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By JMS
February 20th 2008

more of my life in haiti

Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville

well its been a while since i wrote last so i apolagize for that. ive been kind of lazy and now we only have a few hours wiht one computer for now 11 girls so computer time is less. we have 9 beds in our house and as of tomorw 11 girls....two are sleeping on the balcony This last weekend was pretty mellow, i whent down to the main house on saterday to work with one of my girls ( she is almost walking!), then sunday we all jsut hung around , whent tanning on the roof. dont worry i did [View Full Entry]

By JMS
February 8th 2008

week two

Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville

heyy so another week here at GLA is coming to an end, time seems to be flying by. nothing over exciting has happend this week so far. We have learnt the walk between both buildings and have been walking down and up every day for some excersise! and let me tell you climing a mountain every day def is a work out..hehe. were getting to our kids alot better so its funner as they know us more and can be themselves. Plans for teh weekend so far are ummm i forget what we were thinkign fo doing on saterday possibly the [View Full Entry]

By JMS
February 3rd 2008

first weekend

Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville

out for lunch!

Bonswa alrighty so fri alison was feeling a bit ill still so i only took a couple kids in the toddler house. and man was that interesting they were kinda hyped up and one of my girls denise was pciking on her brother :(. after that i whent down to the main house and hung out with some of my babies. my twin boys are hilarious i think they jsut figured out they look alike cause they will stare at eachother for a bit then jsut crack up laughing its really cute!!, for the lsat hour of the work day on [View Full Entry]

By JMS
February 1st 2008

weds/thurs

Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville

alrighty soo i guess nothing over exciting has happend the past two days...lets see weds morning like every monring we hang out with the kids at the toddler house till about noon. its kind of frustrating with them because there at the age where they cna talk but since we dont speak or understand to much of their lanugauge its hard to commincate there has been a few tempertantrums!! however since we are given a particualr group of children we can not spend all are time witht eh oterh kids, we have a play room which the kids are only aloud [View Full Entry]

By JMS
January 30th 2008

jan 29

Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville

Bonjou so the day began rather interesting, kids singing, no power, no water....and a pig being slaughtered! we had hot dogs with lunch? i hope it wasnt that piggy..lol power and water came back on after a little while. after breakfast Me and Ali got to hang out with 12 kids till lunch..just 4 of them at time there between 2 and 5 yers old and then we whent down to the main house for lunch the food isnt that bad. and then we had one babie each at time for just over an hour we sat with them out on [View Full Entry]

By JMS
January 28th 2008

finally in Haiti

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Hey everyone so we made it after 2 days of flying! and surprisingly 9 hours in the airport wasnt bad at all..lol , now the port au prince airport was..interesting..lol a lil runway and a building..with no walls! we got are bags and through customs and imegration quickly however once outside it got a little hectic, loud people were talking in a diff lanuage and aksing us if we need a ride..ect then are bag man found us and the other 3 people and we met up with are driver who is full time worker here. the drive was crazy!..lol and [View Full Entry]

By JMS
January 27th 2008

night before

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heyy so the day has arrived...finally..lol we will be flying out of edmonton tomorw afternoon and after a couple stops in seatle and miami we will arrive in pot au prince haiti monday morning. bags are packed and ready now i jsut have to try and get some sleep tonight!! lol i will update hopefully within a day or two of arriving at the orphanage. lots of love [View Full Entry]

By Jamesd1967
August 8th 2007

Port au Prince

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Jacmel
nice place to vacation

Has anyone visited this destination recently? We have and had a great time in Haiti. We spent one week in the Port au Prince area and two weeks in Jacmel. Haiti can be a tourist destination once again. Does anyone else have any experiences or opinions on this? [View Full Entry]

By Jamesd1967
July 8th 2007

Travel to Haiti

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We have traveled to Haiti for about three weeks this past year. We spent two weeks in the pretty town of Jacmel and one-week in Petionville, which is a suberb of the capital, Port au Prince. Haiti is quite an interesting country to visit, and the Haitians are very warm and welcoming people. Unfortunately, the tourist trade there is not very good at this time. Haiti has not had regular tourism in nearly 20 years. Although, in the early 1990's it picked up for eight or nine months; however, this was very short-lived. If tourism would return to this country, [View Full Entry]

By Jamesd1967
July 8th 2007

Travel to Haiti

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