By now our Mission Team has arrived in Haiti and become settled into the daily routine.
I’m sure I’ve already sweated through numerous t-shirts and mistakingly drank Haitian water.
No doubt, the Immodium AD that I packed away has already been sought-after and taken atleast once. I’m hoping that all of our luggage made it to the island and is in-tact.
We’re staying on the island of La Gonave throughout the week – mostly interacting with Cory & Kris Thede – medical missionaries serving at the island hospital.
Gonâve Island (French: ÃŽle de la Gonâve) is an island of Haiti located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve (18°50′N 73°05′W). The island is an arrondissement in the Ouest Department and includes the communes of Anse-à -Galets and Pointe-à -Raquette. Made up of mostly limestone, the reef-fringed island of Gonâve is 60 km (37 miles) long and 15 km (9 miles) wide and covers an area of 743 km² (287 sq. miles). The island is mostly barren and hilly with the highest point reaching 778 meters (2552 feet). The island gets anywhere from 800mm to 1600mm of rain a year, higher areas representing the latter figure. Issues of overgrazing and water resource overexploitation affect the island’s approximately 100,000 residents. The island was once used as a base for pirates.
(from Wikipedia)
