It's hard to believe but we leave one month from yesterday. I am slowly getting prepared. I have visited the International Travel Department and started receiving my vaccines (DTAP, hepatitis A and hepatitis B) as well as my prescriptions for typhoid (need to being now) and malaria and cipro that I will carry with me. I've read many pages of precautions, most of which are common sense.
We are staying at a compound owned by Global Outreach. The women stay in a 4 room house and the men sleep on a screened in porch. We will not have hot water but we will have a swimming pool!! We have a distant view of the blue sea and armed guards surrounding our barbed wire compound. We will be escorted everywhere we go. We are staying in Titanyen which is where the mass graves that were shown on TV are located. It is right outside the capital of Port-Au-Prince.
There are 2 different teams, one medical and one construction. More than likely I will be on the construction team but this isn't always decided until we arrive in Haiti. We will be building small shelter homes that are quick and easy to put up. These are donated by Samaritan's Purse. They are "2 year" homes. The plan is to put these up quick to give families shelter then return to build more permanent homes.
I think that is about all the info I have now. If you have any questions, please let me know. Can't wait to arrive!!
Juli, you are so brave to follow where God is leading you - to be His hands to people in need. I will be praying for you (and your team)as you prepare to go...
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