Going back!

When we left Port au Prince back in January, we felt pretty good about the amount of work that got finished and the team that traveled together back then had a wonderful experience. Near the end of the trip we had word that funding was coming in for Phase II of the project and the mission felt ready to move ahead with the next step. So, here we are heading back. This time there are only four of us going. Don and I were there in January and this time we have Michael and Art joining us. As I write this I am packing the suitcases with tools and supplies for the trip. We will be installing a brand new bank of batteries at Radio Lumiere, as well as two new Inverters. This vastly updated system should allow the radio station to remain on the air for many hours during the daily power outages. Unfortunately we will be knocking the radio station off the air while we are doing the upgrade from time to time, but hopefully the local Haitian Utility will be cooperative and remain on line while we have the old inverters and batteries out of service. That is our prayer anyway, but as it happened last time there will inevitably be times when the station is off air for awhile. If all goes well at the station we will spend the second week in Boutillier at the main repeater station, installing new batteries and reconfiguring existing inverters and possibly fixing up some of the wiring issues up there. The tower at Boutillier can be seen from the radio station in Carrefour, but it is a 3500' climb and about two hours driving time to get there. We are trusting the Lord for safety and for the work to go well. We are very hopeful that the work we did in January is still in good operating condition. Our flight out of Harrisburg is at 6:35 AM tomorrow, Saturday. If everything is on schedule we touch down in Port au Prince at 1:20 PM. We will keep you posted.