Life in Haiti means…
Grand Goâve is home
Malaria pills
Too many mosquito bites
Vomiting and too many trips to the
Running water and toilets with seats
Cold showers
Fresh coconuts and mangoes from our yard
Tenting
Living with 44 other squad mates
Baby tarantulas and many other bugs
Coffee every morning
Falling asleep to the crashing waves
Sporadic electricity
30-35 degree Celcius weather
Beautiful beach scenery
Poverty
Luscious green mountains
Rubble and trash everywhere
Colourful sunsets
Homes built from tarps
Excursions to the nearby island
Locals always asking for our things
Starfish, hermit crabs, jellyfish, sea urchins and coral
Internet once a week
Feeling isolated to our gated compound (for safety reasons)
Creole church services
Squad led worship/preaching Sunday nights
Being known as the “blanc” (whites)
No hand soap
Lots and lots of fresh bread (too much for my own good)
Rice, onions and red sauce (made with at least a whole bottle of oil)
Baby goats, piglets and puppies
Adopting a 8 week old puppy we named Bailey
Having a local show me that I truly do not know how to hand wash clothes
Time with God
Three good books (The Pursuit of God, Spiritual Slavery to Spiritual Sonship, Erasing Hell)
Squishing onto a school bus as our main form of transportation
Brushing teeth with bottled water
Enjoying a birthday cake more than ever before
An empty riverbed becomes our main road
Hammock time
Mixing and pouring cement by hand
Working construction and painting
A lack of snacks and ability to buy anything
Flooding tents
Torrential downpours (beginning of rainy season)
Glass bottles of Coca Cola
Movie nights with Sarah and Rebecca
Working with Mission of Hope and Be Like Brit
Practicing my French
