Mon ami. . .er, friends, we had a wonderful day! Peter and Duane lit up the computer-less computer lab at John Wesly College today, firing up 20 laptops donated by both St. Joe's and Beaumont Hospitals. Staff and kids alike were so anxious to get behind the wheel and join the world. Thanks as well to my friends at General Motors for the 500+ thumb drives. . .something's we all take for granted, but has value and empowerment beyond description here. We'll have a ribbon cutting on Friday and have lots of pictures of smiling faces to share.
Speaking of smiling faces, the painting crew of Jeff, Mixie and Kerry were surrounded by smiling faces after school let out and the kids returned to the orphanage this afternoon. We may not speak French but there is no language problem. .and it was a bit of Tom Sawyer action as the "pros" invited the littler ones to join in!
Nancy and Deanna delivered and nearly completely inventoried the over 100 gallons (by volume)of medicines and vitamins, largely contributed by St. John's hospital. Dr. Wilkinson and wife Jill worked with the visiting Haitian eye doctor and saw 25 patients at the same clinic.
Jerry, Brian and yours truly slung mortar and schlepped cinder blocks for the skilled Haitian masons as we worked to build a 150' x 9' wall near the entrance to the compound housing the clinics and the orphanage. . .rained delayed our start, anD created a puddle that a Haitian motor bike managed to share with Jerry's backside, but we managed to get about a qurter of the way home today.
We had a great day thanks to the support of a generous congregation, and the contributions of the hospitals and General Motors noted above. Our hosts are working just as hard as we are, even thinking about what more we might be able to squeeze in yet this week! By the way, we had Spamwiches for lunch, on the job, and you didn't! JOHN
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