Quick update

I was planning on putting a whole bunch of photos of everybody up, but the internet is really really slow, so a quick update will have to do!

We leave Petit Trou tomorrow. The trip was a success, and everyone here seems very grateful. Lauri's art therapy session on Saturday morning was great, and the teachers say they'll do it every Friday with the kids. Today we got to take the day off and went swimming in the ocean, drank coconut juice out of a macheted coconut and ate mangos right from the tree.

Our drivers came up today and will spend the night here so we can leave early- it's about a 6 hour drive to Port-au-Prince from Petit Trou. To get back and forth, you have to drive over a river which can vary greatly in depth. It's the rainy season- although not a lot of rain since we've been in Petit Trou- but the river has been causing difficulties. When our friends from Mercy Corps left, the river was high enough that it flooded their truck. They sat on the side of the road for a few hours but luckily the truck did start up again. It's not great to be stuck there because there are bandits, one of the reasons the drivers drive so fast. We were pretty concerned that they were stuck on the side of the road in a shiny new SUV that didn't work; unfortunately it's several hours to get to the river so there wasn't much we could do. But it worked out and we know they are home. On the way up here, our drivers also had difficulty, so here's hoping tomorrow will go easily!

-Mike.