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February 4, 2016 Our days have been very full with a variety of activities. With the help of Cecile (a nurse practitioner that traveled with us and donated a month of her time) we have distributed several Days for Girls kits to young ladies at two of our schools. These kits are reusable pads for the girls’ monthly menstruation. The girls presently use cloth and because of the undependability of leakage often miss school during their cycle. A group of women in Michigan are busy producing many of these kits for us. Along with training the girls how to use

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"I just got back from "Star Wars", and went by "Toy\’s R Us" where I got my new star cruiser".

When your kids are complaining about doing chores, like carrying water on their heads, build them something useful. Like a water wheel barrow, No wheel, no problem. Just use an old moto sprocket that\’s laying around. This idea is catching on. Several young boys in our "neighborhood" are know sporting this latest gadget!

Good news. Hospital Corporation of America has just added us to their list of charities that they will match employees donations! We have attempted to be included with other companies in the past but have been unsuccesful. We have learned much about the process, so any of you who have asked about your employer in the past, please contact us. We will contact your employer and resubmit our request. Thank all of you for your generous support. We promise you that we are working diligently with your donations to bring hope and change to the people of Riviere Mancelle, Haiti.

Update on Sleepless nights. After the woman, Mariana, rejected our offer to drive her to Port au Prince, she came back to request help, after it was too late in the day to travel. At 4:00 the next morning the family found other transportation to a different hospital located in Mirebalais. This is a very good hospital, but did not have the specialist Mariana needed. Denise and Anita, an American friend and co-worker, had researched where Mariana would be able to get the care she needed. Mariana went to the hospital and died the following morning. We have seen the

Neat little project. We have started teaching a practical way to make string from discarded plastic drink bottles. All you need is a razor blade, 6 washers, 2 screws and a board to mount them on.

We just received stamps for APWOKAPRIM and The Fr. Jim Agriculture Center. Makes all of our communications "Official"!

First Week January 20, 2016 This trip started out with problems from the beginning. The plane in Nashville was delayed an hour because it had to be deiced. Arriving in Miami just as our connecting flight to Port Au Prince was leaving. Mimi airport is so large that you need to take a train to reach the different gates. We were told to go to our gate and our plane had just left ( this is gate D 24). At the gate they told us to go to gate D 37 to change our reservations. So back upstairs with all