Ladies and gentlemen, we made it. Through a few hours of weird and rather random delays, as well as many hours of way-to-crammed flying, we arrived in good ole Port-au- Prince, Haiti. We landed with relative ease and passed through customs without a problem, and I'm happy to report that all of us are safe and well, except for abby of course......just kidding mrs Freund.
Once we landed it was a very fast moving and rather breathtaking ride in a tap-tap (which could make for an entire blog in themselves) to the guest house, a beautiful home that doubles as a church under Pastor Moise Vaval, who visited Riverside in 2014. We were greeted by friendly faces and cheerful moods, and the team had a pretty positive feeling headed into Monday...... that is until the heat hit.
The gentlemen (being myself, Josh, Logan, and John) have been staying in a room that is known as "the devil's armpit" - Logan Mcdaniel. In other words, it is a very hot room and we sweated through the couple hours of sleep we managed. We awoke to find the ladies nearly as tired as we were, but it was soon replaced by nervous excitement for the days events, after all the goal of the day was to get a sense of the city as well as get to know our translators. Throughout the day i can safely say both of these goals were accomplished to there full extent. To share a total God thing with you all, me and Josh were prayed over before we left on the trip and one of the things that was spoken over us is that we would make good connections with the local leaders. Both me and Josh automaticladly connected with PG, Sandro, and Jonas. We made many memories in the first day, but the best one is when our Tap-Tap gave out, so all 20 of us piled into the other, now make no mistake, this is normal for Haitians, but for Americans it was a wee bit um....snug, lets just say we got to know each other REAL WELL. The better part was when the Tap-Tap was STRUGGLING to make it up the massive hill to Moise's. About half way up I looked at PG and said "We gonna make it?" he responded confidently "I think so." Sandro just laughed. But through an act of God we made it to the top.
So as a last report all is well here in Haiti, and i would love some extra prayer as we are going to the orphanage for the first time tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed, Love you mom!
- Ryan Heare
6 comments:
We are so proud of Yall! Thank you Ryan for posting such a vivid description of the day. We can all see and feel that tap-tap. Praying cooler nights sleep for Yall tonight and covering for tender hearts tomorrow. Love you all. - Proud Mom, CH
Ryan, Grandma loves you and just wanted you to know that. Share the love and it will be the most amazing trip of your life.
What a great picture of your day! Thank you Ryan!!
Thank you, Ryan, for letting us experience your trip with you! I will also be praying for cooler, more restful nights ahead as well as a wonderful day of letting God use your hand and feet at the orphanage today! Love you all!
What an amazing story! Thank you for sharing Ryan! I can't wait to hear what happens next. Much love and prayers for all of you!
we will be praying too, was so good to read of your adventures so far, hugs.
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