We're here!! What a loooong day!
We met at Mount Calvary at 4:15am, and headed to the airport as a group. With only a few snags at check-in, we are on our way... There are so many emotions filling each of us--excitement, worry, anticipation, anxiousness, fatigue (is that an emotion?), etc. We arrived at Port-Au-Prince safely, and with no issues.
...Then we lost Doug...
We found him soon, though! And the chaos began...
Going through Immigration and Customs was relatively smooth, although we still have a missing bag (poor Kay!).
We found our leader from Haiti, hopped into the back of a transport van (with benches), and we were off to the site.
Along the way we quickly realized that we were in for quite a trip. It took about 30 seconds before we came across the first tent city, and we saw them all along our path. The roads were narrow, and better quality than we thought...but the driving was crazy! We thought we'd run into passing cars many times, but that seemed to be the norm.
We finally arrived at the Children's International Lifeline site around 4 pm, settled in to our rooms, and breathed a sigh of relief. The hosts, Donald Sr, his wife Pat, and Donald Jr, are amazing. Pat told us stories, such uplifting and inspirational stories, from the moment we met her. This ministry is clearly so strong on her heart, and tears flowed already. Their whole family is amazing, and we feel the spirit working through all of us already.
After a great home-cooked meal, brief introductions, and a layout of the next week, we shared our thoughts and feelings with each other--this will become one of our daily routines.
Exhaustion started to kick in, and we soon found our beds for the evening, ready for our first full day in Haiti.
(sorry our pics are a bit organized...the internet is shaky here, and we just wanted to get this posted!)
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