Internet can be a hard thing to come by in PAP. Right now we are at a restaurant in Petion-ville called Muncheez, eating pizza and french fries...So on Monday, we all went to work in the clinic I mentioned, which was set up in a church that has been under construction since before the earthquake. It's really beautiful and neat and I wish I had taken some pictures. We saw about 85 people that day, we joined the group that was already working there (a doctor and nurse from Brazil) and together seemed to be pretty efficient.

On Tuesday, Jeanne and I didn't go to the clinic because we were down a translator, so there would have been 1 translator and 5 nurses. It just didn't seem very efficient so Heather and Lauren went instead. Jeanne and I helped with some organizing and distributing supplies instead. Big Paul left for Miami yesterday, for a much needed break. He'll be back Saturday. So we've been trying to get organized in terms of what we need to accomplish this week. Lauren leaves Friday, and Heather leaves in a week. Today we visited three orphanages: Orphanage #1: someone referred us to this orphanage because a lot of the kids have some sort of fungal skin infection. We also dropped off some food and plan to go back soon with medicines and some mattresses. Orphanage #2: the orphanage mentioned in Paul's blog with the nuns. We dropped in to bring them food as well and to check on everyone. A lot of the girls had really distended bellies so we think they might all have parasitic infections. Orphanage #3: It's called Kola, and the two Pauls have had ties with them for a while. Little Paul built them some great house-like structures in their yard, and the kids are adorable. If I got to upload pictures, the pictures with the kids are from Kola. They run up to the gate and all want to hug and kiss you and find out your name. They love to be held and have their pictures taken too.

Other than that, we have all been doing a lot of organizing supplies. It rains here every afternoon and into the evening. I'm covered in bug bites, and it seems like no matter how much bug spray I put on they're still everywhere. Thanks for all the personal emails, please know that if it takes me a while to respond it's only because my Blackberry might give me carpel tunnel. But all the correspondence means a lot. Will check in again soon.

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