Finished up late last night and was expecting to be up around 3:00 am to go to Haiti, but when the plane which was waiting in Miami for clearance to land in the Dominican got clearance they found a hydraulic leak, so I was able to sleep in. I had just gotten back to my room from excercising (yes, got to stay in shape) when the phone calls started. There are some items in the Dominican that we are adding to the air shipment which is now scheduled for tomorrow. So my plans of having a break today are gone, oh well, it is too hot to enjoy very much. If it was colder, say around 32 degrees then that would be good weather for visiting the beach.
Anyway a picture of the Elders and Sisters and Kahow's son. They move
d half a 45' container of 125 lb bags of rice from one container to another. The missionaries are great, but a forklift and dock would be good also. Later that day a smaller truck came with 125 lb bags of beans, but we had no elders. The locals wouldn't let me carry the bags on my head like they were because the said my neck wouldn't hold up.Now a few road rules. First there is not a problem with texting and driving here and little problem with talking on the cell phone and driving for one simple reason, survival. If you don't focus on the road it will eat you up.
Rule: fast moving traffic has the right of way, in slow moving traffic do what you need to do, it will all work out.
Rule: Use the space available, don't be wasteful. Notice the bus on the wrong side of the road. A cop was directing traffic at the intersection so he just waved the bus into the right side of the road. No harm done.
Rule: Don't commit to the right lane, the publicos and buses will stop anywhere as well as people will just park. Correllary: Don't commit to the left lane that gets blocked by cars turning left, keep your options open (besides a bus may be on the wrong side of the road.
Finally a comment about telephone. They are sooo yesterday. There was such a demand and it is so difficult to keep it all straight. Just get a cell phone.
The pace of life here is great, everybody has someplace to go but the journey is part of the adventure.
Good work Dad! You have proved very entertaining thus far! Where are some pictures of Haiti? Oh and maybe a brief outline of what you/ the church are actually doing down there. Besides of course moving bags from one trailer to another. Why are you doing that? Where are you taking the food?
ReplyDeleteWooo!! Ya Thats my cousin! He does look good! Thanks for the pictures! Sounds like you need lots of help. The work sounds awesome though. Driving down there sounds like it could an amusement ride.
ReplyDeleteSteve, your blog is very interesting. So, where are you, anyway? And why are you there?
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