“Things will work out,” I counseled. “We’re in a war for the health of the people in Haiti. This is just a small tactical retreat. Live to fight another day. Have another rum punch. We’ll be back with another team in three months.”

Medishare did, indeed, return to Haiti three months later, despite continuing political turmoil and perpetual bad press. That trip and the next several trips happened over the objections of the dean and the provost. It threatened to get ugly.