I forgot to mention some things on yesterday's post, so here goes...

The mission that we are at in Haiti is in Ti Tanyen. Ti Tanyen is about 15 miles from Port-au-Prince, the capitol of Haiti. We share a 66 acre piece of property with three other missionary families and three Haitian families. David & Judy Heady - our directors - have been in Haiti since before time began. Just kidden...I think they have been here for 27 years. Chris, Sheryl, & Josh Brumley have been in Haiti for 7 years and us. We have been in Haiti for 7 1/2 months.

The three Haitian families are employees of the compound. We have Madame Antoine (?sp) and her family. I lose tract of how many are there at any given time, but I think she has five children that stay with her. Madame Jarard (?sp) who lives alone, usually, but since the earthquake - she has a houseful and last but not least Mister Saul and his family. He has a wife and three children that live with him.

I say all this to explain our situation here and to say that Judy returned yesterday to Haiti. She was in the states recovering from hand surgery that she had in December and coordinating earthquake relief efforts for Haiti. Never a dull moment. We praise the Lord for her return. She has fallen right in to the work to be done here. Every time I have seen her today, she has been on a different mission. She has more energy than my whole family put together. She is such a blessing.

Now, today...Leigha (the teacher that came yesterday) has been busy grading work and answering questions for the children. Well, except Jessica. Jessi thinks she should still come to me and ask questions about her work. We will give her time to adjust. I have not pushed her that direction yet - I just mentioned that Leigha won't bite if she wants to go to her and ask questions. Jessi states that she "knows" and just smiles. Kali has reviewed some math with Leigha that I could not help her with. Geometry stuff - yuck. I am glad Leigha is here to help with that. Skyla and Josiah are moving along. Sometimes they are moving slow and sometimes they move quicker. Keep them all in your prayers, please.

With Leigha here now, what is in store for me and my responsibilities. Time will tell. Helping Leigha and the children settle into their routine is first. One of the other first things that needs tackled is the clinic. When the earthquake hit, everything toppled. We were blessed to have a team here at the time that quickly stepped up to the challenge of clearing away the mess on the floor. Now it is time for cleaning and sorting. While I am in the process of that project, I will also need to help in sorting and distributing supplies that come in to our property. Some we can use here, but others will be better used by other missionaries and organizations if we distribute them accordingly.

There has been talk of maybe Sheryl, the other RN here, and I going and helping occasionally at mobile clinics in town. This is still a possibility, but nothing concrete yet.

Kevin has been busy with compound maintenance and organizing. As did the clinic, the shop that the men work out of here on our property was a wreck before the earthquake and worse after the earthquake. It has taken quite a bit to get it back in order. He has helped with many other tasks, but I am out of time at this point in the day so we will tackle that at another time...