We arrived yesterday safe and sound. Our day started at 3:45 a.m., so by the time we got to campus here in Grand Goave, it felt like mid afternoon even though it was only 9:30 a.m. The airport in Port au Prince has been completely renovated in the past year. The arrival area is beautiful and all indoors complete with nice restrooms and refreshments available. It is also well guarded.
Another nice surprise is that the tent city beside the airport is gone and that area is now a grassy field - even the garbage is gone.
However, before we were out of the city, a reminder of where we are was a huge garbage dump with several people digging through it with sticks looking for something of worth to them.
We arrived here to the news that there is no internet service at all. So today we went to a neighboring town (Laoguone), to purchase some 'sticks' from a Haitian company with a months worth of useage.
There is a ministers' conference going on right now and for the next few days. It is for Haitian pastors from the area and there are speakers here from Mexico, Washington and Red Deer. The ladies from the church are cooking for them, which means about 150-200 people, so they are busy from sunrise until after dark! Everything is cooked over an outdoor fire.
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