Haiti: Day by Day

Day 1: Travelling from Brighton to Miami, via Chicago:

We were all fresh, showered, and smelling good... that would not be able to be said for the next 7 days! :)

 

We arrived at our hotel in Miami around 11pm. We dined on pizza and watched the end of an NBA Finals game... MIA vs. OKC, maybe??

Day 2: Miami to Port au Prince:
We made it to Haiti and through customs with no problems!!
And then we waited. And waited. And waited for our ride to show up. It was hot. I had to pee. :)

Ahhh.... the tap-tap arrived!  We loaded up our luggage and our bodies and headed out towards Cabaret.

Group photo at the mass grave.

 Our home for the week... the Shernando.

 Once we got settled in, we went out to the village next door to meet the "neighbors"

 Garrett tried to play soccer with the locals. Barefoot. He got blisters. Big ones.

Day 3: Our first day at the worksite:
We worked on what will be CPR-3's Mission House. Home for the missionaries and dorms for work groups.

Ethan and Jordan starting to mix the concrete

 This is the building we were working on

 Our translator for the week....

 Holding the shovel... one of the more physical things I did all week... :)

 Ring around the rosy

 London Bridge

 HUGS!!

 These kids would braid ANYONE's hair!

 This little girl came back to the hotel with us for awhile after her caretaker dropped her off at our work site.  She was returned to her home and we were promised that she and her sister would be placed in an orphanage where they would be properly cared for.

Day 4: Crushing Moringa leaves and visiting another village:

Day 5: Back to the Mission House and planting 1,000 Moringa trees:

 My view from the top of the tap-tap

 Your view of me getting down from the tap-tap

Coloring pages

 Conner with the boys

 The Moringa field

Day 6: Sunday... visiting Church and the top of CPR-3 mountain:

 And a visit from Superman

 We kept Simon busy all day making bracelets

 Day 7: Last full day in Haiti. "Poverty Tour" through Port au Prince, a visit to the market, and the Carribbean!

 Life in a tent city

 Ahhh.... the bluest water you will ever see.

 And Kyle's baptism

Day 8: Saying goodbye and flying home:

 The ocean from a few thousand feet up... Goodbye Haiti!