I am on my way back to Haiti...

     I am on my way back to Haiti to help out at the clinic for about 5 weeks. With the current situation near Port-au-Prince with the Christian Aid Ministries missionaries and the kidnapping, it didn't seem wise or safe to fly into Port right now. I flew into Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic today. Lacey and her little girl are flying in tomorrow and then on Tuesday we will go together via bus to the Haiti border in Jimani and someone will pick us up there. We are spending night in  the "Colonial Zone" area in Santo Domingo. It is a neat little hotel - more like a bed and breakfast- with only a few rooms. A few blocks away there is shopping available and numerous places to eat- all the way from a little empanada restaurant to much more elegant dining experiences further down the street. I wandered around the little shops for a while this afternoon, then got an excellent chicken and cheese empanada and some ice cream for supper. I will probably crash early tonight as it was quite an early morning this morning. We left my house at 2:30 am... more later.