Kayley: WE MADE IT!! I’m so excited that we finally arrived in Haiti! We got to the house safely. (that’s for you mom) There are definitely some cultural differences we have to get used to, but everyone here is super nice! We went up the “mountain” where the shanties are and took lots of people’s blood pressure. They all just came right up and pointed to their arm to say that they wanted their bp checked. We went into two people’s houses to talk, pray, and hand out supplies. There is one woman who just had a baby and she has had a fever for nine days. When we checked it was 104.2 so please keep her in your prayers. She received some medicine so hopefully that helps. Crystal also fell up the stairs today and banged her leg up pretty good. She is walking around fine and the swelling has gone down a lot. We miss everyone at home, but are excited for the work we are going to do here! Please keep us in your prayers, thank you!
Friday, March 4, 2016
Day 1
Today was our first day in Haiti after a long road of delays with the airport. It has been Kayley, Myself (Hailey), Crystal, Reggie (who lives at the team house and translates), and James (another translator that lives in town). We also met our amazing cook, who spent all day making us a delicious dinner. We went out in the community today, where we got to take a bunch of blood pressures and help a sickly woman. We saw the smallest puppy I have seen in my entire life. The work ethic and lengths the people in Haiti go to to support their families is unreal. Also, these are some of the nicest and most humble people I think we have met. Kayley and I definitely have some work to do with our Creole/French. So far we can pretty much say yes, thankyou, and good afternoon. This is has been a good first day and we are looking forward to the rest of the week!
Kayley: WE MADE IT!! I’m so excited that we finally arrived in Haiti! We got to the house safely. (that’s for you mom) There are definitely some cultural differences we have to get used to, but everyone here is super nice! We went up the “mountain” where the shanties are and took lots of people’s blood pressure. They all just came right up and pointed to their arm to say that they wanted their bp checked. We went into two people’s houses to talk, pray, and hand out supplies. There is one woman who just had a baby and she has had a fever for nine days. When we checked it was 104.2 so please keep her in your prayers. She received some medicine so hopefully that helps. Crystal also fell up the stairs today and banged her leg up pretty good. She is walking around fine and the swelling has gone down a lot. We miss everyone at home, but are excited for the work we are going to do here! Please keep us in your prayers, thank you!
Kayley: WE MADE IT!! I’m so excited that we finally arrived in Haiti! We got to the house safely. (that’s for you mom) There are definitely some cultural differences we have to get used to, but everyone here is super nice! We went up the “mountain” where the shanties are and took lots of people’s blood pressure. They all just came right up and pointed to their arm to say that they wanted their bp checked. We went into two people’s houses to talk, pray, and hand out supplies. There is one woman who just had a baby and she has had a fever for nine days. When we checked it was 104.2 so please keep her in your prayers. She received some medicine so hopefully that helps. Crystal also fell up the stairs today and banged her leg up pretty good. She is walking around fine and the swelling has gone down a lot. We miss everyone at home, but are excited for the work we are going to do here! Please keep us in your prayers, thank you!
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