Off to Haiti!

Well, once again I greet you with that strange feeling of "Am I really going to be in Haiti in two days?!"
I have spent an extremely uneventful week in Bromley, Kent! Like much of the rest of the country things seemed to come to a standstill as it started snowing, and we ended up hiking into town to buy essential items, due to the car being trapped.

I received my contract last week informing me of some of my duties, which are mainly focussed around establishing a compound for Living Water International in Cap Hatien for visiting teams. I'll list just a few of them for you now so you have an idea of what I'll be doing.

Installing internet, assembling beds and furniture, general preparation of the compound
Looking after the groups of American volunteers that come out every two weeks
Setting up work for the national team each week
Hiring cooks, cleaners, translators
Writing reports on every pump repair we do, as well as reports on each of the teams that visits.

Just some of the responsibilities that I have been given, as you can imagine it is going to be challenging, and I'm certainly not going to be bored!

I have one more night in a Travelodge next to Heathrow, hoping that all the flights are running normally and not disrupted by the weather. I fly to Miami very early Sunday morning, overnight there, and arrive in Haiti early Monday.

Very excited, but of course a little apprehensive too, not looking forward to my mother drowning me in her tears at the airport again, and wondering just what I've let myself in for.

Well, you may hear from me in a week or two, depending on just how dangerous the slums in Port au Prince are (apparently one of the most dangerous, voodoo filled, cholera ridden places in the world!) if you don't, try not to assume the worst!