Monday, November 30th: Preparing to leave, but then spending
the night in Ft. Lauderdale.
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Jim and Barry, getting
on board

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An unexpected
day at the beach in Ft. L.

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First
team photo - on the beach Barry is the photographer

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Dining
at the Cafe Del Mar

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Tuesday, December 1st: Preparing to leave again ...
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Back
at the Lynx Air lobby

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On the
ground at Cap Haitien

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First
view of Cap Haitien traffic

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A view
along the road to Rick's

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Dinner
at Cafe del Rick's (thanks Telin)

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Getting
organized - first night

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Wednesday: Our first well in the village of Paulette.
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And
a few PVC pipes? with Jim

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A crowd
gathers as we prepare to work

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Unloading
pipe - Rick in the foreground

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Paulette
village 'square'

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Adding chlorine to the clean the well

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Steve
and a friend test the final product

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The
finished well, with a school in the background

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Steve
and school kids with a soccer ball

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And
a soccer game breaks out

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Barry
with a few of his new friends

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Jim
turns over the repaired well to the community of Paulette, and tells them about the gift of Living Water

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The
second well - in Terrier Rouge
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A
crowd gathers, immediately

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The
catch of the day - lost steel pipe is fished out

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Ron
with a couple of friends

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And
maybe a future well repairer?

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Shutting
down for the day Jim with a friend

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Heading
home but looking West

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Some tired bodies and sore feet?

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Thursday
- back to Terrier Rouge, then on to Grand Bassin
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With some football mixed in

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The
finished product - good as new (or better?)

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Jake
addresses the community

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A Terrier
Rouge friendly face

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We're
leaving, but the well is already active

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And
on to Grand Bassin we go →
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LWI staff on-site at Grand Bassin

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A
few of Barry's portrait shots at Grand Bassin
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Thanks
for those beautiful shots, Barry
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A working
well at Grand Bassin

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And
some happy 'customers'

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A couple
of boys along the road

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And
some school girls - must be a school nearby?

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Oh,
Oh - a snag in the plans

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More
school girls, with the snag

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Must
be a good time for lunch

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The
'not-so-good' broken well - 43' deep

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Cleaning
the 'good' well and cooling the crowd

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And
down goes the new well

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Heading
home for the night

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Saturday
- our last work day at Donda
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The
last, not-so-good, well

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Our
last well is done - LWI team and community together

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Teaching
hygiene to the community

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Photos
around Donda - provided by the team
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Bruce
- sneak attack dousing

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Cassava (manyok), anyone? →
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Automated
'pounding' system

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Crowd
inside the factory - Manyok is sold by the village

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River scenes →
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Washing
clothes alongside the road
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Washing
and drying at Donda

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A few more Donda sights →
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Back
in Cap Haitien - First a celebration
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Looking
out over Cap Haitien

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And
then some photos of Fr. Noe's house, where the January team from St. Paul's will stay →
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A Living
Water well at Fr. Noe's compound

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And
right down the hall ...

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Thanks
again to Barry for these Cap Haitien photos!
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