Friday, my last day in Haiti went by very fast! A group from Lebanon, IN got in late Thursday evening. We helped them lay a concrete ceiling/floor the 2nd story of the children's home Tina is having built. It was extremely hot but everyone worked hard and had it finished by lunch time. After lunch and a short nap we went down to the beach for some very exciting events! April Bryant made the decision to be baptized in Haiti. Mackenzie Grinstead had the honor to baptize April. I also was re-baptized. I made the decision when I was almost 6 to dedicate my life to the Lord and was baptized. I remember making the decision but not the actual event of baptism, so I thought what a better time and place to re-dedicate my life to God :)
We left for Port Au Prince very early Sat morning, 4 am to be exact. I was so nervous driving through the mountains in the dark. If you remember my first post about the honking and driving rules, found here, you will understand my uneasiness. We reached our destination safe and sound :) We had to wait outside for an hour and half and then 3 hrs inside before our flight left. Getting through security in PAP was crazy!! We had to go through 3 different checkpoints before we got on the plane. My camera LCD screen got broke going through the first checkpoint :( all the bags were thrown on top of my purse and the camera was inside it. Luckily all the pictures were fine. The flight itself was uneventful.
Once we reached NY, we took showers and then Andy, April, and I headed to Time Square. We had promised April that we would show her around since we had a 21 hr layover and she had never been to NY before. The yummy pizza was worth the exhaustion I felt walking around. Once my head hit the pillow that night I was out, comfy, cozy, air-conditioned sleep.
My airport luck did not end in PAP though, my bag was lost at JFK. I had sat it down at the bookstore by Andy, he didn't know so we both walked away. Once I realized neither of us had it, it was gone. Thankfully I received a phone call today from Walgreens in Noblesville, my bag had made it to Miami accidentally because someone mis-took my bag for theirs. SO relieved!
I am sad that my trip is over but glad to be home with my boys. I hope that all that I learned from Haiti never leaves me and that we can return someday soon. There are no words to describe how different life is there. Despite all the poverty and destruction all you see is smiles and willingness to help. If we in America could just have a tenth of their contentment it would be amazing!
Here a cute video of the kids singing. So cute!! Pictures soon to come.
Creole song from melissa starrett on Vimeo.
0 comments:
Post a Comment