After sitting on the tarmac at Reagan this morning for no apparent reason for over 1/2 hour, we got into Miami with only about 15 minutes to spare before loading the plane for Haiti. Once the plane was loaded, we sat again. This time maintenance had to replace a seat cushion before we could push back. Once that happened we were in the air to Port au Prince.
At Port au Prince the foreign passport holders were all funneled through one Immigration desk, so the trip through Immigration lasted over an hour, probably an hour and a half. In addition to that we were surprised to find that about a month ago Haiti began imposing a $10 Tourism Fee on everyone going through Immigration. This is new, so be aware of it from now on.
Anyway, once we were through Customs and Immigration we were met by our hosts from YWAM. Our luggage heading with us to Saint Marc was in an open back pickup truck. Well, it rained. Need I say more?
we stopped in at CPR-3 to look at an air conditioning installation for Jordan, and to look at what will be needed to replace the damaged solar panels on the roof. We also looked at fault codes on the generator. Once we left there we arrived safely at YWAM, Saint Marc. Wayne took us through orientation and we ate some food before heading for bed. Our goal in the next few days is to assess what materials we have available to us and what needs to be done, so that we can stage materials at the right locations to mae the work run smoothly.
We are thankful to the Lord for safe travel today as well as our need to be patient and follow His leading in His time. In spite of it all, there was a spectacular light show in the heavens as well as a rainbow. God is going to do some marvelous things in the days ahead.
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