Report On My Trip

This is going to be a very condensed account of my time in Haiti, but I need to write while I can.

Rebekah and I headed out for Ft. Lauderdale on Saturday where we spent the night at one of the girls apt who is from our church. Arrived there around 9pm found a gas station to get food from then crashed. Woke up at 5:30 Sunday morning, got everything together and headed to the airport. It didn't take long to get through all the security at all; then we boarded after waiting for only about 10 minutes. There was a group of about 9 of us on that flight. Once we arrived in Port Au Prince(PAP) we met our driver, Charles, and waited for the rest of the people to make it through the airport.

About 20-30 minutes later we were at the camp at Double Harvest being greeted by so many people we didn't know, but felt like we had known for years. The first hour there is a blur, so much was happening at once I couldn't take it all in. I am so grateful to have had Rebekah and Charlie there with me. After getting everything set up and settling in it was time for breakfast. The first day there was really relaxed, we didn't actually do any work. Around 10am we headed to a place called City Soliel where we would be working the next day and met the people, played with the children.

The next day when we went back and set up a tent to provide medical care, entertained the kids and finally provided as many of the people with lunch as we were able to. It was heartbreaking not being able to help every person there, but there are just so many living in the small area! After we gave them the food we had to leave because it got pretty intense when we started handing out the food. So we headed back to DH and just spent time getting to know eachother that afternoon. It rained that night as it did the night before and the next night, I thought it was going to be a daily pattern after the third night, lol.

So we found out that we wouldn't be going back to City Soliel because of political reasons, instead we spent the next day working in a nearby village. It was the same routine as the day before and this time we had bottles to feed babies formula with. Since it was close to DH we walked there and back that day, it was a long walk that's for sure. Totally worth it in the end though.

The next day we spent most of the morning waiting to find out if a group of our people were going to be able to get us some much needed medical supplies from the border, which we finally heard that they had managed to get them across without any problems. Once they got back we had 4 or 5 bags of supplies. We spent the next few hours going through and organizing everything we had.

Then the next few days were more of the same, going to communities that needed our help and doing what we could for them. Everyday was a different experience and an even bigger blessing. God is doing something amazing in Haiti and this group that I had the privilege of serving with is a definite part of that!