Day 4...

We spent the night outside in the gazebo at the FH headquarters. Josh from eMi and I went to the shelter cluster meeting at the UN compound. We arrived late and the meeting was in full swing. It was in one of many large tents which were packed with reps from aid organizations. Most people were sitting on the floor around someone in a chair debriefing them. They mentioned the IDP camp efforts but that no one could proceed until engineers had been found and none were available. Immediately, Josh raised his hand and interrupted the meeting briefly explaining who he was. That was the last we heard of the meeting. Many people came over to us and were getting our information. It looks like we will not have any trouble keeping busy. From the meeting we had a hard time getting all back together to leave and traffic was slow in us meeting up with the rest of our team who had been doing structural certifications. We met up with them at the Compassion International Headquarters and continued to the largest and most modern hospital in Haiti. Hospital operations had moved outside under tents. We looked at the building but tomorrow we will be receiving the blueprints to know that the building functioned as designed. It has sustained damage but it may be able to be used in certain areas and other areas may be able to open with quick shoring and repairs. We will make that determination tomorrow.