Thursday Dec 9, 2010

Monday the team gave out food to the "old people" before going over to paint the last permanent home in the village. David and I took Mark to the airport before going to pick up supplies for the next couple of weeks. Tuesday the team was able to get to airport to fly back to WI and David spent the next several hours looking for parts needed to hook up a new fuel tanker that we purchased a couple of weeks ago. We have to have more fuel storage on the property and a tanker seemed the easiest way to do this. The results for the presidential elections were announced Tuesday evening late. Most of the people were not happy with the results so since Tuesday evening very few vehicles have moved in the country. Lots of manifestations, burning tires, burning vehilces and road blocks in the most of the country. We are fine where we are and can move about 5 or 6 miles north and south if needed but NO public transportation is moving. Five of our staff can't get to work as they live in closer to town. The president announced last night that there had been an error in the count but don't know what that will mean to the people or the difference it will make. This is the second day of total shutdown for the country. Pray that rational minds will prevail and soon people can get back to work, the stores can open, the banks can open, schools can open and the airport can function again. No one is moving in or out of the country. PTL! our team was able to leave on Tuesday. We hear that over 700 people are stuck in Miami because AA can't fly in here.