Week 3

So this past Wednesday Kathleen and I rode along with two baptist missionaries from the university on the other side of Limbe. He is a family doctor and she is a nurse. The drove onto the compound and picked us up and then drove with us for about thirty minutes on roads that would be closed in the states. That didn't slow Dr. Steve down as we hit potholes and rocks at 25 mph, enough to make Kathleen and I thankful to hop out at this nice little clinic. We unloaded some food supplement in a cement depot located up some cement stairs. After meeting all the Haitian nurses and staff we went to a little trailer around back that was three feet in the air cemented on all four corners with the tires still on it (this is to protect it from all the flooding). We then saw four patients. All of which were interesting. The most interesting was a little three year old boy with an ectopic hear that has his heart in an umbilical hernia covered only by skin. This is only one of four cases in the world. But for you that aren't medically minded we will leave it at that ;) It was just nice to get away for a day and see some more of Haiti. On the way back to the compound we stopped by Shou Shou Bay which is a beautiful beach with zero commercialism and beautiful sand so we took a picture! It reminded us of our honeymoon! So we got our feet wet and headed back home.

The sky here has given us some real moments of beauty! This is a thunderhead that came from the south and just took over the sky. Unfortunately it didn't hold much rain. The night sky is equally impressive with bright stars and outlines of palm trees when looking up.

The kids seem to be not around as much this week and we are finding it easier to interact with them. The boundaries of playing are forming and we think it is going in the right direction. We will see what next week hold when the kids start school. Our creole is progressing slowly but we are able to say a word or two more each day...its pretty exciting to realize that we knew essentially nothing three weeks ago. Thanks for reading and for all your prayers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and for the emails that some of you have sent. They are all appreciated. Have a great weekend.