We have been preparing and planning for our Impact team to go into Haiti in January. The passports, plane tickets, supplies, etc. We are so thankful for the contributions of several people which include clothes, shoes, medical supplies, solar flashlights, toys, and so on. We are planning to have
Saturday is market day in Leogane and we were able to send our representative, Junior to the market to purchase food for our much in need sponsored village! We are so appreciative to all who make this sort of thing possible. One moment they are hungry and the next
We are looking forward to taking a group into Haiti in January. It will be a great experience for those who are returning to this country that has found a special place in their hearts, and for those who are traveling to Haiti for the first time! We at
This morning we are running around saying “goodbye” to everyone we can. It has been a great trip and were already looking forward to coming back! There will be things to check up on and new things to start as well as new people to meet. It has been
It’s becoming clear to me that waste disposal is a major issue in Haiti. The roads are littered with discarded plastic, metal, and organic waste. Besides causing an eyesore, sharp pieces of debris pose serious hazards to motorists and pedestrians. In some heavily populated areas, vast piles of garbage
We arrived in Haiti today. From the plane we could see the mountainous terrain divided into irregular farming plots, cut by dirty rivers, and spotted with crowded villages. The drive through Port-au-Prince overwhelmed my senses. There is a distinct smell of rotting vegetables, human and animal waste, and burning
So we made it into Haiti again! It is exciting to be here and see so many dear friends. Our flight plan took us through San Juan, Puerto Rico and from there on a small plane to P-A-P, Haiti. The nice thing about that is the much smaller amount
Wow… talk about last minute… We leave around 5:15 AM tomorrow and the package from Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Ministries) just arrived! This water purifier is a big portion of our trip tomorrow…bringing fresh water to the village of Cabois! We are so excited about this project, as having
One of the first things realized during a trip to a foreign country is often the language barrier. We hear someone speaking, or a radio station, or we want to express something or find directions and don’t know how to communicate it! We reach for root words that may
Some of the younger members of our team on site… We’ll need a place to accomplish some of our grandiose plans, of course. So we had separate meetings with three different owners of three plots of land the abut each other. The overall consensus was that they believed in
