i'm back! it's good to be back. but it's been quite a while since my last post, so i have a lot to update on. well, my last night in Haiti ended with an epic failure of a round of chubby bunny with Elijah, but also teaching Jean Rene' one of or drivers how to SAY chubby bunny. oh that was funny.
i had a really good time at home. got to see my wonderful family and see people i haven't seen in a month- though that month definitely felt longer. got the word i was coming back and came back!
the flight in was definitely better than the flight going out. going out, the plane was delayed by 7 hours, (for no reason) thus making me miss all my connections. so by the time i make it to miami, there are no other flights, and american won't give a voucher- because it wasn't their fault- it was another airline's fault. on top of that- the miami airport, is the WORST to sleep in. i mean, i've slept in airports before, but this is the first one where every 15 minutes, a lady plays an alarm and then says what time it is. why do i need to know that it's 3 a.m.? so, after that i take my flight to dallas- turns out there are storms in dallas so we're re-routed to austin...then the storms move and we go back to dallas. but i'm quite sure i've missed my connecting flight to lawton by now. get off the ramp and see that my lawton flight was boarding in 4 minutes. i start sprinting....in the wrong direction. turn around and make it with time left to spare. yet, i made it home 22 hours AFTER i was scheduled to make it home....so, on that note- any flight would almost be better than that flight.
so, coming back in, i was headed to the bathroom in miami and heard someone call my name-it was richard- a guy that i met for a couple of days at our base that came to help with carpentry. he's headed back to work on my project. so, it was nice to not have to face Port Au Prince airport by myself.
we get to port au prince and i'm trying to beat all these people to immigration. when i'm stopped by hugh- who i worked with, but who was leaving. we chatted for a while about how things were going...and everyone and their mom passes me in line. so, i make it to immigration and to my baggage. well, the room is about 800 degrees C. it's SO hot and they just throw your luggage in the middle of a room and on an American flight- there's a ton of people. (might i add this was my first commercial flight into port au prince- i got spoiled on a charter plane last time). i'm sweating, richard is sweating, the guy that sat next to me on the plane is sweating, people i don't now are sweating and yelling which one is their bag. oh, it's chaos. so, we finally find my bag. and book it out.
well, then on the way to our compound near PAP (Port au prince) there is a big rig turned over blocking the road so we have to go through town and it takes forever. I go to the base there and see my old base manager - we talk and hang out- meet some new people and get ready for me to head out for my base the next day (today). while there, i saw a guy i'd met before, caught up on some stories- one about how food was taken from one of our trucks. well, mostly so. so, please remember to pray for security for our team as the US Army is pulling out. we definitely need it!
let's see. today- i got to take the helicopter over to the base i work at. it was my first helicopter ride ever and it was really neat. i came back and got to say hi to people i haven't seen in only 2 weeks but it had seemed like forever. i spent the day trying to catch up on all i had missed within my own project and will probably spend the rest of the week doing so.
so, i managed to talk to of the people i work with into doing yoga. i brought a yoga tape with me- so, julie and jeff and i did yoga. i was proud of jeff- he did so good!! but it was definitely funny and we were both sweating like it was our jobs. all in all, a good time so far!!!
patty
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