It’s 4:30 am and I’m at the dinner table with my laptop, trying to make good use of my time after being awakened an hour ago when our battery packs died. The sudden lack of fan action never fails to rouse me from sleep. I slipped on some shoes and made my way in the dark out the kitchen door up to the generator house. This morning the monster needed fuel before I could start it, and by the time I was back in bed, smelling faintly of diesel fumes, I was wide awake.So I am missing Indiana a bit at the moment (and our kids a whole lot more) but Melissa and I are back home – at least for the next week – and that’s a great place to be.We’re back home in Haiti on a special mission: to help a dear family get settled into their new home – both house and country. The Teichmers (Shawn and Jaime and their two little ones, Abigail and Keenan) knew they needed time to get settled before the school year gets started mid August, so they booked 4 flights to Haiti for July 1st. Melissa and I followed suit because we want them to get as good a start as possible. When school DOES start, Shawn will be teaching some classes and acting as principal for the junior and senior high school. Jaime will be splitting her time between kindergarten and the library.
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