Day 9: Team Revive

We were out the door of the new MTI house in the city of Les Cayes by 7 am to drop off June and a few friends at a women's retreat near Coconut Beach.  That left Team Revive, the MTI driver, Harold and Corky, an MTI translator currently taking classes to become a Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist.  On our journey to Port au Prince we travelled through many markets that were filled with people buying and selling local produce, wood, animals, clothing and beautiful handmade goods like baskets and furniture.  We knew there was a small problem when Harold, who usually takes the Land Cruiser from 0-70 in 2 seconds was driving at a snail's pace on the right side of the road.  Yup... we had a flat.  Luckily, we pulled right up to a makeshift garage where the mechanic was able to take the tire off and patch the small hole with rubber and a press that was heated up with a touch of gasoline and a match.  Twenty minutes later, anuwale (let's go)! We were back on Highway #2 towards Port au Prince. We had immunity through the UN/ Haitian National Police checkpoint and we didn't have to stop.  Harold stopped to drop off Corky so he could visit with a professor from his university.  We arrived at Villa Mamika at 1:30 this afternoon.  Once we spoke with June, Harold was off to make the 6 hour drive back to Les Cayes.  We were left to take a dip in the pool and relax until our family style, lasagna dinner at 6:30 pm.  After 9 days, our trip to Haiti has come to an end.  Throughout our time here, our days have been so busy that 1 day feels like 3 and 1 week feels like a month.

On our way to the women's retreat, we stopped in Cadet's town to meet with Jaelyn, Cadet's sister.  Dokte June was prepared to provide her with antibiotics for Cadet.  We were unable to find her and we had no other way of getting the medication to him.  Please continue to send your prayers to Cadet and his family during this difficult time.

-Nicole

So much for the trusty Land Cruiser... all it took was one measly little nail

Fixing the flat tire