Haiti: Part 1

I went to Haiti during spring break this year. I haven't really talked about it to anyone, mostly because I've been so busy coming back to campus and trying to work on grades, organizations, and relationships. As a result I haven't really taken time to express the emotional aspects of my journey. An the main reason this has been inspired is because I was interviewed by our campus newspaper, where I had to regurgitate all of the feelings and experiences from the trip. Which made me realize it was really important to write my journey in words for myself, and also for others who maybe interested about the trip and my life.



I didn't decide to go to Haiti just because of the earthquake, I've actually have been patiently waiting for God's call to go. It just so happened that God's call came when the earthquake occurred. The weeks before the trip I had to attend preparation meetings, in addition to spiritual readiness I was doing on my own. But honestly you can never really be prepared for a journey like that traveling to a third world country.

In Haiti we stayed at the pastors house, which even without central air conditioning was nicer than some American houses. We were given tasks for week, I was placed to work on building a school for the kids of Guibert, and others where given the job of building and fortifying rafters in the church. All of these tasks were accomplished and we were able to pass out large camping tents to people in the village that did not have any kind of structure to protect themselves from the elements. This was the basic physical tasks that we did and accomplished while we were there. In addition to bonding and building relationships with the orphans at the boys home.

The journey and the events were literally life changing and in the next months and weeks I'll will hopefully be posting specific stories from my trip. Please be in prayer for our constant battle against the enemy, my personal spiritual wellness, and the kingdom and people of God around the world.