We are here

Well, believe it or not but we are finally here! We had long wait at Halifax but finally got out and in to Montreal in time to get a good nights sleep at theTravelodge. Had a great flight down and a wonderful trip in to Deschappelles. We had 2 trucks and 5 men and 2 women to greet us and load and pack all our luggage in with the stuff they had bought earlier. Karen was inside the airport and waiting for us. We headed out with all our 12 bags and box and had about 15 Haitians trying to help us but we already had 5 men of our own plus Dickie and Trueman...we made quite a good procession across the street to the trucks!
Cecile was there to meet us too, that was a pleasant surprise! She and I and Timothy drove in the truck (Tap Tap) with Daniel and Patrick (Police) and Baniga in the back with most of our luggage. Dickie, Gail and Trueman drove in the Hats truck with Karen and Luckner and the rest of our luggage and many boxes of stuff they bought in Port Au Prince while waiting for us. We made a great sight driving like maniacs (as everyone else on the road drove that way). Only God could have gotten us here safely and that He did with us all relaxed and enjoying the trip!
The kids were all waiting to greet us as we came through the gates and we got lots of hugs and kisses and warm loving greetings!
Trueman set up a new printer in Karen's office tonight and we are now running off test papers for the school for tomorrow. Trueman and Gail have gone to bed and I am typing this and watching and feeding papers to the copier.
I will get Gail or Trueman to write their thoughts tomorrow!

We are on our way tomorrow

It is time to head out again. We are on our way tomorrow morning and will go to Montreal and stay overnight and then head to Port Au Prince Tuesday morning. We will let you know when we have arrived safely and then hope to give some updates to let you know what we are doing there.

Dates change again

We are not going to Haiti until March 4th. We fly to Montreal on the 3rd and leave Montreal on the 4th . We are looking forward to our new travel date.

We unpacked the cheese and chocolate and ate the date squares! The 8 suitcases and computer tower sit in our family room awaiting our next date and our carry-ons have been partially emptied of personal tioletries.

Karen is due in Calgary today and hopes to have surgery on her left eye this Thursday if all goes well with tests on Monday. Please be in prayer for her.

We will be back in touch before we go on the 3rd and will keep you updated as our days in Haiti unfold.

Sandra

We have arrived safely.....

We have arrived safely....back in Yarmouth! Our flight to Montreal was cancelled due to weather conditions and now our plan is to try again next Monday. We were presented with several options but the best was to return home and try again next week. Air Canada only flies to Port Au Prince once a week, Tuesday. We are very disappointed but are optomistic that things will go better next week. Thanks to all who prayed for a safe trip for us. We did make it safely to Halifax and back.

Packed and ready!

Gail and Trueman Browett and Sandra and Dickie MacDonald will be writing this blog for the next two weeks. (Thanks for the help, Theresa.) We are on a 2 week trip to HATS-Haiti Mission in Pont Deschapelles in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti.

Here it is Sunday morning and we have our suitcases and carry-ons all packed and ready to go. We leave Yarmouth tomorrow afternoon and leave Halifax 6:20 AM Tuesday. We are scheduled to arrive in Port Au Prince at 2:50 PM and then the fun begins.
We will be in contact to let you all know when we have arrived. Please be in prayer for our health and safety.
Sandra