Haiti Trip, Friday, March 22

Prayer Partner of the Day: Shane Gray

Ronald arrived right on time to leave this morning for Les Cayes. The drive was longer than I remembered, but perhaps it was just my road weary stomach, but I was happier than ever to arrive at Pere Colbert's. He, too, was happy to see us, and after a good chat, we went off to the water building to take measurements and readings. Pere Colbert wanted us to survey a new site in the area, but after we loaded up the car and drove all of two minutes, we concluded the site would be in direct competition with the existing clean water system.

To my surprise, when we returned from the site and I went inside for a break, a wonderful lady from Greenville, SC was sitting at the upstairs table! She had been there a couple of weeks already setting up a child education scholarship fund for a NGO. What a blessing to run across someone doing great work! After a Prestige on the porch (It was 5 o'clock somewhere!), we went off on an adventure almost to Camp Perrin. Again, the road weighed heavily on my equilibrium, but once we stopped and set foot on still ground, life was much better!

This was one of Pere Colbert's churches, one of the many he oversees. Mersan is the name of the community, and the lay leaders and church elders were there to greet us. After a few water tests, walking out the measurements of the land, and standing in the sun for an hour, we were wiped out. We debated back and forth all afternoon about whether to stay in Les Cayes or drive back to Palmiste A Vin. By the time we got back to Pere Colbert's house it was 4:45pm, and there was no way we'd make it back to PaV by dark. Thus, here we are at Jardin Sur Mer to see Uncle Bob and spend the night. It's been a long day, and my balcony opens up to the ocean...or at least the sound of the waves!