i can't believe that i haven't written anything since wednesday. wow. thursday i spent picking up 24 doctors, nurses, and engineers and their 60 bags and 10 million in medication without the help of the department of health. only the grace of God gave me the words necessary to finagle the people at the airport to let every bag through without even opening one...friday i spent morning saying Masses, then trying to get half of said people out of here and into haiti. this morning i did the same and finally sent half of them into haiti - some of which were walking to thomassique and got to take this great ferry across the river which separates the two countries:
i must admit that logistics are not my strong point, and since i can't have a dominican who doesn't speak english handle all of it i get thrust into the middle of it. heck, my dad was a surface warfare officer, not a supply guy. oh well, no one has starved or been dehydrated...they will be here until friday i think...we are planning on taking the first ever motorcycle ride into thomassique on monday morning - it should be interesting....
i must admit that logistics are not my strong point, and since i can't have a dominican who doesn't speak english handle all of it i get thrust into the middle of it. heck, my dad was a surface warfare officer, not a supply guy. oh well, no one has starved or been dehydrated...they will be here until friday i think...we are planning on taking the first ever motorcycle ride into thomassique on monday morning - it should be interesting....
