visiting Darbonne |
Oh, it was everything I had hoped for and MORE! Last night was the first night without sweat since that wonderful night of luxury in Miami. Combined with an invigorating shower, we are off to a great start today!
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| Visiting St. Matthieu |
Chris, Rollin and Samantha left today for the mountains and Bainet. We simply had too much ground to cover to stay together. Thus, I kept Ralph with me, and we spent the day in Leogane with Bertone. (Valdes,
thankfully, is on his way to Les Cayes with a new charge controller for the St. Saveur system!)
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| Sister Edna's Site |
Our morning started off with a flat tire in the Suzuki.
Thankfully, we were at the corner of the Texaco station in Dufort, and it was easily fixed. The day continued with speedbumps. After a long drive on a bumpy, washed out road to Darbonne, the system was not working properly. At St. Matthieu, there was no operator to be found, and the inverter was missing. We were
thankful for two happy systems at Sister Edna's and the Notre Dame Orphanage. I always love visiting both sites, as there are SO many children to play with and hug. At Jean Claude's Orphanage, we found a mass-producing system running well, but the OCDES school in Leogane was completely shut down. The highlight of Leogane is visiting Roody Joseph's site on the main highway. I love the operator, Marie Michelle, who was just a teenager when she started working at the site. She is the perfect operator, and how we wish all of our operators were as conscientious as she is.
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| Notre Dame Orphanage |
After the ups and downs, we needed ice cream...and thankfully, we know where to find that in Leogane! The cashier smiles so big when she sees us coming! Having finished all but two evaluations, we took time to enjoy the ice cream and take the Suzuki for a car wash. Under the awning, they had a television hooked up to a battery... World Cup Qualifying matches were on! Suddenly the day was looking up!
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| Jean Claude's Orphanage |
We finished our evaluations at the St. Charles Clinic, which is selling water in town, and the Little Brothers of St. Therese school. We ended on a good note and were back at the monastery by 4:00pm. Sonie and I spent a wonderful early evening together, just as sisters do, and Brothers Jean Charles and Jonas joined us for dinner.
We were excited and surprised to have Chris, Rollin and Samantha return "home" tonight. They, too, had a fruitful day in the mountains and did not spend the night in Bainet. Tomorrow, we'll travel again, but I cannot tell you how excited and thankful I am to sleep in my bed tonight. Oh it is good to be home in Haiti.
