Haiti Jan. 13, 2013

The Great Lord made a way for me to get to my favorite church thus far out here, Port au Prince Fellowship for free when I was going to pay for a taptap. Pastor John who manages Heartline Ministries over the guesthouse I’m staying at called and said it is okay for Pierre to take me to church. We got to church late, but it was a good service. There are two Pastor John’s, one I knew from previous missions and I got to meet the other one from Australia. This is a church I’d like to partner with for mobile clinics in the future and I had the chance to discuss this with him, he advised that I speak with Pastor John of Heartline Ministries which I plan do as he is the program director. After getting back to the hospital we made arrangements to go to the beach for the afternoon, we agreed on $1500 gourdes for gas. I wanted to go to a beach in the North as these are nice with sand and I’d gone before and snorkeled. We ended up going to a few different beaches in the South part of the island before we settled on one as these were closer in to the city. These weren’t as elaborate as the ones we saw didn’t have sand and have areas on the gravel areas where people play games, sports or other activities. The beach we went in cost $75 gourdes per person to enter. There is loud music playing, I recognized American R&B or hip hop music playing. A number of the Haitian doctors went with us and it was fun to take a time out and enjoy hanging out in the ocean. After we left the beach we headed to a Haitian restaurant on the roadside on the way back to the city. $1000 gourdes was enough for everyone to have a plate of rice and beans, chicken and salad with a coleslaw consistency. We headed back to town and while driving through saw music performances through the downtown area by the National Palace. We eventually made it back to the hospital and I got dropped off at the guesthouse.