Submitted by jan.davis on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 14:31
Today was a "limbo" day -- an unpanned planning day. A well known and liked local business man was murdered and robbed as he was closing his shop on New Year's Eve in Les Cayes. So, as a sign of respect, all of the banks, schools and businesses were closed yesterday and today. It gave us a good chunk of time to sort out what we're able to do. We're being cautious because there is a more general mistrust of blans. For example, there's a preposterous rumor now floating around that Americans caused the earthquake by trying to dig a tunnel from Florida to Haiti.
Submitted by jan.davis on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 15:07
[singlepic id=15 w=320 h=240 float=left]This morning we went over to the Les Cayes soccer field where refugees are being housed in tents. Many of the tents are Boy Scout tents and the Haitian Boy Scouts are there in uniform helping out.
Submitted by jan.davis on Sun, 01/17/2010 - 09:10
We arrived at the airport an hour and a half early because we began to hear planes. At the airport we saw one plane take off with 2 people, then a fancy private jet with 5 people who may have been Cuban. A Brazilian plane came in to pick up a construction crew. We were supposed to leave between 1 and 2; it's 2:10 now and blans are arriving.
Paul said he thought we'd be taken to the DR or Turks and Caicos. The people here say we're going to Cap Haitian. We each packed just our backpacks. Now we wait.
Submitted by jan.davis on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 10:31
As I watch the sun rise and listen to the perpetual crowing of roosters I'm wondering what today will bring. Morning clouds are coming in but they'll probably be gone by 10:00. No electricity; that's been the pattern in the mornings. It will probably come on in the afternoon.
Tuesday was the earthquake. Wednesday was a day for listening and finding out the status of things. Thursday was when people started to mobilize. On Friday we were able to add more information to what we knew.
Submitted by jan.davis on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 09:12
Last night I had phone service to write emails on my Blackberry though not to make phone calls. My BB is using digicel through ATT; Greyson is using her iPod Touch and has been able to text internationally successfully since yesterday morning; she's connected to Voila through ATT. We don't know why we're both accessing different providers, but who cares as long as it works. Phone connections are mostly not working either in or out of the country.
Updates about people: Pastor Guy has been found alive. Still haven't heard from Carli about his search.
Submitted by jan.davis on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 17:17
This is the second day after the earthquake; there haven't been any significant aftershocks here in Cayes though I thought I heard one (gate rattling) in the middle of the night and jumped up calling Greyson's name. It may only have been a large truck going by on the dirt road in front of the house.
We all decided to sleep inside last night, but in front rooms. We still don't trust the cracked kitchen wall.
Submitted by jan.davis on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 07:34
Greyson and I are fine. We arrived in Les Cayes about 20 minutes after the 7.0 earthquake hit PAP, around 4:30 or so. We didn't know anything about it. There was no electricity at the house and Amoce told us why but we thought he was kidding.
As we sat down to eat the electricity came back on. There isn't much damage in Cayes from what we're hearing; a building by the mapou tree down in the city. However we are experiencing aftershocks which are pretty spooky.
Submitted by jan.davis on Sat, 11/08/2008 - 01:19
We have returned from Haiti safely, and for the most part, healthy. Paul and Jan arrived about midnight last Saturday night; the rest of the team (Dr. Don, Dr. Mark, Dr. Matt, Greyson, John Burnett, and John & Lynda DuBois) arrived home about 2 a.m. last Friday morning. Dr. Don returned with a bit of pneumonia but is recovered pretty well from it; an injection of antibiotics in Haiti helped a lot.
Submitted by jan.davis on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 17:53
There were manifestations (riots) in Les Cayes today, protesting the price of food and basic commodities. Ten pounds of rice now costs $40 USD, a gallon of oil is over $10. Considering the average daily wage is less than $2 USD, it's easy to understand how desperate the people feel. The manifestations were reportedly small, and mostly in the slum area of La Savane (not near the university), and no reported loss of life, however all of the shops and markets are closed.
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