I have often heard that your third day on a trip like this is usually the day that you hit the wall. Well we hit it today. We still accomplished quite a bit, but we were all moving a little bit slower.
We got all of the drains on the roof set up so that they will now drain properly. It shouldn't be too difficult to get them set up to collect into 50 gallon drums at some point in the future.
Jim and Dick got busy with pulling all of the electrical wires for the air conditioners. This part should be pretty well done tomorrow and we will start installing the ac units. At least this part should be ready when the generator arrives. We ran out of 90 degree elbows and Jim ended up working with one of our Haitian hosts to heat up the conduit over a fire and make our own.
Marty and Gene continued to focus on the plumbing work, fixing leaks first and then getting the sinks in the men's
bathroom set up.
Gillian, one of the guards here at the compound was put to work painting today and quickly knocked out 3 rooms and a hallway. One thing that I have definitely learned about the Haitians it is that they are very hard workers. It is certainly a priviledge to work beside them here.
We were also able to get started cleaning up some of the grounds which will help in making the compound more comfortable. We also took the opportunity to go out into the street market behind our compound and it was quite an eye opener. We walked through the intersection of two streets where the garbage was filling up the entire intersection and smoldering. The vendors sitting next to the heap were calling out to us asking us to clean up the mess because they couldn't breathe. Their thought was that since we wer foreigners were there to solve these problems. It looks like the further away from the main streets that you get then the less you see of any foreign aid.
Once again we thank you sincerely for you prayers and thoughts...we definitely feel them.
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