lessons

The past few days have been far more lowkey. The team I arrived in Haiti with left Saturday morning, Clayton went back to the States for a week and half, and Chris pretty much lives at the CTU (Cholera Treatment Unit). Kyle is therefore my source of sanity! I still don't understand enough Creole to understand what is going on around me.

Yesterday was a long day. We opened the clinic in the morning, managed to fit in a nap, and then went to the CTU for six hours. We met a team with Doctors Without Borders, who set up the Unit and plans to help out in various ways as they track Cholera here. We've been promised a care package by the end of the week. I requested peanut butter :). The CTU will make you feel a little trapped after a while. Walking out when our shift was over at 8:00 was a wonderful feeling! We went back to the clinic to find working internet, for which I am thankful. It allowed me time to catch up with friends (...and rot my brain on facebook for a bit).

A massive to do list saved the day yesterday.

With so much to do, it felt wonderful to be able to

cross off what we accomplished. One step at a time.

I'll go ahead and admit I'm a little homesick today. I think being sick adds to the feeling. I'm simply drained of energy and out of coughdrops!

Thoughts of the day:

1. It didn't take long to realize the necessity of going with the flow in Haiti. Very little goes as planned, and that's okay. My time here will teach me patience.

2. I am spoiled. From owning a car to having heat and water... I take so much for granted back home. These are things we come to expect in the States, when here, they are luxuries. The other day, Kyle and I spent a good part of the morning just trying to pump more water. We ran out of water and we ran out of electricity. I've never had to conserve water the way I do now.


3. My time here will teach me to depend less on myself on more on God.


I've been in Haiti 11 days.
Haiti is already teaching and changing me.

Love, Janae