A Special Treat for You!

This is my fourth trip to Haiti, but my first trip bringing someone with me.  My beautiful and brave Mommy wrote a guest post tonight!

"After years of delays and changes, I have finally made it to Haiti with Melissa.  We arrived yesterday and made it through customs quickly.  I had a treat on the flight over since most of the passengers were Haitian and apparently knew each other.  They were getting up wandering around chatting with each other throughout the flight.  It was wonderful to see the joy and playfulness of the people as they were headed home.

The hospitality here is unbelievable.  Everyone is friendly and helpful and the country is beautiful.  At the airport, we met with a group we will be working with all week and I enjoyed watching the camaraderie as the Haitians moved the luggage for 15 people to the hotel.  They were a great team working seamlessly; it was like watching a game of Tetris.  We stayed the first night at a hotel in Port au Prince and met several groups of people and had family style meals and worship. 

This morning, we woke early and I enjoyed a cup of coffee and watched the sun coming up from the balcony.  We had breakfast and they loaded the luggage back on the bus to go to the bus station where the game of Tetris began again taking all the luggage from the little bus to the big bus that would be home for the day. We took a bus from Port au Prince to Port de Paix.  A real bus, not a tap-tap.  It was amazing.  I absolutely loved watching as the driver navigating the streets and potholes and people and other vehicles.  A special blessing: no one got sick on the bus ride (a first for Christie). Ginger did the trick, Nikita.  After arriving and unpacking, we enjoyed dinner and worship with the whole House of Moses family.

I can’t wait to see what else God has in store for us this week.”

Love from Haiti,

Melissa