I haven't written for a while because our Hydro has been very scarse. Did you know that 'Hydro' is a Canadian term and that Americans call it 'Electricity' and never say Hydro? In Haiti they call it current. Just thought I'd share those useless facts with you.
Well, it's been quiet lately. I haven't heard of any kidnapings recently (at least not of people we know). The police are out in full force so maybe that's helping but you never really know around here. The election is the topic of discussion most days. The election day has been postponed AGAIN!! (I think that's the 4th time they've posponed it) There are still currently 35 candidates to choose from and most people are not very interested in taking part. They don't trust the government and feel that no matter who gets voted in won't be any better than it is right now. Many countries are contributing money to help make the elections fair and honest which is great but until Haitians are convinced they need to vote and take an interest in politics the money won't solve the problems that exist. There is a very low percentage of people in Haiti who actually vote.
Last weekend was a very nice for me. A couple that I met on the retreat in Jacmel called on Sat. morning and invited me to go with them to Petionville to check out the sights. It was great to get out of the house and see something other than Coram Deo. After this I went to Jenny's house and slept over. On Sunday Ysmaille and myself went for a hike and then I just hung out at Coram Deo at night time. Overall I good relaxing weekend.
Karen has been providing food for a clinic at a hospital so every day at 4:00 - 5:30 Cadeau and Samuel must accompany her. So my regular "bodygaurds" are busy every day and it's very difficult for me to leave the house which makes me feel very claustrophobic. Also Cadeau is my gym buddy so I haven't been able to go to the gym for almost 3 weeks now which is also very frustrating. Such is life in Haiti...
Okay that's all for now. Until next time we get Hydro...
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It took me a couple years of living in Canada to figure out why people were always saying Hydro.. I mean, if you are going to talk about electricity, why use a word that means "water"??? Crazy canucks...
Matt...it's because in Canada we make electricity from water. =) Oh... we could have called our electricity "carbo" for all the coal that we burn to make electricity. Or we could have called it "nucleo" for the nuclear generated electricity...but no, we chose to associate out electricity generating based on the least used method. How environmentally friendly...except for the wetlands and wildlife animal habitat that it destroys when the dams and river diversionary canals are built. =)
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