We made it to Haiti! Jennifer and Julie arrived via Miami at about 10:30 and the rest of us via JFK/New York at 12:15. The airport was crazy as we expected. We deplaned and then were taken to a hangar by bus to get our luggage. Debbie, Julie, and Jennifer met us outside customs and we pushed our way to the truck. We made our way to Hope House seeing many tent cities and flattened buildings along the way. The rookies along for the first time got a good taste of the dust in Haiti as we bumped along. After we had a snack and orientation at Hope House, we quickly sorted the 20 suitcases of donations that we brought along and are now sorting donations Debbie had here already. It is VERY hot but there is a nice breeze. Many of us are looking forward to dinner and bedtime although it's only 4:30!
We look forward to going to the Village of Hope School tomorrow to unpack the "Stop Hunger Now" meals that many of us helped prepare at Prince of Peace Lutheran in February. We are excited to see the project to the end - meals getting to the Haitians!
Glad to hear you all arrived safely at Hope House. Missed thunderstorms and hail in Virginia this afternoon. A huge rainbow streaked lightly across sky in Washington, D.C. Had dinner with children's author who donated 50 books to Village of Hope last year. Mentioned your team was there again today. Hugs to all the precious little ones you will meet.
ReplyDeletePeace,
Yvette
Greeting Y'all --- we are here and eagerly watching your words. (Ok truth, I'm eagerly watching your words. Children are (#1) still sleeping in and (#2) watching cartoons. I"ll catch them up on the news and I'm sure they miss you too!
ReplyDeleteJan
hi daddy
ReplyDeletei'm up i miss you soooooo much!
i bet timmy does too.
see you soon!
love allison