We Arrived!

July 4^th 2016 – We arrived safely in Haiti! After a long day of traveling from Chicago and Minneapolis, we met most of the team in Miami, ready to start this adventure as a group. After a 90-minute plane ride, we finally arrived in Port-au-Prince! We were greeted at the airport by a wonderful band, friendly smiles and warm welcomes by all of those around us. Around 3 p.m. we arrived at the guest house where we met another team member. We decided to utilize our time before dinner for playing soccer with the neighborhood kids, and boy were they amazing athletes! While we started off ahead in points, the ending score resulted in them winning by a long shot. What we lacked in skill, we made up for in effort!  

Dinner, made by our amazing hosts, was shepherd’s pie and pepper salad, and needless to say, there were absolutely no leftovers by the time we were done! We closed off our evening in some processing time and word of the day. “Blessed”, “Content”, “Excited”, and “Home” were some of the amazing things that we were all feeling after arriving to our new home for the next 8 days. At the end of the evening our two final team members from Atlanta arrived. Our team was now complete with a total of 19 goers! Full of anticipation, and exhaustion, we felt prepared and ready to start our first day in the field delivering water. 

-Caitlyn