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Hello again,

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Things are great here. Yesterday was spent working on construction and admin. tasks once again. In the later afternoon it started to rain rather hard. The thunder was incredibly loud. Thankfully the storm didn't scare Dublin, rather, it made him laugh! While the rain storms since we've been here have been relatively short, this one was not. It lasted until quite late into the evening. We couldn't help but think of all the people trying to stay dry in their tents and tarps. It's overwhelming to consider how difficult it must be to stay dry in such torrential rain.

We lost city power in the early afternoon and didn't get it back until this morning, and then our inverter ran out...needless to say, it was a very warm night. All three of us spent it tossing and turning and we finally decided to get up at 5:00 this morning. Again though, we couldn't help but think of those who are trying to dry their shelters today; it certainly makes our "rough night" seem a little less rough.

I should mention that we've seen some "wild life" since we've been here....3 cockroaches, 2 giant bat-like butterflies that I ran away from, many chickens and roosters, several goats, some cows, horses, and a bunch of dead fish...which tasted very good (Chad ate a fish head - gross). We had goat for dinner tonight but I've been informed that it wasn't one of the goats that resides at Haiti Arise!

Most of the day today was spent working away but late this afternoon we headed down to the beach for a couple of hours. We hadn't been down to the beach since we've been here so it was a nice treat, and the water provided a great reprieve from the heat. While it was clouded over, the water was really warm and Dublin LOVED it. On our drive we saw some of the homes that were destroyed by the earthquake in the Grand Goave region. I'll post some pics tonight.

Anyway, I guess that's about it. Things continue to go great down here and we are still feeling healthy. Thanks again for all your encouragement and prayers!

Chad, Kelly & Dublin