Greetings: The day started early with a quick trip to the school to deliver cold drinks for the staff who will be doing the registration over the next two days. When I rolled in at 7:15 or so there were already parents lined up with their kids all "dolled up" waiting for the interview process to start (at 8:00 PM). The staff will see about 60 students each day. Once the interviews is done then the weaning process begins so that we get down to 20 boys and 20 girls for the new school year.

I also left some instructions with the gardeners to start clearing some bush away at the site of the health center. We, I am happy to say, have selected a Construction co. and the engineer will make a site visit tomorrow to set boundaries for the building so that the fellows know the limit of where they are to clear the bushes. Once that is done the eng. will come back to do a survey of the land as it will have to be levelled somewhat before the building begins. It is exciting to know we are starting the initial steps to get moving ahead with this great project.

Upon return to Hope House it was time for odd jobs (laundry being one of them) and await the arrival of the vet team from Christian Veterinary Mission who were going to tend to Hopie and our neighbour's dog so they would not have any more puppies. They brought two Haitian vets with them whom they are mentoring. They are the ones who did the actual surgery....on a table in the shade of the big Nime tree in the middle of the yard. Once they were done, I was happily able to provide lunch for the gang before they took off for Fond Parisien (near the DR border) to attend to some horses. It was interesting watching the proceedings.....just like humans they got there pre-op sedative, anaesthesia, pain medication and antibiotics. Hopie is now resting comfortable while the medications wear off. The remaining puppy also got her first vaccinations. She will go to Fleury's house once her vaccinations are done. Three others are already in their new homes. I am sorry to say though that the fifth one passed away unexpectedly. We suspect he ate something he shouldn't have. What a shock it was to find him "gone"..we thought he had somehow got to the school yard next door.

Other than that it was another ordinary day.....Jean is working on fixing the big truck (transmission problems) and the girls were getting the guest rooms ready for visitors on Monday and for the team arriving at the end of the week and Joel tackled rewinding the tangle of barbed wire we have from the walls.

Hope you all enjoye a nice weekend. I will leave you with a few pictures of the Vets at work.

Hopie getting her pre-op meds

Kelly and staff preparing their materials off the back of Kelly's pick up truck...have vet office will travel.!

The 2 Haitain vets preparing their patient Meanwhile othes help Joel with the barbed wire

tangle.