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Counting Down to Haiti…Some Final Instructions!

Dear Haiti Mission Team and Parents,

Can you believe it?  Only 22 days until we meet at Laity Lodge and begin this mission!  I am so excited about this team and our opportunity to experience Haiti together.

Here are a few last-minute details:

  1. Please see your local family doctor to get your anti-malarial prescription, and while you are there, make sure you are current on tetanus.
  2. A physician connected to one of our team members strongly suggested each person ask about medication (shots?) for Yellow Fever.  Please talk to your family physician about this.
  3. Hopefully, by now, you have your passport in hand.  Please bring it with you and a copy of it for our files.
  4. We have purchased a medical policy for each participant on this trip.  We will give parents a copy of this policy at the orientation.
  5. If you have not already done so, please go to www.llyc.org/haiti and look at the Packing List.  The pass code is haiti2010.  The Packing List can be found under the Checklist link.
  6. You will also need to go to the website and logon to the Parent Portal, enter your email address and password to fill out the Medical Information/Releases section, download the Health Form for your physical, and complete any other tasks necessary.
  7. Please pack as light as possible because we will distribute additional supplies at the packing party for each person to carry.
  8. Remember, one checked bag and one carry-on.  We strongly recommend packing in a strong duffel bag rather than a suitcase.  The checked bag is limited to 50 pounds.  Checked baggage weighing over 50 lbs/23 kgs but not more than 70 lbs/32 kgs will be charged at the rate of $50 per piece.  Checked baggage which is larger than 62 in/157 cm will be charged at the rate of $150 per piece.
  9. Pack your outfits in one- or two-gallon Ziploc bags, sit on them to take the air out, and this will keep everything dry if we encounter rain.
  10. Arrival time on Friday, July 2, is 3:00 p.m.  Drive straight to Laity Lodge, the adult retreat center. Please reply to Diane Henry at 830-792-1215 or diane@llyc.org by Monday, June 28, and let us know how many family members will be there for dinner and overnight.
  11. We will have a satellite phone on this trip that will allow incoming and outgoing texts and phone calls.  We will give you that phone number at the orientation.
  12. Pack a twin-sized air mattress for sleeping. Knowing the climate, we recommend twin sheets instead of a heavy, bulky sleeping bag.  
  13. Fund-raising efforts have been a huge success.  Thank you for participating in this effort.  

 

If you have questions, please call me at 830-792-1226 or email me at kmayne@llyc.org.

Serving together,

Kevin Mayne

Executive Director, LLYC