Harpers Ferry Dec 23 2018
We are wrapping up the wettest year on record for Virginia, and with another heavy rain, the Shenandoah River was above her banks and roaring at Harpers Ferry Dec 23:
Haiti – An interview with myself
Introduction. I have been processing what I experienced since my return to the USA from Haiti. I keep bringing up different aspects of the trip to Joan and the kids, and thought, why not write a blog where I ask myself the questions, I want to answer. Here is an interview of myself. Q: Tell us a bit about yourself […]
Haiti Day 6
Last full day in Haiti was met with the painting team finishing the final dorm and hallway, and the rest of the construction crew helping William improve the residence that he provides to the volunteer teams. The medical team was at a church providing care to another 70 people, for half the day. A team Cisco Photo was in order; […]
Haiti Day 5
Today the medical team return to Cabaret for the morning, the construction crew split into to two teams, Eddie, Dave and Ron started some electrical at the Orphanage, and then went to a church close by to repair lighting that burned a while ago. They were able to restore the only lighting, permitting the church to hold evening service […]
Haiti Day Four
Day four started with an early 6am breakfast after another invigorating cold shower. The team broke into two parties, the Medical heading up to Cabaret to a clinic that the US built, but never gave funds to run, and the Construction team to the orphanage to work on a wiring issue in the underground cable that was newly fixed. I […]
Haiti Day three
We split into two teams, one doing medical at a small clinic and the team I was on over at the orphanage. Dave, Betty, Bobby and I worked on painting the railing on the second level. Working with acrylic paint in hot second floor was challenging, and we learned the detail that was needed to be put into a rail […]
December Calendar
Last month of the year December for ‘Dec’ the 10th month, like October the ‘oct’ or 8th month that is not in the right place. This is because the original calendar did non have January and February, and only 10 months, making December the 10th month and October the 8th. Well the photos. I had the opportunity to spend a […]
Haiti Day two
Finished the first full day on the island. Breakfast was at 7am after a cold shower. The hosting facility does not have their hot water tank installed yet. It is on the posiable list of items to get done on the trip. We headed to the orphanage around 8am. A short drive (15 min) with no traffic. Roads hear are […]
The arrival day (Day 1)
To save on bandwidth, I will post the Adobe website with the photos from the day. I will update this post once I get back state side to include inline comments. This gallery is of us arriving at the airport, and William, our local host was able to get us special treatment through the imegration and custom process so that […]
Nice layover in Fort Lauderdale
Some photos of the team, and a surprised guest… The team before boarding to Haiti And our surprise guest .. Sue ( a coworker from Cisco) was traveling back from Puerto Rico A few photos coming into the Haiti Airport.
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