then all of the sudden...

...life started again!  At four am this morning, we heard a truck pass...the first truck in days.  By 8 am, tons of cars and trucks are streaming by, everyone is out and about again.  For the first time all week, a flight is trying to come in today to get out some stranded visitors, though the plane full of cargo and cholera supplies isn't going to risk it.  Hopefully tomorrow!

Gertha made it in at 7:15, and said out of nowhere, the Haitian police are out and about, ripping out all of the barricades, burning down many "Bas" huts (little bamboo huts built during elections/celebrations, etc. basically for partying), and breaking up rioters.  Many of these huts have been being occupied by rioters and been good places for barricades.

Abel set out at 8 am for town, hoping to get a few supplies that the seminary is in need of in case things get stopped up again after the weekend.

Several of the students are hoping to get home after noon, and you can just HEAR life happening again.

With rumors UN was threatening to cancel elections next week if things didn't calm down, many people suspect that candidates are paying the police to get this cleared up.  Whatever the reason, it is great to hear the happy sounds of peace, making us realize just how quiet it has been these last few days.  While a small minority has been causing problems, the large majority have been trapped in their homes, like us, and now everyone seems quite relieved to have just a bit of freedom again.

We will continue to stay here in Saccanville for the weekend while things continue to clear up as people that stand out a bit, and then hope that by Monday we'll be able to at least get to Vaudreil (the community where OMS is located).  Thanksgiving is Thursday, and Kate has the turkeys in Vaudreil!  We had already begun to lament them, and think of creative ways to make chicken legs taste like turkey...so I'm getting pretty excited about the hope that just maybe there will be Thanksgiving dinner this year, after all.

Please pray for continued improvement, that this peace will NOT just last the weekend, and that our students can get home, and our staff and students can all get back in safely Sunday evening/Monday morning.

We have not been able to get a hold of Paul for days now, and are anxious to hear if their newest has joined the family.  While Lucner has not enjoyed quite the honeymoon he was hoping for, it will be really good to have him back next week, too, Lord wiling.

Thank you for all of your prayers and encouragement through this time.  Don't stop!