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Hello again,

Well, we haven't gotten any storms of hurricane proportions, but we have gotten some rain. It's been nice, it comes late in the evening and is done by morning. Sort of like when we first moved to Haiti. But then, we didn't have any lightening or thunder. We had nice showers at night and sunshine during the day. Yes, the weather patterns have changed. The last few nights we have had some heavy rains, but they didn't last long. There was thunder and lightening with it. The downside to all of this is the humidity...whew...during the day all you have to do is blink, and the sweat starts. Our night time lows have been almost down to 80, so that is an up part to the rains. Days are in the upper 90's and even higher.

This week Fay put our MFI flight off from Tuesday to Wednesday. Which meant two days at the airport in a row, since our Thursday flight was on schedule. But there wasn't a lot of work for us, since the cargo load was minimal and passengers were also low. Nice quick days, although we do a lot of MFI at home before and after the flights.

On Thursday, we got ready and left for the airport...and I told Don, boy, it feels like the brakes are on, and i know they aren't. We got out on the street, and I told him, something is WRONG...it was...we had a flat tire on the front. So, had to turn around and get the other truck.

Looking for something amusing??? Well, I copied part of our daughter-in-law's blog here for you. Yes, we know the gal she is talking about, and nope, not a surprise...she is a hoot!! (That's southern for really funny!) Here is her story...

My best friend called last night. She said, "Guess where I've been?" I guessed the right town but couldn't guess where. She finally told me she'd been in the ER. She broke her wrist...while pumping gas. How do you do that? you might ask. You have to understand that this is the person who has had her hair started on fire 3 times. She's accidentally killed a bird with her car antenna. She has gotten herself stuck in a dress in a fitting room in a store and had to be cut out of it. Weird things happen to her, okay? Anyway, she was in the hot sun and went to the back of her car to get out of it but she's fairly tall so she propped her foot up on the bumper to rest her elbow on it and get her head out of the sun. When she stood back up either her shoe or her pant leg got caught on the hitch and she fell backward. She said one second she was standing there and the next she was sitting on the ground trying to figure out what happened. The little girl in the station came out and asked her if she was okay. She said, "No. I'm pretty sure I just broke my wrist." This was spoken from her sitting position on the ground, squinting up at the girl. The good; the girl helped her up. The bad; said girl made her pay for the ice to put on her wrist. Friend was supposed to be meeting her hubby for dinner but they met for a nice evening in the ER instead.

Now, I'm really sorry for her breaking her wrist, but don't you think she could write a book about "LIFE" and it's happenings? It doesn't take much to entertain us here in Haiti. We love these goofy, but true stories. They help us look at life a bit different than we do normally.

On the other side of the coin...the amount of people coming here for help, for either food, medical or schooling, has gone WAY up. There are maybe 25 to 30 a day come for some sort of help. And most of them are really in need of it. We do have a few "professional beggars" who just beg to avoid work, but those are the few and far between. The country has gone down so far and things are so bad now. We help where we can, but it's one tiny drop in a very large ocean.

Abbie is learning so many new songs at school...but she only sings three of them at home, and those are OVER, AND OVER AND OVER again. Don asked the teacher to PLEASE teach her a new one now and then.

Our container was supposed to arrive on the 15th of August...it's not here. Our broker has been talking to the shipping company and trying to get some news...but nothing yet. Please pray with us that it will come soon, that the inspection will go quickly and that the cost will be more reasonable. I know it's a big request, but pray with us on it, okay?

For now, keep your chin up, look up, and praise the Lord for all the good things in your life. If you have a hard time finding something to praise about...try taking a deep breath, and thank God you can breathe. Then go from there. Have a super great day in the Lord!!!! Till next time....