It's Saturday night after an action packed day. We arrived in Miami without incident and travelled together to Port au Prince where we were met by Sikhumbuzo Vundla, the COO of the Diocese of Haiti. As in the past, there was a new procedure - a $10 tourist fee. So, all the blan were sent into one line to pay the fee before going through customs. Then we met Zo who drove us to the Palm Hotel Inn. We got settled and the women all went swimming in the pool before dinner. We all agreed that we prefer this hotel to the Visa Lodge because of the friendliness of the staff, the wonderful food, and the comfortable rooms.
Today, we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast including omelets, before the guesthouse picked us up. It was about a 2 hour drive today.
Jeannine, Jenny, and the rest of the staff were happy to see us, just as we were delighted to see them again. I was excited that Jeannine put us in the "Jack and Jill" rooms, not the dorm rooms. All of our old medicine bags were here. After enjoying our first delicious guesthouse meal, we got to work sorting and bagging meds. Evens and the nursing students came to help us at about 2, or so. We all worked steadily until 5 when we broke for a pre-dinner Prestige (least some of us enjoyed that!). Kerwin came and brought our new meds, bottles, and other supplies we could get here. After dinner, we worked another couple hours. Those of you who have been before can appreciate that we have made it through "I" - Ibuprofen.
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