Haiti: Day 1

   Our time in Haiti was so amazing, words can't fully describe what my heart wants to share.  Over the next several blog posts, I will be sharing with you each day of our time in Haiti.  These posts will consist of photos, what I learned, and what we did.

  My whole family  woke up with me and we were out the door before 2am to eat breakfast at Perkins.  Yep, my family's pretty cool. :)

  We arrived at the church at 3:15am on Tuesday morning all awake and ready to go!  

at the airport, saying goodbye to Pastor who was kind enough to get up so early to drive us to the airport

  After making our way through the maze of people who wanted to "help" us with our bags, we saw Nate and Kristi and we were off!  Nate and Kristi moved to Haiti one year ago and are a part of our church.  To see all they are doing in Haiti was simply amazing!

  When we arrived at the Guest House, we unloaded our bags and got settled in.  We then walked down the road to see if we could help this man (below) fix his broken sewing machine.  Jean does a lot of sewing so she was eager to help this man.

 The rest of us looked at the fruit.  Quenepas (otherwise known as Spanish Limes) are only in season in August.  They are amazing!

Quenepa
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   This sweet little boy was sitting here with his mom.  What a cutie!

  Kristi went down to Haiti with a goal of helping women learn to grow gardens.  Here is Kristi's at the Guest House - it's on top of the roof!  She has helped grow several other gardens, a couple of which we got to see!

    Our day ended (as it did the rest of the week) on this wonderful veranda.  At night, it was usually breezy and a wonderful place to play team games and team reflections.

Fun little fact that I'd written in my journal: the water trucks deliver water bags to the villages.  These bags are about 4"x4".  The trucks actually play music like an ice cream truck does here in the States!  Fun to see!

Day 2 coming tomorrow!

  In Christ,
     Sierra