http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Haiti en-us Wed, 02 Dec 09 03:54:40 +0000 Wed, 02 Dec 09 03:54:40 +0000 HelloThis is where you can read about the trip to Haiti at the start of November.Please SUBSCRIBE to the blog and you will be sent updates automatically. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Port-au-Prince/blog-437026.html As I sit here in my extremely empty room I think back on the last two years that I have gone by in my life. Those two years I have grown extremely comfortable in my everyday life. Going to work having a very comortable place to live with my own room with my own space. I've had 2 amazing jobs that I would receive paychecks from every two weeks. I am so used to having money come into my bank http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-436570.html This past April I took a little road trip to visit Pam Plasier in Sioux Falls South Dakota to give her some supplies for her next trip to Haiti. It was a nice day so we decided to take a walk. As we were walking down the dirt country road she said Kirstin Mike and I met with the Mission Haiti board and I have some news. This doesn't sound good I replied. She then proceeded to tell me t http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-425095.html Sunday night it rained so hard. The next morning it was still cloudy but the sun was starting to shine through the grey clouds. As I looked at the water from the night before on the leaves that are now clean it reminded me of something. Yesterday the leaves were dusty and thirsty. Today though they are clean and fed no longer thirsty. That is exactly what Christ does for us and continues http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-414198.html Arriving in Haiti and seeing all the people that I met eight months ago reminded me of why I am called there. To rekindle the relationships and pour the truth of Christ into those people. I felt so at home when I was there I belong and feel that I am making a huge difference in that village of Petite Rivier. Christ through me is changing so many lives and I feel so privilaged to be a part of http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-412655.html Before the actual trip started God was working. On Thursday I received a check for 100 in my name from one of my supporters. I thought that it was strange that the check would come in my name since I had told all of my supporters to make it out to Mission Haiti. The check also came with a note Use this for the Lord's work. I thought Ok Lord time for you to lead me what do I do with thi http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-411979.html As I was reading the last entry for the trip to Haiti I realized that I did not put in the dates. Some of you have said to me in person Oh my you're leaving for a year already That is my mistake. I will be leaving for this upcoming trip this Saturday June 13th. I will be gone for until June 21st. Sorry to have confused you all I am hoping and praying that I will be going to Haiti for http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-407385.html That's right I leave in 5 days I am so excited to get back to the Mission Haiti orphanage and all the people of TiRivier. This trip will be different then the other trips I have been on. The two other times that I have gone they have been medical trips. I don't have a medical professional so while it was a great experience I didn't feel like I was being used to my highest potential. This trip http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-406736.html History has been testify for over two century. Haiti was the first black country in the emisphere. some how we are still today strive by those unsolving situation presented to our society. we need more courage from our brothers and sisters live in other country around the world. we need to restructure ourselves once again as a nation. we need to stop blame our problem to our passed situations and http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-385014.html Haiti where do I begin. Immediately after crossing the border one could feel the difference between the two sides of the island. The people the animals the buildings the air everything felt quite unique. One part of the experience that stuck out to me the most was the fact that we being tourists mostly white tourists did not receive attention like we did in the Dominican Republic. In the http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-374879.html Sitting here in my mother's lofty PetionVille apartment with an unbeatable view of PortauPrince sprawled out in the valley below I am amazed at how the last month has flown by in a blur of Christmas holidays beach days impromptu dinners and work excursions to the countryside. After finishing my last undergrad class in early December I flew down to Haiti with a huge snowstorm on my heels. Sin http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Petionville/blog-364247.html Wow. I had forgotten what a time warp I live in when volunteering for Hands On Disaster Response. I left Bangladesh when the project completed last April and continued traveling throughout India and South East Asia before the call to duty came again in mid Sept to help out the people in Gonaives Haiti. 4 hurricanes and tropical storms within a few weeks in late August to early September ravage http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-360004.html Our time for the clinic in Belle Anse was limited so we had decided to leave directly from the airport and get to Belle Anse that first night. In theory it was possible but I began to have second thoughts when even my codirector Guesno Mardy who generally thinks anything is possible was a little hesitant. He had seen the road I had not. Driving through Port au Prince for the first time is http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Belle-Anse/blog-346311.html We arrived in Port au Prince on the 4th around 1230. Getting off the plane into the humid heat and walking across the tarmac several team members were delighted by the temperature which was a really good sign for the rest of the trip. The Haitian band that sits in the entrance to the airport for the passengers played away as we lined up at the passport check point. We all got through without a h http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Port-au-Prince/blog-345673.html Hello We are all back home now. The last 4 of us made it back from Haiti late last night. The travel blog was a great idea but it turned out our hotel in Port au Prince did not have it's internet up an running Other than a few hours every morning we were on the road and working hard everyday so had no time to look for other online options. Being unplugged was particularly hard on one of our http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/Belle-Anse/blog-345105.html Hi Belle Anse is the main site of the medical trip and where we will be creating a clinic. All of the children in the slideshow are in the Sionfonds educational sponsorship program. The green building in the background is our office. Sionfonds has been working in Belle Anse now for 4 years it has always been one of our goals to bring medical teams to the village and create a clinic. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-340354.html Hi Our adventure starts in 5 days. Sionfonds medical trip to Haiti. My hope is that we will be able to post on this blog our experiences to share with all of the people at home while we are still in Haiti. a. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-339776.html I finally got an opportunity to get out into the field in Haiti. The medical and veterinary team was scheduled to go out on the 24th and mustered lined up at 630 am with all our gear. We waited on the ramp very uncomfortable with our flotation devices on and helmets at the ready until 830 when they decided they couldn't get the part they needed for the helicopter to make it safe to oper http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-328953.html The Kearsarge provided a HUGE amount of assistance in Haiti with the helicopters lifting more tons of food water and relief supplies than I can even imagine. We left there to go to Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba to get supplies and fuel try to imagine this we took on 750000 gallons of fuel for the ship and another 250000 gallons for the helicopters. But we left 3 helicopters work http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-328938.html Hurray It worked. The trick is I have to get up at 0400 and I can load about 68 pictures before the Internet gets too slow. So here is the first batch. I have so many visual images I want to share with everyone. It's frustrating not to be able to do more. Just have to rely on my word pictures ltsmilegt.More to follow..... http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Haiti/blog-323804.html