First of all, thank you for all of your support. I feel that saying thank you can't even begin to express the way I feel about the outpouring of help I see coming in to assist us. And yet there is still much I don’t see. I could have continued working in Haiti and would’ve been happy even though no one knew I was there. Of course I'd be really happy to not have had this disappointing chain of events even take place. It saddens me that MMRC's mission has been put on the back burner during this time, knowing our team is not out there concentrating on saving lives and that lives are lost rather than … [Read more...]

It has been an insane week. Started with setting up the MMRC cholera team and Open Hands crew over to Cholera Island*. That was a task.  We had everyone coming in at once and not all could make the first UN flight.  The next day all UN flights were grounded due to elections.  We were told about a ferry in St. Marcs they could take.  Pulling out of the Pound it was 70mph through Bel-Air and Cite Soleil and 85mph or so from there. We managed to find a closer port with a ferry. What a shit show that was. I think the Open Hands team might be a Christian group and unfortunately Junior and I had a pretty … [Read more...]

Small Break In NYC I recently took a 9 day break from Haiti; my first in almost 3 months. It wasn’t really a break but I did do my best to turn every meeting into a meal or at least some form of entertainment. BP was on top of it and made sure, without question, food would be involved with every planned event. Good look 'n out for me Brother. AND, I took advantage of every opportunity to take a hot shower – impossible to come by in Haiti. The freezing cold played a huge part in needing to bring this shocked body of mine’s core temperature to something I could deal with. I got in a day of paintball … [Read more...]

Well, it would seem having a 2:00pm flight, I would be packed and ready to go. You would also think, considering the short time left to get projects to a point I can leave the boys with, I would NOT take on any new ones. Wrong! Through calls, emails and some chats; we have taken on a few more. Also, through connections here on the ground, we have assisted a few new clinics and people in serious need of help. We took in a passer-through and now have a new volunteer. So that said, I am sitting here at midnight, writing this. Up since 4:30 a.m. and on the road, off-road from 8 until an hour ago. I have not showered … [Read more...]

Rolling into month 9 here in Haiti. Over the last few weeks weather has been a real challenge. Days and days of steady rain and just all around crappy weather. One storm erupted from nowhere and went from 0 to 100 in a matter of seconds. From the Pound we watched as tents up and down our street were sent into the air in shreds, metal roofs rolled back like banana peels,the roads turned into rivers, trees all over the streets taking out power everywhere. Traffic was backed up and at a dead stop miles any direction you went. A total mess. Thank God for the last two wonderful days. Did we ever need it. Junior's … [Read more...]