First Two Days of Work

Hello Friends and Family,

It is good to finally write to you again. I hope all is well back home! We are all doing great, as God is blessing us abundantly here in Haiti. A lot has taken place these last few days and many stories and memories have been made.

Driving to the work site on day one, I can say was very nerve racking; however, very exciting as we were finally able to work. Driving past UN security and aid forces as well as hundreds of tap taps (small truck transports for the Haitians) really made me think, how great this experience is.

Our team is very strong and bonds well together as we all are different abilities put together to make one great team. When we arrived at the church, my heart was crushed to see the broken and destablized buildings at our work site. Our first day of work was very strenous as we moved tons of rocks and pieces of a broken wall that was collapsed after the quake. The devastation is saddening, but the resolve of our Haitian brothers and sisters is quite inspiring and amazing.

After working for many hours on rocks, we were able to spread out and play with the local children, clear out a giant dumb truck of material used for cement, and also do different other cleaning jobs at the work site. The day was quite a success, as Pastor Francklin told me he was very happy with our hard work.

The day had a few scares, but mainly ones we can look back and laugh at. The Haitian workers worked most of the day to collapse two trees that needed to be cut down, once they finally figured out how to the tree came crashing down on the truck that we were working to empty. Lupe was the only one in the truck at the time and thank God he was very far from the tree hitting him. Brittany had a close call with heat deprevation as she got very tired and sick from a long day of heat and lack of water. She is doing much better today, after having much rest.

Day two was an interesting day as we tried to cordnate the language barrier of Creole and English. Overall, it can be frustrating, but through patience and understanding of the Haitian people's situation we worked hard and well. We moved over thirty to forty cement bags today that weighed 95 pounds each. It was quite a feat and required the whole teams effort.

Overall, as a leader and member of this team, I have to say this trip has been nothing but a blessing to my heart and well being. God has strengthed us so much and made things so much better when they could be so much worse. We praise him for his everlasting love and provision to us and our haitian brothers and sisters. We hope to keep you updated more and more as time goes on. May God bless this trip and continue to show his hand here in Haiti.

I'd like to end this post by dedicating it to my mom who is going through chemo treatments in the hospital. Mom, I love you and we are praying for you so much, continue to be strong!

To all of you we miss you and love you very much!

God's Everlasting Love,

Logan D. on Behalf of Team Haiti