Things are looking up...

Well my sunrise for hope seemed to have worked!!! The team feels revived despite the daunting task ahead of us! Last night was Megan's birthday and we had a good celebration that definately brought all of our spirits up. This morning was a sleep in day, despite the fact that I was up at dawn anyway! The peace and quiet was definately nice though!!

This morning while waiting for our ride at the hotel we saw our good friends the United Nations drive by with some of their troops in the back of the jeep with their guns at the ready. I have to say that was an unnerving sight. So I took out my trusty UN planner and read about the UN mission to Haiti. MINUSTAH: UN stabilization mission in Haiti began in June 2004 and they are visible down here. We see UN trucks everyday, and with the exeption of the 1st day we drove in here and saw some UN troops at the border of one of the localities, today was the first time I'd seen some so poised for action.

It was very interesting. Now, no worries here, there are no rumors of violence or anything here and we are with people who know what is going on at all times.

We are preparing to leave for lunch, to go to the same restaurant we go to everyday. The waitress loves us there...she thinks we are hysterical and loves to chat with us either with our broken creole or through the 2 girls who know it well! Today I'm looking forward to it!