Haiti July 8, 2013 Well our first day in Haiti is complete and for the most part it was a great success. We woke early and headed to the MOHI compound to begin our week of serving the people of Grand Goave. Our team is split up into three groups- one group is working in the medical clinic, one group is building houses, and one group is doing a day camp for children. The medical clinic saw hundreds of patients- from babies to a 99-year-old man. They worked tirelessly to treat everyone who came. There are four guys on the team who are working to build two cinder-block houses. They spent hours carrying heavy cinder-blocks. They were soaked in sweat, and covered in dust but they didn’t complain during any of it. By the end of the day they had the walls of one house complete and were busy at work on the second one. Props to them- we were all impressed at the progress that was made today. I spent the morning in the camp, which was awesome. We had tons of kids come and we taught them all about the country of China. They colored flags and maps, got to try different Chinese foods, and played games. They were all very rambunctious and excited by the end of the day. It should be a fun week. After a long day of work, we boarded the bus to head back to the MOHI compound. After making it about 100 yards our bus shut down. What’s Haiti without a little unexpected difficulty though?! Finally another car came. About 10 of us women hopped in with the majority of us sitting and standing in the bed of the car in true Haiti fashion. No worries families we all survived the bumpy ride! We had to stop and get gas and guess what? Yep, the car broke down! We gave it a running push start and hopped back in. Not long after, it shut down again on the dirt road that leads to MOHI. We started walking back to the MOHI mission house and at that point the bus showed up and took us back to the house. The men weren’t far behind. I think we are all learning to just go with the flow. Haiti is not like America in the sense that there are set deadlines and times for everything. You just have to go with it- even when it means your transportation breaks down 3 times in about 5 miles. When we were reflecting on our day, many people said the day made them realized how truly blessed we are. These kids here walk about without shoes or clothes, yet still have huge smiles on their faces. Older siblings care for younger siblings in a way you do not see in the US. I think we all have a lot we can learn from these beautiful people.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:03:08 +0000
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