This past week I got to spend ten days in Haiti, which was great. It started on a rainy Tuesday morning. I drove with our "team", which only consisted of me and three others including our leader, Barbara. She whizzed us to the airport early in the morning and then we got on the plane heading for the animated city of Port-au-Prince. We finally arrived at around one and were warmly greeted by Linda, a really sweet lady who is with HUG orphanage. We did get to see the HUG girls that day as well. I write to one of the girls so it was nice to actually be able to see her in person again. I love being with those girls. They're all so sweet. :) We then went up to Pastor Maxeau's house in the mountains, where he and his wife were such amazing hostess's.
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| I fell in love with this little wonder, Pastor Maxeau's daughter. |
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| And I fell in love with Lizzie. 😍 |
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| A little blurry but here they are together. |
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| I know it's a blurry pic but I had to show that smile. |
So that was day one. Day two started off with a nice peaceful sit on the two balconies (my favorite spots). The one balcony is right off of the room that we stayed in and is very small and overlooking the rocky dirt parking lot. One chair presides smartly in the corner, a picture perfect place to sit and view the sloping vegetable rows and the early morning sun sprinting down the steep lush mountain casting the night fog off with a bright smile while children from 4 to teens walk to school and motorcycles bounce down to the city below. The other balcony is similar but bigger and with more inviting chairs and a nice round coffee table and a cushioned couch making a great place to build amazing relationships with amazing people including one girl from one of the orphanages who I love so much. Then there was a great breakfast as always. Maxeau's wife always serves amazing food. Then we started the ride over to the beach. The beach? On your first day? Yes, we did it on the first day but that's because Linda was leaving so, hey, we had to give her a beach day. 😉
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| Me and my babe. 😉 |
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Kind of a blurry pic but I like it. 😏
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We went for a boat ride while at the beach and the driver brought us snorkeling. Our boat driver was very entertaining to say the least. He had us all singing, dancing, and dying of laughter. Yeah, good times! Later that day we got to visit the HUG girl orphanage. I love those girls!
Then we headed back to Pastor Maxeau's beautiful home in the mountains, where the air is fresh and cool in the evenings.
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| I fell in love with this young lady on the left. She's a beautiful girl inside and out. And Ginette: 💗 |
The pic above is on the bigger patio at Pastor Maxeau's, where we got to spend several happy evenings and mornings. That's how our first full day in Haiti ended.
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The pics throughout these posts are taken by me and other members of our team and from the lady who runs the guesthouse we stayed in later on during the trip.
