... "Blessed are the flexible for they shall not get bent out of shape"...
True enough... Dads and Loretta were planning to fly out today, but due to the riots in Port, American Airlines cancelled all flights yesterday and today... They're on schedule to fly out on Saturday, and we hope and pray that by then the airlines are flying again. Lor is going home to spend nearly 3 months with her family, so she's really anxious to get there after being gone since March...
The riots are due to a foul presidential election, the people say. Port-au-Prince was completely shut down yesterday, they tell me that not even motos were on the streets. There were a lot of tire burnings and people throwing rocks... I had to wonder how the people with cholera are faring if the capital is shut down like that...
We've been having rain all day today and that is unusual for December, but it has definitely has worked to put a damper on the tire burnings out there... We also heard that they're planning to recount the votes, and have the candidates and other international observers there to watch, so we really hope that things calm down again soon...
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