It's hitting me at last! The busyness of fundraising is finally settling down. I'm now in pre-departure mode. The outpour of generosity, donations, gifts and support has been INCREDIBLE. Touched by the kindness of strangers. Awed by their generosity. Overwhelmed by feelings of gratitude as I sit in my floating home.
Just figuring out how to get all my stuff to pass customs without too much hassle. From what I have gathered so far, I should be OK crossing the US boarder (fingers crossed as I wait for the final answer). But it seems like as soon as one thing is cleared - and a pound of stress melts off my shoulders - a new issue comes up... Just heard that I should expect to be taxed heavily once at the Port-au-Prince airport. Run of the mill, usual and oh so familiar corruption but man alive, am I not looking forward to Haitian Customs! Apparently, if I don't pay up, my stuff will be confiscated...
Being the first team to arrive to Carrefour, we have no real idea what to expect. And our NGO can't tell us much more about the situation there. We're just going to have to wing it. I just can't stand the thought of there even being the slightest chance that all these medicines, supplies and equipment - so generously donated and gathered - might be taken away within minutes of reaching their destination. Not looking forward to having to argue my way through customs and, although I have lived this before in other countries, I have never been responsible for transporting such preciously needed cargo.
So this is my stress-of-the-day: "How to make it thru Haitian customs smoothly?".
Hope, hope, hope some more...and just wait and see...
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