I just got a call from Howard & Tammie. They are all fine. They were using someone's AT&T phone in the group (Vickie's) and said that today is the last day it will be free. They're going to try to figure something else out phone-wise. Tammie & Sarah have borrowed someone's computer and that's working. Howard hasn't been able to get his laptop online, but he thinks he will be able to now that he has some time to work on it.
Tammie wanted to hang up to call Blake, but we figured out that he'd probably be in gospel meeting. Hopefully she can later!
Howard has written a post for his blog and has taken lots of pictures, so Scott or I will get those on his blog and emailed out, as soon as he sends them to us.
Dan Henry (one of our missionaries who has been in Haiti for a number of years) took Howard, Tammie, Sarah, Nick, Bruce, and Vickie to Sunday morning fellowship meeting with our Haitian friends this morning. After that he took them to the home where some other Haitian friends had also gathered for their morning meeting. There they met Dan's nephews and lots of others.
Tammie said she got cold last night and got up and put more clothes on. But during the day it's hot, and in meeting this morning it was REALLY hot!
It sounds like they have their own little sleeping tents inside of a big huge tent. It was very noisy on the phone because of the background noise there, and I had trouble hearing them and they me.
They're all tired. Maybe they can get caught up on some sleep tonight!
None of this is earth-shattering news (there's been enough of that, lately!), but it's just good to hear SOMETHING! Beth also heard from Nick, so we'll post that shortly as well.
Marilyn
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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I'm very anxious to hear about the phone/internet situation as it is something I'll want to look into before our trip in (hopefully) October! Anxiously awaiting updates all around!
ReplyDeleteI think Haiti uses GSM (like most of the rest of the world). Who's your carrier here? If it's AT&T or T-Mobile (GSM), you should take your phone, and you may be able to just get a prepaid SIM card with a local number. If you're Verizon or Sprint (CDMA) you're probably better off getting a new (prepaid) GSM phone. (I bought one for $30 at Best Buy when my iPhone broke.)
ReplyDeleteAlways nice to hear our families voices from far away, and so thankful that our Heavenly Father's voice is always near.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, Scott! I'm Verizon, so we'll see. Think my traveling partner has a phone that will work, too. We'll see!
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