It is a hot muggy afternoon here. I hear parts of US are getting yet another snowstorm. Have not heard if Ontario has had any wintry weather since I left.

This morning we were up before dawn and left for church in Cite Soleil at 6AM. The church was full and service was joyful and very moving. Felt like I was back in Africa so I was quite at home. I was reminded as the folk lifted their hands in praise and as the children played and sang, that most if not all had lost someone in the quake. The wall around the church is broken down and there were cracks in the wall but structurally it is safe by Haitian standards at least.

The 3 new American medical folk have arrived and the mix is very different. Our team is quite a lot smaller so we will see fewer folk per day  this week. Our actual work hours are from about 8 to 3PM,but then there is clean-up and packing the van to return to  base.  Then some days we have to fight traffic and go to the UN health cluster meetings where many NGO's doing health care meet to get updates and share information. Driving through the city is interesting to say the least. We then get back to base about 5.