Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Well, things have calmed down here, it is constantly cloudy but the rain's have held off the last 24 hours or so and the forecast is for some sun the rest of the week...or it was as of yesterday afternoon.

the news is not as bad as it appeared but also potentially worse. that is the problem with "information" here.....you never really know how much is true or not. Take, for instance, Antonio, who told us his house was "destroyed" and he had no place to live with his family, including his wife and 3 kids of whom one is Ronid. WELL, it turns out that the walls are all intact, some water came down the hill and got in the house and some things got wet, and the roof leaks. Given some previous things occuring in the last few weeks, we have figured that Antonio was working the Walkers to give him money for his "disaster" which was actually pretty much all made up. On the other hand, several of the people reported that an 11 year old boy was swept away by flood waters farther down the hill where it had gathered more and had more force. Again, what do you believe? I pray it isn't true, but if it is, we all pray for the family.

yesterday a bulldozer came up the street and proceeded to move TONS of loose gravel deposited by the water up and down the road. The upshot is that the road in front of the house is filled with large rocks and mud.....exactly what we were hoping for! (NOT) and since the road was graded some, vehicles from the side roads are all parking there....so it is literally impossible to get the truck into the drive way here.

have I mentioned recently it is hot? the humidity today reached.....well, let's see. it rained yesterday so that must have been 100%. it rained later but only half as much as usual so that was 50%, and it was humid this morning but no rain so that was probably about 25%.......yeah, 175% humidity, that is pretty much what it feels like. I am sitting here with sweat dripping off my hands while I type.

I refuse to try to post pictures again. Blogger has won, I will never again post pictures. if you want pic's send $39.95 to Dans Pic's in St. Marc Haiti and be prepared to wait a long time. :)

very good news today. Stalley returned to school. she has quite a few scars and open scrapes and cuts but was in a good mood and seemed ok. One of the other little girls, Esperanza, came to me later after talking to Stalley and told me "you know Mr. Dan, I love Stalley." welcome back, Stalley!

ok, I have to go get towels and dry off the keyboard or I may short circuit the computer, so I may start posting at 3am.......or not.

Bondye benis ou.