Day One

Today was our first full day in Haiti.  We got going right away and headed of to an orphanage for sick and dying children.  We all had our hands full holding, playing with, and feeding some beautiful kids.  We actually ran into another mission group from Minnesota who was there at the same time.  They had already been in Haiti for a week so it was very interesting hearing their stories.  We came back to the guest house for a quick snack and then headed out for our afternoon activities.  

We headed over to shop called the Apparent Project to see how some local artisans are creating art and jobs in the community.  It was really cool to see both the store and the production side of all the artwork.  Some of the folks from the group that had seen this operation a couple years ago also commented how much it has grown since they saw it just a couple years.  It is really impressive to see these localized efforts to create work and great artwork.  After that we headed to another orphanage to spend some time with some really special kids.  We spent some time driving around today with our various stops.  It was really interesting to begin to get some sense of our surroundings.  Just a very quick drive through the marketplace this afternoon gave us a chance to see an incredible amount of activity.  Tomorrow we will be delivering water in Cite Soleil. 

Posted by Boe Carlson - Calvary Team Member