Ignite Church Missions trip to Haiti: 12 March 2010: Day Five

The mosquito bites on my feet and legs seem to be undergoing a peculiar reaction. Everyone is convinced this is an infection of some sort, but I've seen this before when we went to Guatemala, so I'm not as worried as they are.

At Greater Works, it's similar work to what we've been doing, but this time we are on what was the roof with the other workers. We get a lot of work done despite the heat and lack of proper amounts of sleep, food and water. For lunch, we have Haitian spaghetti and it wasn't that bad.

For the next while, we hang out with the girls and play some basketball. There is a tarp set up for shade purposes that gets in the way of the shots.

For some reason, Bernard sent a semi-truck to pick us up as opposed to the SUV. (I say he sent it because every day we've been here, Bernard has spent the day at "who-knows-where".) It's not a comfy ride, but we're not cramped next to each other. After driving for a bit, we notice another white person in the vehicle behind us (being a minority now, we both wave at each other. It is then noticed that this person is wearing scrubs. Now Karen takes it upon herself to write "Doctor?" on a magazine and displays it. When the doctor replies in the affirmative, I reluctantly display my foot for him to see. There is a look of surprise on his face before he motions for us to pull over. We introduce each other and it is found out that he is actually a French, Jehovah's Witness and with other doctors who are in Haiti to ply their trade in order to help. They inform me that the mosquito bite is an allergic reaction and not an infection. They give me some medical cream for the bites and another one for the sunburn on my shoulders.