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I think I may be moving to the Dominican Republic... I love it there.  Except for the small problem of not speaking Spanish, and not being able to communicate at all...   It has all the good things about Haiti, great temperature, palm trees, ocean and beaches with the added bonus of lots if great stores with even better prices!  It was worth the 13 hour drive (we had a 4 hour delay at the border - it was market day)
To put it mildly, I had a great time away this past weekend.  I don't want to bore you with lots of pictures of the amazing resort, partly because I didn't reallly take any pictures.  I was so busy relaxing that I forgot to take pictures...
Our speaker was Rev. Paul Mpindi, the French Team Leader of the Back to God Hour. He spoke about Spiritual Power, he really challenged us and gave us lots to think about and work on. 
The resort was great, I ate too much, lazed around the pool and walked along the beach.  Some more adventerous people went to visit a cave in the area (I choose to relax by the pool some more).  It was neat to meet some people who live and work in the DR and get to know some poeple from Haiti a bit better.
We didn't check the internet all weekend so when we arrived at the Ministry Centre in Santo Domingo, we all whipped out our computers and plugged into the "world" once again.  We heard about the elections and decided it was safe enough to return to PAP.  The trip home went well with almost no wait at the border.  We saw the residue of left over burning tires on the road but didn't see any riots, although we took a longer route home as we heard some areas were still having problems.
It's Tuesday morning, the school is open and about 30 students are present.  Many other schools are still closed, the government hasn't officially closed anything today but poeple are still afraid and many stayed home. Many taptap drivers also stayed home creating difficulties for people to find transportation.  We'll take each day as it comes and decide whether to keep the school open or close it.