Team Renew Day 1...details

Team Renew successfully made it to Les Cayes last night after an eventful day of traveling. We were repacking our luggage at check in to get everything through for the least amount of baggage fees. Our trip was pretty uneventful and we found Harold, our driver, pretty easily thanks to Marvin who speaks fluent English. Marvin and carmen have been here 2 years from Nicaragua and are on their way home for a month--what amazing and generous people. Our next stop was the MTI house where we met Febienne, the medical director, and assisted with sorting boxes from their recent shipment. Fabienne distributes supplies to 7 or 8 locations regularly. From the house, Harold drove us to Les Cayes to Seed where we are staying until Tuesday. Driving here can be most frightening, and I think we all agreed Harold must have driven for NASCAR in a former life. There were some breath-taking views along the way...and some that just took your breath away to see the poverty and lack of basic life necessities that we take for granted. The gracious women at Seed had a meal for us and we enjoyed our cold showers immensely before turning in. We were greeted by the rooster at 430am, but otherwise the nice breeze made our first night without ac bearable.