Haiti is only memories now. It flew by. The last few weeks there were quieter, but hardly uneventful. Our truck got stuck on a rock in the middle of a river, we visited another team nearby, we got to serve as hosts to some Americans that had two cars break down on them as they were trying to get to Port-Au-Prince, I got sick, then better than ever, and the team finished around 65 houses for the month.
While in Haiti, I was feeling pretty sick for a couple of days, so I decided to go to the doctor to make sure what I was feeling was not something serious. The only clinic in town was a free clinic that was run by the Cuban government. The doctors there speak Spanish and a limited amount of Creole, so I had to take Jefft (Jeff-tay), one of our main contacts with me. We arrived there around 9 in the morning and there were literally hundreds of people waiting to see the doctors. It was a sad sight to see so many people in pain. Jefft said that we should just come back later, so we came back at 4 or so and I walked straight into a doctors office.
The doctor looked around my age if that so it was a bit scary at first, but aside from the language barrier it was just like going to the doctor at home. He said I had a respiratory infection and prescribed some antibiotics, which the mission had, so I got a free doctor visit and free medication. After maybe 12 hours on the antibiotics I started to feel greatly better, and now I feel as good as I have since I left the states.
I really loved my time there, and the last weeks we started to have some of the Haitians we were teaching English over to the beach to hang out. We talked, sung songs, and had great times. The hardest part of leaving Haiti for me was saying goodbye to them. A few of them even rode the bus with us to the airport.
As great as Haiti was I did miss a few things that I have been able to have since leaving. I had a burger and cold coke at JFK airport. Last night I got my first hot shower in two months and that was the icing on the cake for me loving Ireland. It is great to be able to walk down the streets and night, be able to talk with people, eat at restaurants and the tap water is potable!
I am loving it here, but I think that may start to be a theme as I travel the world. Next week we will be traveling to Romania, but I’m not sure where or what we will be doing yet.
