25 Things
1. 1. Haiti may be the hottest place on earth.
2. 2. It is very difficult to fall asleep when lying in a puddle of your own sweat.
3. 3. The fan is one of man’s greatest inventions.
4. 4. The smell from a garbage fire is difficult to get out of a tent once it’s gotten in.
5. 5. The roof is the coolest place to sleep.
6. 6. God loves to bless His children abundantly and amazingly.
7. 7. You can do just as much good working behind the scenes as on the front lines.
8. 8. I miss Seth when we don’t share a sleeping space, even if he’s just next door.
9. 9. You can still sweat with 3 fans pointed at you.
10. 10. I want a basset hound when we get a dog.
11. 11. Kevin and Susan Brun are super cool people (as are their kids).
12. 12. David and Judy Heady work harder than anyone I know.
13. 13. Throwing relief money at a place/person hurts more than it helps if there’s no system in place to allocate the money.
14. 14. Haitian men really really love American women. There were marriage proposals even.
15. 15. The UN police are known as the “United Nothing” to the people, cause they don’t do anything.
16. 16. God can make confusing and weird requests of you.
17. 17. Rain is awesome, because if it’s raining it’s not swelteringly hot. Generally anyways.
18. 18. The question game can easily turn into the “ask April every question known to man about marriage” game when played with single female racers.
19. 19. Seth has grown into an amazing husband and man of God.
20. 20. People who know someone from your WR squad are everywhere in Haiti.
21. 21. Haitian babies are adorable.
22. 22. There are far too many Haitian babies with serious burns, because an open fire is all they have to cook on.
23. 23. You can sweat from every square inch of your skin. This includes your forearms, scalp, shoulders, and anywhere else you can think of.
24. 24. You can sweat so much that the paint that falls on you when painting houses never dries, and wipes right off.
25. 25. Haiti needs a good leader who will get rid of the corruption and install an infrastructure way more than they need more money.
