1. Her cell phone connection does not work in Haiti
2. No cell phone means no internet access for her computer. Alas, all her teaching plans were contingent upon using the internet.
3. She is safely in Trouin and called from Pere Michaud's phone.
4. The 21-day sojourn has immediately evoked a different type of response from everyone. The people seem more real, authentically living their lives.
5. Cultural differences are more apparent than in the usual 4-day format of grandiose hospitality.
6. Some of the children arrived for school at the end of September; others will arrive on the official opening date of October 6th. Many surprises in this regard.
7. The drinking water is superb!
8. This is mosquito season and they love Caroline. Unfortunately, Caroline had never encountered mosquitoes in previous trips, so she has no repellent; and she's a mosquito magnet!
9. It's far hotter than she has previously experienced. No air-conditioning.
10. Georgette continues to provide the fine cuisine Caroline was seeking.
11. The floor of the new school has not yet been completed; and the kids will stay in the temporary classrooms until it is ready.
12. Caroline taught her first class of ESL (English as a second language) in kindergarten the first morning she was there (Tuesday, October 4).
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