Fernweh

Quite proud – we decorated tables for a pre-school and they turned out so pretty! # Powered by Twitter Tools

I hope I’m not too late, but if someone from the new rotation reads this, I’d be incredibly grateful for a multipack of tissues! I’ve had a cold for a couple of weeks now, going through pretty much every pack of tissues in the compound, and the convenience store does not sell them, much to [...]

Normalcy has returned, although nights are cooler now. Going to pay tuition for little Jeff from the camps today – thanks to you, guys! # Powered by Twitter Tools

Normalcy has returned, although nights are cooler now. Going to pay tuition for little Jeff from the camps today – thanks to you, guys! # Powered by Twitter Tools

[Deutsch unten] 8 November, 5pm As we had hoped, the hurricane didn’t hit us directly, only bringing us strong gusts of winds and rain but not doing any damage to our house except for a bit of leakage. And while our neighbours in the camps got soaked through, at least their tents remained standing, and [...]

[Deutsch unten] 8 November, 5pm As we had hoped, the hurricane didn’t hit us directly, only bringing us strong gusts of winds and rain but not doing any damage to our house except for a bit of leakage. And while our neighbours in the camps got soaked through, at least their tents remained standing, and [...]

Sunday at Cap Lamandou – managed to upload more photos (reducing the size does the trick nicely): http://bit.ly/cINR3K #fb # Powered by Twitter Tools

Survived the storm in good shape – it could have been much worse. Most tents are still standing, people just got very, very wet. # Powered by Twitter Tools

[Deutsch unten] 4 November, 7am Last we heard, the hurricane was changing course and might not hit us at all, so that the gusts of wind we’ve been experiencing since last night might be the worst we’ll get here. Still, we’re prepared – they’re boarding up the windows right now, and we have plenty of [...]

[Deutsch unten] 1 November, 12pm Saturday Amber, Mary, Kris, James, Mike, myself and Junior decided to take a boat across Jacmel bay to La Baguette, a beach that had been recommended. Kris also invited Flore, a 15-year-old Haitian girl she got to know, to come along on the excursion. However, instead of the white sand [...]