Rainy season: part two

Sak ap fe? (What's up?)

Things are going pretty good around here, but still hot as ever! The team from last week left on saturday, and I was a little sad to see them go. They were a very good team to work with, and Amber and I were glad to have them as our first team. One guy on the team, William, left me his boots to wear out to the construction site--thanks Will! After we dropped them off at the airport, we went with Scott and Janet (the missionaries who run our house on the compound) to buy groceries in P-au-P. The traffic was crazy--and that's saying a lot considering the traffic i've seen in India! It is by far the most congested city I've ever seen, with the biggest lack of organization to their traffic (but what else can you do in a developing country after a devastating earthquake?). The rest of the weekend was rather relaxed, because our team this week only consists of one man named Roy...he's a nice ol' guy.

This week, since we only have one other team member, we teamed up with Global Outreach, another relief organization on the compound, to build a few shelters up in the mountains north of P-au-P. So far things have gone pretty smoothly, and they are a good group to work with too. Today the bottom dropped out of the sky while we were working, and not for the first time in my life I found myself atop a roof working rather quickly to finish the rafters and tin roof as the monsoon hit. I rather enjoy it though, makes ya feel alive. On the way down from the mountains lightening was strking the hills around us and when we turned one corner the hillside had caught on fire! Luckily the heavier rains were right behind us and I assume the fire was put out.

So I managed to upload a few pictures--I've been trying for a couple days now. These are just a few that I've taken around the Port-au-Prince.
The first is of me and Jesse a team member from last week (you'll have to forgive his facial expression, he wasn't ready, he's actually a really nice guy). The second is quite obviously a collapsed building from the earthquake. I liked his guy on the bike in a suit, hehe. The last picture is of a tent camp that has sprung up outside of the city since the earthquake.

Well that's all for now, I hope you're all doign great back home, and God bless

Matthew ;^)