So today was our first full day in Haiti, after getting up at six in the morning we headed up to the warehouse where we oganized all the donations.We had to sort the all the shoes while some of our group went down to the village to help with the house.I knew it was going to be different but, I had no idea how much poverty is around the world and what true poverty looks like. After lunch we walked to Barbencourt where we visited a Lifeline feeding center then paraded with Haitans that we met today. We ended our tour at Pastor Luisant Orphanage and church along the trip every Hatian kid it seemed like wanted to touch my hair or play this hand game where it you hit the person's hand while the other person tries to move away so they don't get hit.They would say some sentence over and over, so of course I kinda wanted to know what they were saying and this one lady said it meant "You have a Beautiful head" . I really didn't know how to respond to it so it was awkward.Everywhere we went as soon as I would take out a soccer ball and start inflating it there would be a swarm of kids wanting to play or get a free soccer ball for them.I would inflate it quick, play a little while, deflate it and put it away or leave it there for them to play with.The ride from the orphanage was definitely an experience.You had to hold on to whatever bar you could hold on and try not to fall when you hit a pothole or shift gears.There was one kid that was part of our group that was having stomach problems so he got to sit shotgun.When we got back the first thing that happened was I was asked if I wanted to play a game of soccer with them.Unfortunately I was to tired that I had to say no or I'd have died out on the field it seemed like.Dinner was so good there was the food that they serve at the school and some of the tenderest chicken ever.So that was basically our day.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
First work day
So today was our first full day in Haiti, after getting up at six in the morning we headed up to the warehouse where we oganized all the donations.We had to sort the all the shoes while some of our group went down to the village to help with the house.I knew it was going to be different but, I had no idea how much poverty is around the world and what true poverty looks like. After lunch we walked to Barbencourt where we visited a Lifeline feeding center then paraded with Haitans that we met today. We ended our tour at Pastor Luisant Orphanage and church along the trip every Hatian kid it seemed like wanted to touch my hair or play this hand game where it you hit the person's hand while the other person tries to move away so they don't get hit.They would say some sentence over and over, so of course I kinda wanted to know what they were saying and this one lady said it meant "You have a Beautiful head" . I really didn't know how to respond to it so it was awkward.Everywhere we went as soon as I would take out a soccer ball and start inflating it there would be a swarm of kids wanting to play or get a free soccer ball for them.I would inflate it quick, play a little while, deflate it and put it away or leave it there for them to play with.The ride from the orphanage was definitely an experience.You had to hold on to whatever bar you could hold on and try not to fall when you hit a pothole or shift gears.There was one kid that was part of our group that was having stomach problems so he got to sit shotgun.When we got back the first thing that happened was I was asked if I wanted to play a game of soccer with them.Unfortunately I was to tired that I had to say no or I'd have died out on the field it seemed like.Dinner was so good there was the food that they serve at the school and some of the tenderest chicken ever.So that was basically our day.
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Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Haiti? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Haiti in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and a original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com, where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely