*April 10, 2010, about 9:30 p.m.:
Just a few quick words before I nod off.
Our day started before 4:00 a.m. We were supposed to rise at 5:00, but the anticipation of the trip back home was too much for some to sleep, so their anticipation was shared with all.
We got to the airport shortly after 6:00 for our 8:55 flight back to Miami.
From this point on it was a day of lines and waiting. The welcome we all got at the Atlanta airport at about 6:30 p.m. made it all seem worthwhile.
The memories and the satisfaction of work well-done coupled with the love we all felt from the Haitians has us already thinking about the next trip.
May God Bless you all and may God Bless our loved ones in Haiti!
*April 9, 2010, about 9:30 p.m.:
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Dr. Ted Garner
Nadine and Marie Charles had taken their vacation to come and volunteer to work in critical care.
We lost several tents, all our cots, other miscellaneous supplies and some medicine to thieves when the truck hauling them broke down on an isolated road and the driver abandoned it and fled when the U.N. security escort drove off and left him.
Darrell Wiley, Jay Jerome, and Ed Bird survey the packing from the truck.
Since they cannot use the building for worship, they close off the street and sit in it, the alleyway next to the church building and any other place they can find close by.
The whole team at Ganthier.
Visiting the Ganthier neighborhood.
Justin and the construction team looking over the job.
The building for repair in Ganthier.
One of the church families, cooking outside their home.
Vince Strine, hat hanging behind his head, Neal Kozsuch in the yellow shirt looking at the camera, Scott Williams at the other end of the table and some team members from the Atlanta Road church.
We packed them and the baggage into a pickup truck, a Toyota Forerunner and the large TapTap: 2 in the pickup with the bags, 4 in the Forerunner with Jean and some bags and 20 crammed like sardines in the TapTap.
The large group waiting in the PAP terminal.
Waiting for loving and healing hands.
Justin loads building materials.
More than half the Ganthier building is roofed.
Medical consultation in progress with Bryan and nurse Madeleine.
Chris Nix on the new Ganthier roof.
A sweet little patient at Ganthier.
Luke, our Bon Chauffer, rules the whole of Rue Toussaint.
Eight killed in building next door to Delmas.
Haitian church members beginning the demolition.
Airport welcome.
The whole group.
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