After a long morning of waiting and flying, we finally made
it to Haiti! At first it was alittle hectic and stressful as we tried getting
off the plane in one piece. When we got
out of the air port it was surprising how many people stared at us. But we
either smiled or stared at the ground until we got to our bus as Crystal yelled
to us “Watch out for cars, because they won’t watch out for you!” After dinner
we went to the Over look, which is an old church, rundown by the earthquake. We
went up to the roof and saw the most amazing sight. Over looking what seems
like all of Haiti, the ocean and of course the soccer games. The sun rays were
coming through the clouds, making it seem like God was looking down on our team
and Haiti. It has been hot, very hot but so far an awesome first day!
-Sophia Charles
Mom, you can stop worrying, I am fine! Actually I am better
than fine, I wouldn’t change anything. Today, I fell in love with Haiti. After
getting off of the plane and going through the airport, the ride back to the
base was beyond touching. It opened my eyes to the world beyond my own world.
After dinner tonight, we went up on a hill and worshiped on the roof of a
rundown church, damaged by the earthquake. On the hike up to the church, about
ten kids started following us, and followed us all the way to the roof. Once we
got on top of the church, the view was breathtaking, but the one thing that actually
took my breath away was the joy the kids had when they saw themselves in
pictures. They made me take their picture and they could have looked at the
image for hours. After they realized what the camera could do, they wanted to take
pictures of everything. The joy those kids have energizes me for the rest of
the week ahead.
-Emily White
Hiking to the overlook...
Worship at the overlook
Pastor Tim made some friends!!!
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