On Site and At Work

Sunday
For the last three days we have been without internet. Here is an update for the last few days.

Thursday
The travel to Haiti was relatively on-time and uneventful. We did sit on the plane in Miami for an extra 20 minutes or so while they tried to locate the last passenger or find and remove his luggage from the plane. In Port-au-Prince the immigration line moved without undue delay and baggage claim was successful in the end. The customs agent asked if we had any medicine (we had some insulin), and directed me to another officer who inquired further. When he learned that it was for our hospital and was not expired, he sent us on our way.

Dan had ordered hamburgers and french fries for us so we ate en-route to EKO-Depot, a local building supply store. After a few purchases there and more purchases at another building supply we headed north to Croix Luly, our home for the next two weeks.

Our "project" for this visit was helping with the refurbishing of the two buildings on this newly acquired property. It is situated just two properties from our existing wharf. It is a good size waterfront property with two houses. The houses have been uninhabited for many years so much maintenance and updating is needed. The vision for this property is very exciting: The site is ideal for a training center for local Pastors. The site will provide a cost effective opportunity for the missionaries on-site to "get away" for a few days. The site is a convenient staging location for ministry teams traveling to La Gonave. It also provides a residence for a missionary couple.


Friday
A variety of tasks were begun today. Shelves were built and installed in a storage building. Wiring for the pump that fills the water cistern on the roof was upgraded. A "functioning" shower head was installed. Metal bars on several of the windows were wire brushed and painted. One of four stairway posts was cut and set. One of the guys was also able to reposition and re-tension the hydraulic pump and belt for the rudder control on the Breezy Sea.


Saturday
Worked continued on the stairway posts. Installation of plumbing for the clothes washer began. The rooms in the auxiliary building are being reorganized. One of the rooms is being used for tool storage. Another one of the rooms in an auxiliary building was "converted" into a bedroom for Lousani the Haitian lady who is doing the cooking for us. That meant repairing the door so it closed and had a lock, putting screen on the three windows, and trying to paint the walls --- trying because the previous white-wash would flake off as the roller of latex paint was applied.