The Lord helped me though Thanksgiving day. I went with Cory to drop the kids off at school then we continued to Cap Haitian. We attended a clinic/hospital meeting. A new committee has been formed and I am on it as the person to communicate/interact with the supporters from other countries and teams. It was interesting dispite our language issues. Pastors and businessmen here all speak both Creole and French. So often I had to ask for clarification as they had thrown in more French words than I could decipher. Their dream is to get the clinic/hospital back to its former reputation as being one of the top referral centers in the North. It was noted in the meeting that while people can not do miracles our God can.
After the meeting we stopped a few places in town. The photo is one of many bad spots on the main road to Cap Haitian. We can not renew our visas in Cap Haitian as we had hoped, but need to travel to Port-au-Prince. The propane dealer that told Cory the propane should be back in stock that day had a truck full of tanks in front but they werent full yet, they were on their way out to be filled so it would be another two days. Stopped for lunch. Bought some bread and a glass pitcher for visitors. Haitian custom is to serve visitors drinks from glass glasses, not plastic and we didn't have a nice glass pitcher.
Our next stop was for gas. While we had 1/2 a tank you never know if the gas station will be out or not so it is good to keep at least half a tank. Gas prices here-for diesel $3.30 a gallon. Gasoline is a little over $5 a gallon.
Cory had been trying to reach an organization by phone that makes a fortified peanut butter product, "Ready to Use Therapeutic Food". Finally he reached them and we dropped in for a visit. The American doctor who runs it, Patricia Wolff, alternates 3 weeks in Haiti and 3 weeks in the States. We were surprised to find her there and had a nice talk about peanuts, Morninga, Artemisa and health in Haiti. Cory is planning to get them some Moringa seeds.
We then picked up the kids and headed for home. Once home we worked on our Thanksgiving supper. Kris called her family and was able to chat briefly. It was a good day.
Thanks to the Lord for our salvation, our families, a strong support team, a reliable truck, food, shelter........
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