It seems a 10 day cycle it is for now... So much going on and so much is good. My team was FANTASTIC and the training was a big success. There are always those who are more engaged and that so makes all the rest worthwhile. I love doing training and then practice what we learn, it really drives the lessons home. This has supposed to have been a week of rest. It has been an up and down week. I am still fighting with the insurance company about paying on my truck wheels. Seems like because I had to buy some things on the street they don't want to pay. It will save them so much money. Sometimes 'procedure and protocol' are for the birds. I did rest some so that has been nice. I have some computer work that MUST get done and I was going to go hide and do it and so far that hasn't happended. I did however get to give an impromptu training (overnight notice)for some of the people Rhoda is working with. It was VERY basic but sparked MUCH discussion - my half hour talk turned into and hour and a half :). Then I got to meet some more of Rhoda's connections who wanted some info on goats. An amazing family doing amazing things in Haiti. I have been working on the fish pond! I have photos which I will post tomorrow. I hope to have it all set and ready to go before Monday. I wish I would have taken a photo but Ronald and I had a swim while I was putting in the filter. He thinks the air bubbles are making it boil and it will burn him so he didn't want to get in. I turned them off and he was ok. Then I let him put some stinky weeds in so he won't want to get back in the water. I have it fenced off but still I don't want him near it. He is talking so good! Some English and he is jabbering away in Creole asking questions talking on the phone etc. Too cute! I have been reading about grace and thankfulness in all things and it is easy to do in the good times and there have even been some rough times the past little bit and it was hard but I said thanks. Today though I ran into someone/thing that just leaves me scratching my head as to why. She is 77 and has stage 4 breast cancer. They removed 1/2 her breast in December and said that if they took it all off she would die. Now it is ulcerated, bleeding and hard as a rock. Her arm likewise is huge and hard as a rock. She can't lift her arm. The doctors here told her to go home and die and gave her Tylenol for pain. I just don't get it...Medical care here is not the best but...common sense would tell you that the goal is to relieve some of her suffering. Her family found some tramadol and that is helping with the pain for now but not the superficial skin infection or the pus coming from under her arm. Why is wound care so difficult??? Not only am I struggling with the medical system here but a little bit with God. Why??? I know there is supposed to be good in all things but this is a hard one to find it in. This woman's mind is sharp and she understands what is happening and is helpless to do anything. Her family is caring for her and have found some stronger pain meds (tramadol) but they are afraid to touch her. And that is what she needs, not just to clean her wound but to sit with her and hug her and love on her despite the smell of rotting flesh. I went to one hospital today where the 'white people' are and they said to bring her in for a consult. I called the fmaily and when I told them where they said she had already spent 2 days as an inpatient there and they could operate on her but it would be $8K US. That is like asking for the moon! Uggh! I care too much. I am glad I do but it makes me want to scream at God at the same time WHY? WHY? Why? I know many think there are problems with health care in the US but trust me even the worst sceneario you can imagine is better than what this lady is going through. My heart is breaking once again...