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Monday was arrival day and many woke up really early to
fly! some as early as 1:30 AM. We met in Atlanta and we all arrived in Haiti
Port au Prince around 2:30 pm, and the heat hit us right away! Getting off the plane they had a band
playing. We made it through customs and
we almost lost one piece of luggage when another arrive had similar luggage and
took ours by mistake. We arrived at the guest house and got
settled in. It was great to catch up with
friends from previous trips and our local Haitian friends. We had dinner together ( tacos!) which was
prepared by our local chefs who are great.
Then we all went to bed early. Several of us climbing to the second level of
the bunk bed.
We got up today ready to serve! It was a crazy busy day and we lost all track
of time! Out of the gate, we joined the water truck team to provide "dlo"
(Creole for Water) to the poorest of the poor in our part of the world. Prior
to the Water day we dropped in on the Elder School one of Healing Haiti's first
partners to provide educational opportunities for the children of Cite
Soleil.
We all get excited about stopping to distribute water to
Cite Soleil residents.. They were waiting to get water with their water
buckets, large and small, It’s always so crazy. The kids are so excited to see
us! Always wanting us to carry them. And
we help carry buckets of water which are very heavy. It was really hot today.
After one of the water stops, we found ourselves right
next to Hope school. Our first experience was a demonstration on the launching of
the use of the latest in technology to teach the students of Hope School. It was truly amazing and the vision of
teaching kids was very impressive.
Next Stop was Fleuri farms - we were given an
introduction in what HH hopes to do just a mile and a half from ‘hustling’
water from the back of a truck. Their goal, in addition to earning trust of
locals, is to work on soil quality, increasing productivity and to add crops
that would complement what is already functioning. The goal is partnership in
order to provide sustainable livelihoods for locals and to market products to
locals and international trade.
We ended the day with a walk to the wharf and got a view
of mountains, water and misty clouds in between. All of God’s glory...
