Hot & Sticky

Thankfully I was able to talk Ryan into getting me a tiny personal fan :)

Haiti's Slow Recovery

Prayer Calendar

6 Months Ago

Haiti's New Normal: You Get Up, You Sit Back Down

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (July 12) -- Along the fault line that caused this disaster in Haiti, there are now more than 1,300 camps. They are filled with 700,000 tarps and 100,000 tents. They are tied up alongside 8,000 cubic yards of rubble and 190,000 destroyed houses. There are 1.5 million people, including half a million children, in the streets.

But ask folks what they've been doing lately and there is only one answer: "Nou leve chak jou, epi nou chita." We get up every day, and we sit back down.

Life is like that, they say, six months after the Jan. 12 earthquake. What can we do?

Days start early. By 5:30 a.m., the sun has risen. By 6 a.m. tents and shacks are unbearably hot. There may be breakfast. Or there may not be.

The rest of the article here.

1 Week To Go

I will be leaving next Monday - wowser. It seems like it came a lot quicker than I was thinking. We had a team meeting yesterday and got a schedule.

Monday, July 19 - Travel to LAX and leave in the evening
Tuesday, July 20 - Team arrives in Port au Prince, Haiti and travels (by bus) to St. Louis, Haiti
Wednesday, July 21 - Campus day at St. Louis, visit jail
Thursday, July 22 - Tortuga Island, sports camp
Friday, July 23 - Visit Ansefelour (voodoo temple)
Saturday, July 24 - Market and waterfall trip
Sunday, July 25 - Church
Monday, July 26 - Visit House of Hope (orphanage), sports camp
Tuesday, July 27 - Community projects (construction)
Wednesday, July 28 - Visit OTB super kitchen in Port de Paix
Thursday, July 29 - Hut to hut evangelism, Miriam Center (mentally handicapped children) cookies and fingerpainting
Friday, July 30 - Hut to hut evangelism, meals on feet
Saturday, July 31 - Travel back to USA

Of course the schedule is just tentative - if things come up we will roll with it and do what they need - but at least this gives you all an idea of specifics to pray for on a daily basis.

Our team - Kristina, Adam, Bonney, Brenda, Silver, Andrew and myself. Please keep us all in your prayers!!

99 Cent Store

Today the 99 Cent Store was my friend. I walked down and stocked up on all of my travel things.

A few of the things I picked up:

**Shampoo
**Conditioner
**Hair spray
**Body wash
**Shower sandals

I think I am 99% packed. I am trying to keep everything in my carry on (I think the last time I didn't travel in only carry-ons was when I moved out to California in 2 suit cases that I had to check). I think the last few things are mostly food items that I have to pick up at the grocery store in the next week or so.

2 Weeks

Two weeks until we leave!! I am all up to date on my shots and vaccines. I have about $300 left to support raise. I have to pack, but hopefully that won't be to difficult. There are a few things that I still need to get before I go (like bug spray and packable food), but we are getting there!! We will have another meeting on Sunday - and hopefully this time we will get a full schedule of what we are doing on a daily basis (that way you know specifics of what to pray for).

THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT - BUT FINANCIALLY AND PRAYERFULLY!!