Last Hoorah from Haiti!

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3/22 From STEW - good morning baby! We will be off to the airport tomorrow bright and early we had Jony with us tonight and he told us his story and of the loss of his wife. He bore his testimony and sang for us and we were all torn apart. Then we had a band and danced (I needed you to make me look good) and drank coke while the canadians stood there and drank beer. See you in 24 hrs I hope!!!!!!!! I will call you from miami. I love you. oh ya we worked in the pharmacy all day. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxox

3/23 From Katie - Last night was a great end to the week. Jony St Louis came to say goodbye to the team. His new job with World Vision has to do with helping educate and develop income producing jobs for those with disabilities. At the end of our team meeting he told his story of his faith, his family, his wife and the feelings that he has of her continued presence in his life. He sang us a couple songs at our request like he has done on past trips. We then shifted gears and had a going away party with the employees, the Canadian team and danced to a Haitian troubador band. Let's just say that the Canadian team leader said to me with a beer in her hand having watched our team's conga line, swing dancing and a variety of other exuberant musical activities, "it is a good thing you Mormons don't drink!" Although the team is not 100 percent LDS being from Utah County it is the majority and although religious definitely not staid!

7 of us are here at the airport with a couple hours to spare having stood in various lines, gone through three security machines and been patted down twice. The rest of the team has a later departing flight and should be arriving at the airport sometime in the next hour. We are in a nice air conditioned waiting room in the rebuilt/new area of the airport but there are no shops or concessions here like in the old building. The thought of returning to the US has never seemed so good.

I know this trip has been more stressful for everyone as we coped with each others emotions, team sickness, the heat, the odd hours, the injuries and illnesses of the Haitians, and the sad, sad stories that were shared as we tried to lift a little of the burden carried by the people of this nation. This has been a remarkable team in many ways and it has been a privilege to serve with Kathi as the team leaders of such a caring and productive group.