First off...

We thank, with all of our hearts, the families, friends, and parishioners of Saints Peter and Paul in San Francisco for their generous donations which made this trip possible. We carried 150 pounds of supplies and gave a sizable donation to the Salesian Sisters in Haiti on behalf of all of you! Merci beaucoup!!

You may notice the lack of school supplies as you look at the classroom (tent) photos. The schools are in great need of puzzles, Legos, French storybooks, paper, posters, as well as French children's music. It is our goal to purchase what they need and send it to them to start their upcoming school year. If you would like to help us, please send your donation to:

ATTN: Haiti School Supplies
Saints Peter and Paul Pre-K
666 Filbert St.
San Francisco, CA 94133

Please make checks payable to Saints Peter and Paul Pre-K (write 'Haiti' on the memo line so we make sure it gets to the schools). Again- thank you so much!

Saturday, July 31, 2010

FLOOD!

On our second day of our visit to Haiti, we left the Salesian Provincial House in Port-au-Prince and travelled over the mountains and about 60 miles south to the town of Jacmel, where we would stay for the next couple of days. The ride, which is usually about two hours long, instead took five hours, because of the insane traffic in the city, the rain, and then a FLASH FLOOD that was about 3-4 feet deep! The nuns' driver, Phillipe (shown in the video driving the car), wanted us to get there as soon as possible so right after this video was made- he drove straight through the flood! Fortunately, we made it through with out any issues!

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