We finished packing and helped Kendra write a few emails. Then, said goodbye to the family and dropped off 3 water samples from wells around the new community. We really need to get that resolved. They either have to drill a new well or deeper in this one but half the platform is done. When the results come back from Water Missions International, hopefully we will have a better idea.
We were on the road by 10am and through the busy streets of Port-au-Prince. Even though they have little, on Sunday mornings Haitians wear their best and even women wear heels through the rubble.
We stopped out at the land after dropping off a copy of the land contract to the HELP hospital. When we asked Edward how his first night with the Digicel light was, he just kept saying "bel, bel" (which means beautiful). He was very happy.
We drove to the border and had an easy time passing the Haiti side and inside the Dominican building went smoothly, but at the final checkpoint they gave the three American passports a hard time (because of the $10 tourism fee). Kendra started to walk back to the Dominican building and a guy she sees there often asked her what the problem was and he escorted us out. The guys at the gate just wanted to make some money.
Kendra spent a lot of time talking with Carter to figure out where he is coming from during the ride while we slept or listened to music.
For lunch, we ate in Barahona at the same place as we ate during our first trip with the DFMC group. Yum.
Then on to Santo Domingo to drop off Carter by 7pm, but then he took Kendra's cell phone so we had to turn around which added about an hour and a half.
Kendra was getting sleepy so we had dinner in the van and sang songs to her like Backstreet Boys and a few 80s tunes.
We got home at 10:30pm and went straight to bed. We didn't even empty anything from the van. Emily was so tired she slept in her jeans.
We were on the road by 10am and through the busy streets of Port-au-Prince. Even though they have little, on Sunday mornings Haitians wear their best and even women wear heels through the rubble.
We stopped out at the land after dropping off a copy of the land contract to the HELP hospital. When we asked Edward how his first night with the Digicel light was, he just kept saying "bel, bel" (which means beautiful). He was very happy.
We drove to the border and had an easy time passing the Haiti side and inside the Dominican building went smoothly, but at the final checkpoint they gave the three American passports a hard time (because of the $10 tourism fee). Kendra started to walk back to the Dominican building and a guy she sees there often asked her what the problem was and he escorted us out. The guys at the gate just wanted to make some money.
Kendra spent a lot of time talking with Carter to figure out where he is coming from during the ride while we slept or listened to music.
For lunch, we ate in Barahona at the same place as we ate during our first trip with the DFMC group. Yum.
Then on to Santo Domingo to drop off Carter by 7pm, but then he took Kendra's cell phone so we had to turn around which added about an hour and a half.
Kendra was getting sleepy so we had dinner in the van and sang songs to her like Backstreet Boys and a few 80s tunes.
We got home at 10:30pm and went straight to bed. We didn't even empty anything from the van. Emily was so tired she slept in her jeans.
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