tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14963315659225224892024-02-07T17:24:06.757-05:00Haiti 2010Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-17386247872948898762010-09-25T20:11:00.000-05:002010-09-25T20:12:13.757-05:00Market day<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQmIG947od_ZpJiroPxtcNafsYl4pD7r3L2Hal1kQMSWrcb7MHukJ73ixnXfeBk71kVIqnrVGGt19UzagTPDtkVibzZiocr3csAqlqDbfbU4kt-24hH78fOzuXBPxakIByZZHcf3F97o/s1600/photo-733758.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQmIG947od_ZpJiroPxtcNafsYl4pD7r3L2Hal1kQMSWrcb7MHukJ73ixnXfeBk71kVIqnrVGGt19UzagTPDtkVibzZiocr3csAqlqDbfbU4kt-24hH78fOzuXBPxakIByZZHcf3F97o/s320/photo-733758.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521023841688984498" /></a></p>Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-56684497840205032442010-09-25T20:09:00.001-05:002010-09-25T20:09:41.210-05:00Market day<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzfIK1lstY4-fSsnZHlSwE_eIMyuE9BuOdQuvaeu5fAhFYuU21DSUstOn1PlbL1LQaNMmq1Ie4oea_afZT65PvBvVyAR4-naRFwyhtBkdhnmerOBiZkHyAE8P1nYX7oFJPQdMEvynZsE/s1600/photo-781211.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzfIK1lstY4-fSsnZHlSwE_eIMyuE9BuOdQuvaeu5fAhFYuU21DSUstOn1PlbL1LQaNMmq1Ie4oea_afZT65PvBvVyAR4-naRFwyhtBkdhnmerOBiZkHyAE8P1nYX7oFJPQdMEvynZsE/s320/photo-781211.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521023184853356818" /></a></p>Friday and Tuesday are market days in Haiti. Our travel to and from <br>Dulcine was slowed by market on Friday, but it was well worth it to <br>enjoy the sights,sounds, and yes even smells!Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-56036502394634280382010-09-25T20:06:00.001-05:002010-09-25T20:06:41.419-05:00Shelter from the storm<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdek_aqRKiSAhB9a53TWPQCUvf1uHMnuQ3OPCD9Zy0HNIaBJ24gnTXnODpaD-FU1By5-iJrpBM1VKEiBth48kTVSPLUtNqVrNCXZj4s9hhQVK8VvefRd7ZGF0969nOj_V9nSaNzjhMm1I/s1600/photo-701420.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdek_aqRKiSAhB9a53TWPQCUvf1uHMnuQ3OPCD9Zy0HNIaBJ24gnTXnODpaD-FU1By5-iJrpBM1VKEiBth48kTVSPLUtNqVrNCXZj4s9hhQVK8VvefRd7ZGF0969nOj_V9nSaNzjhMm1I/s320/photo-701420.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521022408619341426" /></a></p>Some children outside our clinic in Dulcine taking shelter from the <br>rain.Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-64398658342092686972010-09-25T20:05:00.001-05:002010-09-25T20:05:17.799-05:00Me and my translator posse<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCREcAY_c6zmSq4RkRFdzW-6nTIPxiBqxV4ZWEZtxPnEIVduH-c_8ylB8pknTl5t699ANjpeICldCqTeTXR_9Bgsi6EtCi9RQ8iRPOS-JRFlTwt7Kwtc2xo6wxY8ZWogqLEj6e6oVs4-M/s1600/photo-717800.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCREcAY_c6zmSq4RkRFdzW-6nTIPxiBqxV4ZWEZtxPnEIVduH-c_8ylB8pknTl5t699ANjpeICldCqTeTXR_9Bgsi6EtCi9RQ8iRPOS-JRFlTwt7Kwtc2xo6wxY8ZWogqLEj6e6oVs4-M/s320/photo-717800.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521022052546551794" /></a></p>Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-34212260047397537252010-09-25T20:04:00.001-05:002010-09-25T20:04:48.082-05:00Typical rural house in Haiti<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHizxRhd4ipStIurC_lPFrkFHE-BDVC-NWx_ddWB8O7n6Vp-XMw9oZB5DNOWT16hcx9A2pG2143qfXpFk-TG7ZwmnVsXP4T1-7_6F7Yab3YvwXg8UAxmn2UqPYNrUf9MO4xtjt8tIbjrc/s1600/photo-788083.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHizxRhd4ipStIurC_lPFrkFHE-BDVC-NWx_ddWB8O7n6Vp-XMw9oZB5DNOWT16hcx9A2pG2143qfXpFk-TG7ZwmnVsXP4T1-7_6F7Yab3YvwXg8UAxmn2UqPYNrUf9MO4xtjt8tIbjrc/s320/photo-788083.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521021927078984578" /></a></p>Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-19799249827093700712010-09-25T20:03:00.001-05:002010-09-25T20:03:28.652-05:00The latreen<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOwX3gU_VjXjkYCaozHolXNF9A86jLD-QQn-Es7AENM8GbXQV_vZPSNO_zucomeLCRtZRJqKdqIUpPgo5gdmZbpC9zOl6jHUWH50Ot7VcKKyE8GrzXuEDCCrn_7E73b7Gz_PWV6fzRsk/s1600/photo-708653.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOwX3gU_VjXjkYCaozHolXNF9A86jLD-QQn-Es7AENM8GbXQV_vZPSNO_zucomeLCRtZRJqKdqIUpPgo5gdmZbpC9zOl6jHUWH50Ot7VcKKyE8GrzXuEDCCrn_7E73b7Gz_PWV6fzRsk/s320/photo-708653.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521021586256234098" /></a></p>Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-62335522608320752862010-09-25T20:02:00.000-05:002010-09-25T20:03:00.199-05:00A patient with a dislocated left shoulder<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT4t-DpI5kVMMo6m97i0gFMGeoamLTmVleKBGdLJv5A4SRkfZ6l7APtc6YSUybpEI3g5oAJzaHqjoAMp1aARAVxQyNk_cd_6yL_sfWoDynIpd6XfGTRTY0U_7S9YJxuY2OPPlEnPc0tw/s1600/photo-780201.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPT4t-DpI5kVMMo6m97i0gFMGeoamLTmVleKBGdLJv5A4SRkfZ6l7APtc6YSUybpEI3g5oAJzaHqjoAMp1aARAVxQyNk_cd_6yL_sfWoDynIpd6XfGTRTY0U_7S9YJxuY2OPPlEnPc0tw/s320/photo-780201.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521021459524364082" /></a></p>Appreciate the asymmetry of his shoulders. We googled how to reduce a <br>dislocated shoulder on my iPhone and found a utube demonstrating the <br>process. Hooray for technology!Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-13596438030869714062010-09-25T19:59:00.000-05:002010-09-25T20:02:49.178-05:00How great thou art<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='326' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwBESLDJJpF66qr760CHpLSnjSdO5DcLTbq-x_l3hheIe98GDMiqN8HZzE-8y43BMt5uK9pKn85RU8lZ1mJgg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>A clip of a very covert video I tried to take of the Haitians singing <br>"how great thou art" in Creole as we opened our day on thursday I'm <br>prayer. Just listen, it's lovely, but don't look too hard as I was <br>accidentally holding my iPhone upside down so noone would get offended <br>that I was taking video.Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-21844265333845573942010-09-25T19:55:00.001-05:002010-09-25T19:55:31.564-05:00Dulcine<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86YSGtreXz_jWtG1Rg9UMFm3R_NHKdXyNZyHkXfHoye_avYnn7rhbY16TZ8-SEzxOtJ6i49TKNzoQ3Kgu_fpm_nMg3EhR1LG26h0tsRqAFKyMGGj4baYg9U1HrAjNvlesnDSnfpfg1J0/s1600/photo-731565.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86YSGtreXz_jWtG1Rg9UMFm3R_NHKdXyNZyHkXfHoye_avYnn7rhbY16TZ8-SEzxOtJ6i49TKNzoQ3Kgu_fpm_nMg3EhR1LG26h0tsRqAFKyMGGj4baYg9U1HrAjNvlesnDSnfpfg1J0/s320/photo-731565.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521019532827171362" /></a></p>A closer view of our "waiting room."Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-84054641905150691652010-09-25T19:54:00.001-05:002010-09-25T19:54:31.602-05:00Dulcine<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9a8E_ITE8Myj6xs229_tUw_0DaCTEC3CXnJyTD8tMyvmT5M3_LTbHa-pq6Bb1E3bDYCu818ugJscFZm4SCByhsaOlpqIKVW11a_VOA_5Li-Um_rtCr9TYVGuXEdaDeuN6L7oe1USd2lk/s1600/photo-771603.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9a8E_ITE8Myj6xs229_tUw_0DaCTEC3CXnJyTD8tMyvmT5M3_LTbHa-pq6Bb1E3bDYCu818ugJscFZm4SCByhsaOlpqIKVW11a_VOA_5Li-Um_rtCr9TYVGuXEdaDeuN6L7oe1USd2lk/s320/photo-771603.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521019274339926466" /></a></p>After having clinic at Trinity Presbyterian church Monday through <br>Wednesday, we travelled outside Goniaves into a more rural community, <br>Dulcine, for clinic Thursday and Friday. This was the scene upon our <br>arrival at 7am... Folks had been waiting since the wee hours of the <br>morning. The patients/villagers are in the forground and the school/ <br>church we used as a clinic is past the people... It is a thatched hut <br>with a tin roof. This part of Haiti is very dry and dessert like, much <br>like Africa or the American southwest.Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-11255898953512235232010-09-25T19:47:00.000-05:002010-09-25T19:48:00.303-05:00A very scared Haitian child<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qqMVCh7AkacbJXEStiuP9-zUvbHpk_-VbS4jfWXTPgg0_eBPugkTK4F-25wSjFBGD0G8t85QSgQL_jzJUSFiNgTxQrco2bGZV3amzZa4QHC3v0kT2OsAsB6TOLu59DeUYbYIpjbTVFA/s1600/photo-780304.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qqMVCh7AkacbJXEStiuP9-zUvbHpk_-VbS4jfWXTPgg0_eBPugkTK4F-25wSjFBGD0G8t85QSgQL_jzJUSFiNgTxQrco2bGZV3amzZa4QHC3v0kT2OsAsB6TOLu59DeUYbYIpjbTVFA/s320/photo-780304.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521017595634365266" /></a></p>Can you tell I was totally getting sick?Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-29720965268886009882010-09-21T20:45:00.000-05:002010-09-21T20:49:11.798-05:00Dinner<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXercSdh64RXJbyQ6UbXfaBwHO983ogOelIHZWfPTnNj7PP7ko4gw-722rNk4fG94K6GK6qoiyA9ZTCYxq0_zG6A0Voa2e7X9ToEGx4-EpTQPEUq9N3SccC7TqzX4hBet99HSpbjQDsWc/s1600/photo-751799.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXercSdh64RXJbyQ6UbXfaBwHO983ogOelIHZWfPTnNj7PP7ko4gw-722rNk4fG94K6GK6qoiyA9ZTCYxq0_zG6A0Voa2e7X9ToEGx4-EpTQPEUq9N3SccC7TqzX4hBet99HSpbjQDsWc/s320/photo-751799.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519549025080318994" /></a></p>Red beans and rice with fried plantains. The Cardura brothers <br>couldn't have done better.Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-37493383289450728842010-09-21T20:44:00.000-05:002010-09-21T20:47:26.697-05:00Comi relief<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBDOsdbPK6mqT6Av53N4OBb5l7on1gum8hqf3NzTmeR__mnOktT5TJxQdVRPxrTDmmBnUE2TcudO5DxArllRRhD-ld-0CCjECZi14iEE4Zj_Bk08ERlfXc7-9GFMpJN5Ox10DCiOy8OA/s1600/photo-746698.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBDOsdbPK6mqT6Av53N4OBb5l7on1gum8hqf3NzTmeR__mnOktT5TJxQdVRPxrTDmmBnUE2TcudO5DxArllRRhD-ld-0CCjECZi14iEE4Zj_Bk08ERlfXc7-9GFMpJN5Ox10DCiOy8OA/s320/photo-746698.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519548569794056114" /></a></p>These sisters came in mid- day and provided some much needed levity as <br>I had seen some heavy stuff earlier (two kids with structural heart <br>disease who need surgery but there's no pediatric heart surgeon here <br>as well as a mother of seven so depressed that she's neglecting her 4 <br>month old). The one in shades is 8 "Christina" and the one with the <br>doll is 11 "precious". They giggled and frolicked the entire time they <br>were here. Despite their living a 20minute walk away and the fact that <br>they and their mom were in line at 4am to be seen today, they looked <br>so pretty in their Sunday best!Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-3920827227901954972010-09-21T20:38:00.000-05:002010-09-21T20:41:46.685-05:00Slinky, slinky it's such a wonderful toy...<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEism8i5XLPhXcbJ_uhnXcMqRl4rKmDqAX9lFS9yDHJQDI1NR2ZEPKDcQfmlJmMMqSfOGUDE5fk6vXagzixUsJt0y5hZWqem-UI1IRAqYRfwkSrLOlTr0IE1bA7ZyC70Cz5rS4CsSFv2ERc/s1600/photo-706686.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEism8i5XLPhXcbJ_uhnXcMqRl4rKmDqAX9lFS9yDHJQDI1NR2ZEPKDcQfmlJmMMqSfOGUDE5fk6vXagzixUsJt0y5hZWqem-UI1IRAqYRfwkSrLOlTr0IE1bA7ZyC70Cz5rS4CsSFv2ERc/s320/photo-706686.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519547116091344050" /></a></p>For a girl and a boy.Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-20114244979360204302010-09-21T20:37:00.000-05:002010-09-21T20:40:33.628-05:00Tears after cerumen disimpaction<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4btJzp42FyMJcUnKdKSF8O37wLCk5bsYacLN2Hn_kFjkRIWBDEZylvfy51sCqzbHklWlq1Gk7Uzq1eP19PhEwSM8v2bARZsaGhyKo3G-_aiBAqBuBybsgQcsigeYMuiOF60dXfNZk_zo/s1600/photo-733629.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4btJzp42FyMJcUnKdKSF8O37wLCk5bsYacLN2Hn_kFjkRIWBDEZylvfy51sCqzbHklWlq1Gk7Uzq1eP19PhEwSM8v2bARZsaGhyKo3G-_aiBAqBuBybsgQcsigeYMuiOF60dXfNZk_zo/s320/photo-733629.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519546800552554146" /></a></p>But very happy to be playing with a "puppet" which is the creole woes <br>for doll. Donated by VItas hospice folks! Thanks!Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-16723681192721168862010-09-20T21:42:00.001-05:002010-09-21T06:18:07.235-05:00Except there are no banana trees in west v<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRncDBqI3OZzSP0zGdEthu_BmRQRVT4u3jXwe91A3N6w6O2Jw5foH1rEMgW8keKlOHtbpm8sBW8JTS9bDS6K-vT7XNEcYxRDlTZafc5O6zv-MRXQROUzZEFmAqa99WZZoxAih8UNevxik/s1600/photo-787236.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRncDBqI3OZzSP0zGdEthu_BmRQRVT4u3jXwe91A3N6w6O2Jw5foH1rEMgW8keKlOHtbpm8sBW8JTS9bDS6K-vT7XNEcYxRDlTZafc5O6zv-MRXQROUzZEFmAqa99WZZoxAih8UNevxik/s320/photo-787236.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519324549875577010" /></a></p>Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-86383638754370301552010-09-20T21:42:00.000-05:002010-09-21T06:16:44.204-05:00My own back yard<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIej861izeFam2FIyNB1KbHm2xz8phBHCD3yXkRz8ErJTs6MPPDjccO1t8vajafIpx-rItf6Z5i3mYDMZs97fjLVJ2KRU597KeXntjw7vmzLLqO3AF8lLMnWkJO9F4Bl6fcjTL2llfwMc/s1600/photo-704205.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIej861izeFam2FIyNB1KbHm2xz8phBHCD3yXkRz8ErJTs6MPPDjccO1t8vajafIpx-rItf6Z5i3mYDMZs97fjLVJ2KRU597KeXntjw7vmzLLqO3AF8lLMnWkJO9F4Bl6fcjTL2llfwMc/s320/photo-704205.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519324193260965890" /></a></p>It's awesome how small this world really is. I get so worked up about <br>"cross-cultural" polination that i am always struck and frankly <br>humbled when I am reminded of our collective humanity. Sitting <br>outside Trinity Presbyterian Church this afternoon here in Gonaives <br>was one such time.<p> After a great first day in clinic (we saw 160-ish patients, saw <br>some interesting diseases like filariasis, and made some new friends) <br>and as dinner was simmering, our team and our native hosts lounged in <br>the yard and watched the sunset. A storm was rolling in and there was <br>a rainbow off in the distance. We revelled in the breeze, marvelled at <br>the rainbow, laughed about and analyzed our day as a kitten curled up <br>beneath Bill's feet and children played and laughed in the distance. <br>The sounds and smells strangely reminded me of my childhood in West <br>Virginia on a summer evening and I felt at home.Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-59963384239251254012010-09-19T22:09:00.000-05:002010-09-19T22:11:34.697-05:00Other sites on the road<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMV6TuBzoaA2fySjX4cMudYYP6GLjNTyUvRN8HmUtrhbWpMm0WP3cDPvpvPIfvXaeIM6-iiM-sRDBtIb6Ym2u42tka1yjiatAUAMIk_M6ktnIaq-5ON3ZHr7pInMH1OkPRmbG5kX1hk8/s1600/photo-794698.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMV6TuBzoaA2fySjX4cMudYYP6GLjNTyUvRN8HmUtrhbWpMm0WP3cDPvpvPIfvXaeIM6-iiM-sRDBtIb6Ym2u42tka1yjiatAUAMIk_M6ktnIaq-5ON3ZHr7pInMH1OkPRmbG5kX1hk8/s320/photo-794698.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518828083947230482" /></a></p>Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-79136789264924023882010-09-19T22:08:00.001-05:002010-09-19T22:10:57.826-05:00Other sites along the road in Gonaives<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oAV95smjt9ZZ2PVwe-04Y5PBgwFqmooeDjEkNhx9wbifW4J9K0ofxa-9wroAPkkE5iOPUJCebRic7dDUdN2I_mA2XM2t9iKJigxA3PBi1pCeNp2Alc_cXdfKxnhbgOVGzeJvA41_ra4/s1600/photo-757827.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oAV95smjt9ZZ2PVwe-04Y5PBgwFqmooeDjEkNhx9wbifW4J9K0ofxa-9wroAPkkE5iOPUJCebRic7dDUdN2I_mA2XM2t9iKJigxA3PBi1pCeNp2Alc_cXdfKxnhbgOVGzeJvA41_ra4/s320/photo-757827.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518827927293098818" /></a></p>Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-53970936739284341842010-09-19T22:08:00.000-05:002010-09-19T22:10:26.814-05:00On the road to Gonaives<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OoBN1h0lllCA7w6rATkM26pjP1vdLlRfqDpdSjzN1ZiUyM5Dam6j9HAiVeb2WtFCiFR3KslCBcL6gxg9H7QvYHDnUdHh00AMGtlbKjHuoPfVjbfJ7kmB6cv0XnGq0c0dtTw-SDcQZ_I/s1600/photo-726815.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OoBN1h0lllCA7w6rATkM26pjP1vdLlRfqDpdSjzN1ZiUyM5Dam6j9HAiVeb2WtFCiFR3KslCBcL6gxg9H7QvYHDnUdHh00AMGtlbKjHuoPfVjbfJ7kmB6cv0XnGq0c0dtTw-SDcQZ_I/s320/photo-726815.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518827793938819378" /></a></p>Then there was this pleasure once we arrived in Goniaves... all the <br>roads on the main street had been torn up to "assess" the plumbing. <br>Really? And we can't find shelter for a million nationals still.<p>Oh well. We backed it up and went down some side streets to get to our <br>compound (essaie's church and property). Did you knowthat this city <br>(Gonaives) is the birth pls e of Haitian independance? Toussant <br>l'overture led the Haitians to freedom from the French and their <br>declaration of independance was signed here. The French charged this <br>country 14 million for its freedom (too expensive.... Even for <br>something French) setting into motion a cycle of debt and poverty.Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-73461876877927987852010-09-19T22:00:00.000-05:002010-09-19T22:03:07.883-05:00The road to Gonaives<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDuj7PTTRlA8os3TDJeYxg_wF6mx_zzkcDIX-c4lzT3wLpQzu_D0jez7hwkx-vIx_46VtZte_80bckTJEulL-Vm6fGZi-shOgogiZPaPXZVtjsN4L-Ah_lueClpS4vTv5EflIeKje6p4/s1600/photo-787885.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDuj7PTTRlA8os3TDJeYxg_wF6mx_zzkcDIX-c4lzT3wLpQzu_D0jez7hwkx-vIx_46VtZte_80bckTJEulL-Vm6fGZi-shOgogiZPaPXZVtjsN4L-Ah_lueClpS4vTv5EflIeKje6p4/s320/photo-787885.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518825908417477202" /></a></p>The three hour drive north from Port au Prince along the coast and <br>along the base of the mountains to Gonaives was NOT an easy one. The <br>folks that met as at the airport were un peu cranky , it is blistering <br>hot, the road is bumpy and curvy, and there was just that unexpected <br>developing country drama that unfolds in the roadways... Like cows <br>that won't move, goats that get confused and charge your two ton <br>pickup truck, and this ... A huge bus coming the other way that broke <br>down. It took 20 minutes to navigate through a ditch and part of a <br>rice patty to circumvent this fella.Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-26017356112005293192010-09-19T09:11:00.000-05:002010-09-19T09:16:50.966-05:00Gringos<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI44yj3XalXfpZuyMmouHoio51cnk6k9A5-edhhSR2YTPo_BZsD9Ai70sxhIhG-PBvhbncMu03iGn_a0dx0WNUTLCEFWabeLa7dP-vx2a4p7zwV9wSp-brCcVwiTKNN-Y3ba4vNlOpBrw/s1600/photo-710966.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI44yj3XalXfpZuyMmouHoio51cnk6k9A5-edhhSR2YTPo_BZsD9Ai70sxhIhG-PBvhbncMu03iGn_a0dx0WNUTLCEFWabeLa7dP-vx2a4p7zwV9wSp-brCcVwiTKNN-Y3ba4vNlOpBrw/s320/photo-710966.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518628438935319586" /></a></p>Usually when I travel internationally I am kinda annoyed and <br>embarrassed by other Americans. However, this morning on the much- <br>delayed flight to Port au Prince with well over two hundred <br>passengers, the vast majority of whom were whiteys, I was actually <br>touched. It seems as if not everyone has forgotten about Haiti, as the <br>American media would have us think. The lady sitting to my left on the <br>plane is a medicine resident from NYC with Samaritans Purse and the <br>lady to my right is a house wife coming down to visit an orphanage <br>with a group from Noth Carolina. Keep serving, friends!Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-87812641063383212242010-09-19T07:52:00.000-05:002010-09-19T07:54:49.873-05:00Stuck in Miami ...<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uRgDrXA35V6qBLJSz0llb6w_dOUj3t0zzsogA0nGa6c5Rj-eYIm66ykt16terBoitHjX5oQKsHSiPZwvvttYVK6HPOkbC29f8PJCZ3FbyGVPuRIa2w_f0s6Kr2gX8kU7Q7Bc9oUwtNs/s1600/photo-789874.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uRgDrXA35V6qBLJSz0llb6w_dOUj3t0zzsogA0nGa6c5Rj-eYIm66ykt16terBoitHjX5oQKsHSiPZwvvttYVK6HPOkbC29f8PJCZ3FbyGVPuRIa2w_f0s6Kr2gX8kU7Q7Bc9oUwtNs/s320/photo-789874.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518607303112795922" /></a></p>Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-62125436880508764372010-09-19T07:51:00.000-05:002010-09-19T07:53:57.420-05:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWze5z8jMCFisOPBpwxvVFgMHuj2g36eA48gJijlzkp2GCRbq8Yw8iVW2JZWaAptSKnaU729NevsZPIVV3-VPUnsIibQgooDcXPhStTDqtrSBMUlMVhBnciOFTAZkr0YP6GMBpm9-Tw4/s1600/photo-737421.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWze5z8jMCFisOPBpwxvVFgMHuj2g36eA48gJijlzkp2GCRbq8Yw8iVW2JZWaAptSKnaU729NevsZPIVV3-VPUnsIibQgooDcXPhStTDqtrSBMUlMVhBnciOFTAZkr0YP6GMBpm9-Tw4/s320/photo-737421.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518607088552085970" /></a></p>Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496331565922522489.post-49992167142904457932010-09-19T07:50:00.001-05:002010-09-19T07:53:14.160-05:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPNuBgpBPAQSaMvc1EDr2O2dSK4cbzJe6FfRw_Mdbdp7hoIlEzyMbAMY2EgRoF1bTDw4r7W9uhZ4m70TWW7jjkML6UgQV8wi3GGe-a5Dq7k3r6Pw-a3xzJMXxDZkrGiZqi9RATvDT-JQ/s1600/photo-794161.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPNuBgpBPAQSaMvc1EDr2O2dSK4cbzJe6FfRw_Mdbdp7hoIlEzyMbAMY2EgRoF1bTDw4r7W9uhZ4m70TWW7jjkML6UgQV8wi3GGe-a5Dq7k3r6Pw-a3xzJMXxDZkrGiZqi9RATvDT-JQ/s320/photo-794161.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518606889642625714" /></a></p>Jill Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17893239850656804443noreply@blogger.com0