Day 3 - Haiti

We finally made it here! We were up early again and at the airport by 7. We had to wait for our pilots and help load and unload the planes. We had to split up into two groups to get there. Not all of our bags would be coming on a third plane, hopefully. We had to try to pick out what we thought we would need the most.
It was an amazing day to fly. One plane was able to fly directly from Nassau to Cap Hatien, where we all had to clear customs. The plane I was on was smaller and we had to make a fuel stop in Great Inagua island before heading to Cap Hatien.
I had heard that Haiti was a beautiful country, but the view from the plane was breathtaking! Beautiful mountians tower over the coast. The view of Cap Hatien was amazing, there did not appear to be much damage, but the extent of poverty was amazing.

There we were met by UN officials who wanted to know what type of medical professionals we were and where we were headed. We cleared customs without any problems and were able to head to Les Cayes (Prounounced Lekai).
The flight over hati was amazing, more mountianous than I expected. We flew over isl de la guanave, were there are over 150,000 people that got all their supplies from PoP, bit have been without anything for 2 weeks. The pilots said when they land there the planes get swarmed by people looking for food. They say this is the unknown disaster!

Les cayes is the 3rd largest town in Haiti. It sits on the southern coast and looks idealic from the sky. We were met by father mark and our team was reunited. We headed to town to check out the hospitals. The drive into town was an eye opener for all of us! The extent of the poverty is worse than I have ever seen! The hospitals didn't appear overwhelmed, but they did seem busy. Looks like we will be working at the general hospital in Les Cayes starting tomorrow morning.





We then headed to the ESPWA orphanage, wow! What a great place! The guest house where we are staying is amazing. We had a great meal and had our first patient. A 3 yearold with a prolapsed rectum. Had to look that one up on Internet but Ron got it reduced! We taped the kids butt cheeks together and hope it stays!












Some of the teenage boys sang us a few songs they wrote, kids were good! We all decided to turn in early for what we hope is a busy day tomorrow.