Saturday We spent a few hours away from Saint Damien’s Hospital. Went out to a rural village, Fondwa, which is a 2-hour drive up in the mountains. This is the village Sister Judy was living/working in when the earthquake hit. The village was destroyed. Amazing how roads are still piled with rocks and rubble; buildings still […]
Haiti: No rest for the weary
Friday We’ve been so busy, little time to get onto the one computer here that is on the Internet. Thought we’d have “smart phone” access and texting, but it’s Haiti! We’ve been VERY busy. We sleep after sundown and get up well before mass at 7am, while patients are already assembling. The mass is an amazing […]
Haiti: No time to grieve
Things are never easy in Haiti. Here 3 days and finally getting an internet and phone connection. Very, very intensely hot….Haiti in the summer. Our accommodations are really not bad at all. Military style large tent, on very comfortable padded cots. Cold water, refreshing showers. Still lots of international presence here since the quake, but hospital back […]
