Apparently the internet is harder to come by in Haiti than in the DR so I apologize for the delay……But anyway we all arrived safe and sound in Haiti and after a few hour bus ride (it would have been faster but we blew a tire) we arrived at the Mission of Hope International compound. It’s a nice place right on the ocean, so we have an awesome view. Honestly though, not too much has been going on. It’s pretty much the same routine. We get up at 6:30am and have breakfast, and then leave at 7:30am to do construction. Sometimes helping to build a school building behind the MOHI church which is about a 15 minute drive from the compound, and sometimes helping build the BelikeBrit orphanage which is right next to the school. We do this every day except Sunday (which is church) and Monday (which is our day off). Last Saturday was the last day that they were going to have the cement mixer at the school construction site for a long time and there was still A LOT of concrete that needed to be poured. So we worked from approx. 8am to 11pm that night mostly pouring concrete the entire time. Actually I shouldn’t say “we”. I spent that day resting because I was sick. But by the time everyone else returned, took showers, and got in bed, it was about 1am. The heat and humidity here is INSANE. When I was here last it was in the summer and I was expecting it to be hot. But it’s winter and it’s still just as hot, which makes doing construction all day that much harder. Especially when there’s little to no shade at all. Although while we are at the compound we do have the ocean, which gives us a nice breeze. Well that’s about all that’s going on right now. I don’t see much changing the rest of the time we’re here. As far as I know we’ll be doing construction until we leave. But I’ll be sure to keep you guys posted (whenever I get internet).
