Saturday PM...Nov. 20th

Well, we arrived home safely.  The ride in was an eye opener.  Black soot everywhere from burning tires and trees that had been chopped down to block the roads were moved over.  There was one container they had blocked the road with.  Evidently whoever was removing the blocks...pushed it around and then pushed it to the side and turned it completely over.  Wheels sticking up.  I had the camera but was looking and not thinking of taking photos.  So, figured on the way home I'd get the shots.  Well, the container was right side up and hooked up to a truck by then.  Sorry nothing good in the photo department there.

There was a LOT of traffic, both vehicles and on foot today.  We were hoping it would continue all day and give us a chance to get home.  

We got the the airport, checked in the passengers and as we finished the first plane arrived.  They were both scheduled at the same time, which we DID NOT want.  But we got the first one unloaded and the engines started when the second one landed.  That was great.  I don't know if you can imagine almost 11,000 pounds of cargo...but it was a LOT of stuff.  We were short two workers, so Vero and I worked cargo too.  This was a hard day as far as lifting.  But we made it.  Customs was pretty good.  They seemed to get things through pretty quickly.  Once everyone had their boxes, we had ours cleared and left.  Traffic was pretty heavy, but it did move, which was a blessing.  What surprised us is that we were headed home by a little after 1 PM.  

We were doubly blessed by the fact we were able to greet and visit with a very good friend who we see only once every few years.  Pere Bruno was a great friend many, many years ago.  He, his wife and children were a blessing to us for many of our first years here in Haiti.  He now lives in the Dominican, but still has a ministry here in the north of Haiti.  They are one of the first Haitian families who we were friends with.  And they are one very strong Christian family who we respect greatly.

Don was able to go and get some of the iron for the smaller gate when we got home.  It will be a bit before he can get the needed iron for the main gate...but now he can start working on it.  The down part in all of this is that our friend Bill and his daughter Jenny were not able to come down.  He was going to help Don with the gate.  But with circumstances like they are, we just didn't feel right letting them come into this horrible situation.  But we miss them a lot.  I, personally, looked forward to the fellowship.  But God knows what we need and He will take care of it all.  Our close friends, Ray, Bonnie and Belle, have all gone stateside, so we are feeling a bit depressed right now.  We will really miss the fellowship with them while they are gone.  

I'll close for now.  I am going to check out the photos I did take and see if there is anything worth sharing on here.  Till then, God bless and please keep praying for Haiti and it's people.  And pray with us that the unrest will not resume.  We are praying it is over, even though we hear it will start again on Monday.  We serve a miracle working God and He can change things if it is His will.  We are definitely praising and thanking HIM for how today went.  He kept His hands on us.  PTL!!!