Haiti Days 1 and 2

Blog Day 1- Zach Stallings

 Zach here! To start off we had to be at the airport by 4:30. I had a lot more energy then the rest of the group, at least thats what it seemed like. We all got through TSA smoothly. First flight went well and a few pictures of Jackson, Adam, and I sleeping. once we got to Miami we went straight for the food. the small group that I went with to get food got asian food. I got orange chicken and attempted to eat with chopsticks which was very tasty. The view of the second flight was WAY better than the first one, and I enjoyed looking out the window. About 30 minutes into the flight Jackson is asleep and Charis had the perfect opportunity to put pretzels in Jackson’s wide open mouth. Once we got to Port Au Prince we got all of our checked baggage pretty well and got out of the airport fast. The driving somewhat scared me, but we got to the community. Everything else went quickly and now ready for the next day. 

Zach out yo! 

Blog Day 2- Jackson Davis 

Hello, J Dawg here

So heres a preface: This place is awesome, and the people are awesome.

The morning started off with some hearty oatmeal and a walk through the community and our guide, Sony, was nothing short of extraordinary. He taught us how to say cow, pig, dog and various other things, but learning and trying to memorize the names of the animals tops off my list. After the community walk, we had a legitimate Creole lesson from Sony and i learned a lot but the question is how long I can retain it all. Next up we had a lesson over the history from a very wise and enlightened man, Franck, he had so much hope and passion for the history and future of his nation and just listening to him gave was awe inspiring. After all that learning we filled ourselves up with some chili and then went to build a bunk bed for a local family and the smile on the boy receiving the bed was like a little wink from God saying “this is what it’s about”. Just brightening up someones day. Them we had dinner and the Haitian food was impeccable. Finally we had worship and then talked about how we felt about the day and then took a dive into some deep stuff and finally devotionals. Well thanks for taking the time to read this terribly written blog and thanks for all your love and support. J Dawg out.