July 2011
18 posts
Just the Beginning
Our team returned home yesterday after an amazing week serving the people of Bohoc. After visiting a third-world country that had been devasted by an earthquake only 18 months ago, with a government in turmoil and so many people still living in tents on the streets, you would think it would be easy to come home discouraged and frustrated with the lack of improvement. However, we came home quite...
Rosetta said it better...
Wednesday night we experienced our first heavy rainstorm in Bohoc. We were told if it rained hard, our long trip the following day to Port-au-Prince (PAP) would be fine because heavy rain would just wash everything away. We were also told that a light drizzle over a few hours would be something to worry about because the rain water would soak into the ground and would make the road conditions...
The Soil Is Rich
Our last day was spent in a neighboring community called Maliarette, just around the corner from our guest house. We were working with an organization called Youth Action for Haiti. A school geared for teaching children about agriculture. They have this amazing property full of rows and rows of crops….much like what our nursery’s look like at home, but with a much better backdrop.
We spent...
Zanmim'm
Describing my feelings about Haiti so far is a hard thing to do, since I think I have felt every emotion possible since stepping off the plane. But I’ll try my best!
Today we had the privilege to go back to the widow’s house to work on the pit latrine. Instead of bringing cement blocks, we gathered the ingredients to make the mortar. This included sand, rocks, lots of sifting, and...
Our first full day of service!
We started our Monday off with a hearty breakfast (pancakes & SPAM) and a heart for service. We were all quite excited about the day ahead of us; a morning of digging a deep pit for a latrine (out-house), followed by a trip to the “market”, then lunch made and served by the locals, and capped off with a return visit to Matthew 28 - the local orphanage for the poorest of the poor.
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Mixed Emotions
Our team had the opportunity to be guests in an amazing church today in the community of Bohoc. People walked from all over Bohoc to get to church. They walked in the ninety five degree heat to a large tent set up in a field. And they weren’t walking to a comfortable church with a/c and cozy chairs, they were walking in super hot weather in their best clothes to experience and worship as a...
WatchIt’s not a boat, it’s a bus…
You got to get a little mud on the tires
Saturday, day 2 - the day is a scheduled travel day from Port-au-Prince to the village of Bohoc, approximately 90 miles north of Port-au-Prince. But due to road conditions, this is expected to be a 6 hour journey for our team and two other teams that have joined us.
Today was about the journey.. A journey of bonding with fellow teammates, a journey of seeing the beautiful Haitian countryside, a...
Welcome to Haiti!
Today has been a travel day, a time to transition from our normal everyday lives, a time to get accostomed to new surrounds (very new!). I had an early start, meeting a team member at 5am and working our way towards Hartsfield to meet the rest of the team by 6am. Our flight departed by on time, a layover in Miami, then we arrived in Port Au Prince aound 3pm Haiti-time(it’s actually the...
for such a time as this......
For some getting on the plane will be where it starts, for some the moment we get off the plane in Haiti the emotions begin, but to be honest the emotion started for me a couple weeks back..… don’t misunderstand, God has shown up in the MOST unbelievable ways, but as the trip drew closer, the “things” I had to get done weighed heavier on my mind, the endless shopping trips, the shots, the pills,...