2nd Job 2nd Week

Today we went up to the Boutillier tower site to begin work. It involved a trip to Eko Depot for more parts. That took about 4 hours or so. We spent a solid hour in traffic on the way there. The traffic to Petionville was also very heavy, but we were all entrenched in work up there by about noon. We installed the batteries that have been delivered so far, but not all have arrived and we are hopeful to see the rest tomorrow. We installed some panels on the wall, and since EDH (Electricite deHaiti the Haitian Utility) was off line all the time we were there we were able to tie in some of the leads while they were not turned on rather than the expected need to tie them in "hot". This was a blessing. We had to leave up there by about 3:30 PM to come down as it started to rain and several of us were going to be riding in the open back of the pickup truck in the rain. We are going to leave earlier tomorrow morning and are hopeful that the time spent there will be very fruitful. The only picture I took today was of a new Muslim mosque under construction, seemingly a very new thing in Haiti.