Haiti

Well, we finally made it... I can't believe the humidity here. I thought my hair was kinky in Delaware.... I look like bozo the clown. Pictures coming soon. Karen now has a new point of reference when the hot flashes come... she can now compare them to the climate in haiti. it sure is hot!!

No seriously... We made it from the airport after looking for our luggage for over an hour to the orphanage where we picked up several children... Wood being one of them. Oh i almost forgot... we traveled in style... in the back of a box truck. The Haitian people thought we were crazy, only white fingers sticking out in the windows of the truck. We bounced and bounced and bounced, better than any rollarcoaster. Watch out Cedar point Hal's driving and the Port au Prince roads will give you a run for your money. Karen and I decided that we could now understand what hotter than Haiti means... we add to it hotter than the back of a box truck in haiti.

We saw lots of people, mostly men, the people sold things on the street, everything from bananas to toothpaste. We all decided that simply having the garbage truck come on Thursday was such a blessing... we saw lots of trash on the side of the road. At one point there was a river with rocks jutting out... the trash was stuck on the rocks all up and down the riverside.

At one point we ran out of gas as the sun was going down on a hill. We were so relieved to have the doors open that we hardly noticed. We traveled about 45 minutes from the orphanage to the hotel. We are happy to have airconditioning and tv. We did have domino's pizza for dinner. Tomorrow we head to the beach... what fun. They said it would a couple hours... Karen and I are praying that is not in the back of the truck.

In all seriousness, please pray for Wood, Jody's adoptice son. We are praying that his paperwork has been completed and is ready for the attorney. We are save and doing well.

Blessings

Marie and Karen