Hello one and all: It has been several days since I last wrote...more than I realized. I will have to get myself back on track with more regular reports. We have been going non stop ..or so it seems to me since I last wrote.

Sunday we joined the kids at church as per usual. The highlight of the day was handing out the Hats collected at Leita and Bob's Hats Off to Haiti fund raiser for VOH. Rene and Richard were kind enough to cart them along in their suitcases. Maybe some of you will recognize the hats you see sitting so jauntily on the heads of the happy recipients. We were missing a few hats for the boys so gave them the extra girl's ones to take home to their mothers, sisters or aunts. It gave all of us a chuckle to see several of the boys walking out with those hats on their heads.

Monday we were up and on the road by 6:30 or just a few minutes thereafter. The group wanted to participate in the morning assembly. Then it was time to see the Community members who had waited so patiently for our start up. Rene and I did some of the consultations while we waited for the Drs to arrive. By the end of the day we had seen just over 100 patients. I had given out 95 tickets....but we know the odd one or two slipped in......isn't that always the way! Coming back we ran into another huge traffic jam in Croix des Bouquets so we took the scenic route home via the back road of Croix des Bouquets and into Bon Repos. We were back at Hope House in 30' a much better option than sitting in an idling vehicle for over an hour. It was a long day and the group really enjoyed putting their feet up and relaxing in the deck chairs....some of us a bit more than others.......HONESTLY, I didn't work them that hard!....must be the heat!!!!

Monday evening Ron and three of his group were invited out to dinner with a Haitian fellow with whom Ronald had studied at university in Florida. It was quite the adventure for them. They got to see what traffic and the streets are like after a tropical downpour. One of them said they spent more time in the traffic jam than they did in the restaurant.

Tues was another early day as we were running only a half day clinic for the school kids. The team was a well oiled machine by then and we managed to see nearly 130 students and staff, during the morning hours. Sorry to say my camera was frosted up from my cold drinking water and the pictures I took turned out foggy. After lunch the gang efficiently put everything back in its place and left my office in pretty good order. On the way home we made a visit to Little Children of Jesus and as usual Gladys and her staff gave us a gracious welcome. She was busy with some technicians who were there to get several solar panels installed for her water pump.

Today I can reveal to you that I have nicknamed this group the "Step in Faith Team" . In taking that step, I was not disappointed in anyway and everything and everyone came together very nicely. As a result we were able to provide health care to nearly 450 all together. It was very special to have been able to work with the Haitian doctors, nurses and translators. It made the week all that much more special.

Step in Faith team:

Left to right: Eric, Matt, Tina, Rene, Janet, Ronald, Carol, Richard, Ray and Sara better known as Priya.

Thanks for a great week!