a little heavy on the way home, but we got to experience Port au Prince nightlife from the safety of the back of the pickup. It was a very nice way to end our time together here in Haiti.

It was unsure yesterday if we were going to be able to leave today. Up until Friday, the airport was under U.S. military control. Rumors were flying around the hospital saying that the Haitians weren't allowing people into the airport and all the flights were cancelled.

Jen, J-Me, Amanda riding around in the back of the truck

Some of our group left on Friday, and even though the flight was a couple hours behind schedule, there were no real problems.

There was a large group of people outside the airport when we arrived,Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Trump previews SCOTUS nominee as 'totally brilliant' Cruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes MORE (R-Texas) at a hearing Tuesday on NASA said that the first person to land on Mars would be an American.

"A couple of years ago I was proud to author the bipartisan NASA authorization act signed into law," Cruz said at a hearing of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, which he chairs.

"Every member of Congress in the House and Senate in both parties united to say the objective of space exploration for NASA is to go to the