Cross posted from the work blog: This will be a quick update, because I suspect that I would be asleep long before I could even summarize our entire trip. We’re in the ‘Blanchard’ or ‘Terre Noir’ neighborhood, perhaps a mile north of Cite Soleil –…
We’re safely in the Dominican Republic, happily nestled in the Marriott hotel. The rest of our team is arriving sometime tonight. We’re meeting them at 7am in the lobby. Hoo-ah. I felt like I was in the company of heroes on the plane today. There…
Cross posted from my work blog. I write this from JFK airport in New York, having successfully gotten out of the house at 5am carrying four duffel bags containing just under 200lbs of (mostly) donated supplies. Our clothing and personal gear are in our carry…
In something less than five hours, a cab will show up (hopefully) to take us to the airport. From there we proceed to JFK, and thence to the island resort town of SDQ (Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic). I have told various folks in…
Well, the rubber is hitting the road already on this trip. We’ve got more donations than we can take directly. Apparently for international flights, you’re allowed two pieces of checked luggage. Nobody on the Jetblue support lines could do anything to alter or modify that.…
A positive post, not about Haiti. One of the groups with whom I work just published a paper. It’s interesting in that it may be the first paper to describe the whole genome sequencing and analysis of an entire genus. Maybe. Or not. I can’t…
I’m getting a lot of offers of support. You humble me. Here’s the deal: First: Thank you. Second: This is both a sprint and a marathon. While we’re going down to bandage wounds and set bones, this must be a much longer term project. I…
One additional thing, in a smaller package: To all of you who have, both with words and deeds, offered support to Jen and I: Thank you.
I just bought tickets to go to the Dominican Republic on Friday the 29th. On Saturday, we intend to go overland via hired vehicle to the border crossing with Haiti. Hopefully, the Family Health Ministries van will meet us there and take us to the…
Look at this. It’s not far away. This is an hour by plane from Miami – and it’s happening now. They are not unknown people. That’s the town where I was helping, in my very, very small way, to built a hospital. That nascent hospital…