tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432762066055510402024-02-19T04:25:50.188-08:00Randi MichelleRandi Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404799939526037501noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143276206605551040.post-9278228213452854082010-07-12T11:08:00.001-07:002010-07-12T11:48:00.127-07:00Saturday June 5th: Day #8 in Haiti<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Today we woke up around 4:30 and did some last minute packing before we had to head to the airport. Customs at the airport took </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">FOREVER</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. We were all anxiously awaiting to get on the plane...finally it was my turn and I can't tell you what it felt like as I walked on the plane and felt the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">AIR CONDITIONER! </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I had gone 8 days without it and I missed it so much! The flights home weren't bad at all. I was excited to see my family but I was devastated that I already had to leave. It was nice when we landed in Miami and I could finally use my cell phone...I had missed that a lot as well! After Miami we flew to Dallas and then OKC! Most of the families came to welcome us home! My mom and dad came and picked Cassie (my roommate) and I up...they brought flowers, it was so sweet!! I was so happy to see them!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTBEVKk-G42hC22OVMNFgP72t7CkMJjPE1DuvmFjeqh77QKE7JwnQLv4YYN8tEWVdgEatKjhDLcCcZR90Rm52uz69jLHBCjbC_t8lf5CCp3AQ7rBhpYgYPL4q_7YESO5Qn0dM6-pTKkw/s1600/30599_1279038189168_1626429412_690792_5682852_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTBEVKk-G42hC22OVMNFgP72t7CkMJjPE1DuvmFjeqh77QKE7JwnQLv4YYN8tEWVdgEatKjhDLcCcZR90Rm52uz69jLHBCjbC_t8lf5CCp3AQ7rBhpYgYPL4q_7YESO5Qn0dM6-pTKkw/s320/30599_1279038189168_1626429412_690792_5682852_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493084403647175714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Unfortunately one of my bags did not make it on the flight, so we had to spend 30 minutes trying to find this bag when all we wanted to do was go home! They finally found it in some other state, who knows where! and they shipped it to me the next day :) So now I'm sure your wondering what's next?? Well if your not wondering I'm sorry but I'm going to tell you anways!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It has been over 30 days since we have been back from Haiti and, as some of you may know, I will be going back again in September (with my mother! I am excited to be given the opportunity to serve with her). I have been praying about returning since I have been back and only wanted to go back if it was God's will for me. I feel like God has put everything into place for me to go back and I am so fortunate</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> to have the opportunity to go with another team from Journey Church. More than anything I would love for you to pray for not only me, but my team as well. So please </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">PRAY </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">that God will use me and my story, and my teammates, while on our trip to Haiti. And please, if you can, </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">GIVE. </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I believe God blesses us so that we can bless others. Even one buck. It's going to cost $1750 total for me to go again. Just email me at randimichelle@ou.edu or send me a Facebook message and I can send you my address and other information. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. Thank you all again so much for supporting me financially and prayerfully. I wish I could express to you the life change that this has brought about it me but it is simply too big and wonderful to put into words. I went to Haiti expecting to change lives of the people I interacted with, never did I think that they would change mine. They taught me what it really means to literally have nothing, except God, and to still have everything. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> If you would like to talk to me more about this experience I would love to share more with you. </span></span></span></div></div>Randi Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404799939526037501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143276206605551040.post-11898817377166801572010-07-12T10:05:00.000-07:002010-07-12T11:35:44.115-07:00Friday June 4th: Day #7 in Haiti<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegfCdlZSxrvq5-LewyafqdasoDd_ifk8vIX90_EK8FXDOw3iTsJ17_AG25xcq3p9kdIO5sspCdnFSSyxaiD0H6uHIQClDxog17D-Vzsa-nHa9hp35q396Qg62icNrI1hC484eJJ_IWE0/s1600/DSC04211.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegfCdlZSxrvq5-LewyafqdasoDd_ifk8vIX90_EK8FXDOw3iTsJ17_AG25xcq3p9kdIO5sspCdnFSSyxaiD0H6uHIQClDxog17D-Vzsa-nHa9hp35q396Qg62icNrI1hC484eJJ_IWE0/s320/DSC04211.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493069451100244274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:medium;">Ahhh!!! Today was the <b>DAY </b>we got to go to the beach and I was soooo pumped!!! You may not be able to see in the pictures, but you can see the ocean from the MOH, so it was tempting all week and finally we got to go!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:medium;">We woke up that morning and we had a few hours to spare before we left for the beach! I decided I would go down to the clinic and the prosthetics lab..A very sweet Haitian lady let us take pictures of her walking for the second time with her new leg..it was touching! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCQirFyGTutWCI0YcXa-_Ja5uP71bezZ6aQUBJ8qOyM8awY-Icww_QCD9IM5zogWtJDBXyh-xMGjHgYeSfLIfnVgBgCB4qRmGbLisquzPp0R3ei0mqDYbEI72GqhJE-dAsJ1IBo17MFE/s1600/DSC04215.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCQirFyGTutWCI0YcXa-_Ja5uP71bezZ6aQUBJ8qOyM8awY-Icww_QCD9IM5zogWtJDBXyh-xMGjHgYeSfLIfnVgBgCB4qRmGbLisquzPp0R3ei0mqDYbEI72GqhJE-dAsJ1IBo17MFE/s320/DSC04215.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493069456373655522" style="display: block; 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Finally it was time to head back to the MOH and we had dinner once we returned. After dinner it started raining again so we all started packing and had a great last night..I went to bed early so that I would be well rested for a long day tomorrow of traveling. </span></span></div>Randi Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404799939526037501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143276206605551040.post-43444468869395789662010-07-12T09:26:00.001-07:002010-07-12T11:36:07.361-07:00Thursday June 3rd: Day #6 in Haiti<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf65eUIs6X3o17rJH3nC9p2WNYRmsQ9K3f-CgYzedsOWDubgvdIf60gQMJ4Ef_GeowHf3We6uqzdF2DphEyXEg0SxGObgy4NRGCX33oTbz5KeE6iNxmXYnr4ZZGHfiY1lv7MRRGulIrAA/s1600/35745_824489748867_9634584_44615491_3839744_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf65eUIs6X3o17rJH3nC9p2WNYRmsQ9K3f-CgYzedsOWDubgvdIf60gQMJ4Ef_GeowHf3We6uqzdF2DphEyXEg0SxGObgy4NRGCX33oTbz5KeE6iNxmXYnr4ZZGHfiY1lv7MRRGulIrAA/s320/35745_824489748867_9634584_44615491_3839744_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493057489459266674" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today was a very difficult day for me. We did construction work in the morning just like we did every other morning. This was our <b>FINAL </b>day of construction and we were all ecstatic! This was the hardest day for me because I was physically exhausted from doing all of the manual labor. I have never worked that hard in my life! I was just counting down the minutes until lunch and there was so many times throughout the morning that I just wanted to give up! What kept me going was that I was very excited for the afternoon because we were going to go out into the villages and go to two different orphanages. After lunch, I decided to take a quick nap so that I was recharged for the rest of the day. Unfortunately, after I woke up from my nap, I was not feeling so great. I took some medicine and was contemplating whether or not I should just stay in bed for the afternoon. Finally, I decided to just suck it up and go with the group to the villages. I am <b>SO </b>thankful I decided to go!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The first orphanage we went to was called Good Samaritan... It was actually destroyed in the earthquake so they now live on the other side of the road in tents. There are about 50 to 70 children that live in this orphanage, and unfortunately it is not run by the best Haitians. I will never forget, as we are walking into the orphanage, it was like someone yelled <b>GO! </b>to the children because they all started running as fast as they could toward us! We just spent time loving on the children and holding the younger ones! We played sports with some of the older ones as well..We brought flip flops to pass out to the boys and dresses to pass out to the girls. We regret doing that though because as soon as we left we found out that some of the people the run the orphanage will take what the children are given and they will sell it back out in the markets...so next time I go I am taking snacks that the children can eat in front of me and it won't be taken from them. I held this little boy, Emmanuel, for a really long time! He was about a year old and he was so precious. I will never forget the look on the faces of the children as we give them their flip flops and dresses. This part of the trip touched me the most...I can't even put it in words...</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7ymVdw95mM-QRH9IZjB49XHfbAo3aaOL3qIMAWaIu4pq3YUql2qGpASQ3LM8hp2tARThm5P86eK-zsTX85JXXgF2RBfVbqewC7uYFiYYefgtZgpE3EkVAuEnu4ZO9m9Fvj2FHt47ZCg/s1600/35745_824489489387_9634584_44615441_3561154_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7ymVdw95mM-QRH9IZjB49XHfbAo3aaOL3qIMAWaIu4pq3YUql2qGpASQ3LM8hp2tARThm5P86eK-zsTX85JXXgF2RBfVbqewC7uYFiYYefgtZgpE3EkVAuEnu4ZO9m9Fvj2FHt47ZCg/s320/35745_824489489387_9634584_44615441_3561154_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493063667438030834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB707vNuFtEXN2vWyJBVxqkJG6IMhlyl-BG4SBHNHwh9tDABTRxKSfyQHoGmUWYPrbaKmJR8AobKy5iYk19uBnlMkh1Et5w1ixlXRD8EUnGo9QYeh1c3CkW3gCrzSkKQiB3qRMFQQ1c10/s1600/29939_520918429895_176402902_30683624_6373396_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB707vNuFtEXN2vWyJBVxqkJG6IMhlyl-BG4SBHNHwh9tDABTRxKSfyQHoGmUWYPrbaKmJR8AobKy5iYk19uBnlMkh1Et5w1ixlXRD8EUnGo9QYeh1c3CkW3gCrzSkKQiB3qRMFQQ1c10/s320/29939_520918429895_176402902_30683624_6373396_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493063659342602978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWoXjPlhSQzj4_lAAXE3Ema6OjRT9WA6J7mY62FC67CGMMPI6uRzJnnBC9qQMQpBPyE37_hRjO1AYJXWNWibxOsaA5c2WQV-zL5i3Dqo0AUTQw5FlFbL7GoVJTK5tPqLdjplg2qFZwZ0/s1600/DSC04188.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWoXjPlhSQzj4_lAAXE3Ema6OjRT9WA6J7mY62FC67CGMMPI6uRzJnnBC9qQMQpBPyE37_hRjO1AYJXWNWibxOsaA5c2WQV-zL5i3Dqo0AUTQw5FlFbL7GoVJTK5tPqLdjplg2qFZwZ0/s320/DSC04188.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493063655877977426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxzwcAaMpR_33gtz2gyhkXCuwkoqlJYT0zgkNaU2dL0qtfCgtq_G5_8_hX2oDZ9HbHAuP6KNrXBOUqpmb3P1-MhOW1m6HI0aOTv0DYVAvhI2H-U4_jtHA6_GB_Yl4R4pztJcgKprN81o/s1600/30395_818684173287_9618008_44393021_1831005_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxzwcAaMpR_33gtz2gyhkXCuwkoqlJYT0zgkNaU2dL0qtfCgtq_G5_8_hX2oDZ9HbHAuP6KNrXBOUqpmb3P1-MhOW1m6HI0aOTv0DYVAvhI2H-U4_jtHA6_GB_Yl4R4pztJcgKprN81o/s320/30395_818684173287_9618008_44393021_1831005_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493065864604249810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After Good Samaritan, we got to go to another orphanage called Les Enfants du Roi. We took a walk thru the villages and finally made it...This was a special orphanage because it was funded by two guys named Jeremy and Jay. These two guys are about 25 years old and they are from Florida. They have now been living in Haiti for almost one year and they raised enough money to have this orphanage built. They now live at the Mission of Hope and volunteer there! Jeremy was like our go-to-guy all week and he was awesome! All of the Haitians really love these two guys! Anyways we got to go to their orphanage and it is an all boy orphanage...we played sports and passed out gifts to these children as well and it was a lot of fun! It was sad to see because this orphanage was well run where as Good Samaritan was a complete mess...</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCLf11a3UsAJhILdMScqbfXVU_Ld98o1ZrBK6w07ZecV0DBI1exPwTVvITVAn2KEkIa5tlJqZSNFbvIeZp1ocwTnI9CRJm7Diz-hRk5XY-942SsjDTsm-5kiftpzVJcPNSZUP_77_4ao/s1600/DSC04195.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCLf11a3UsAJhILdMScqbfXVU_Ld98o1ZrBK6w07ZecV0DBI1exPwTVvITVAn2KEkIa5tlJqZSNFbvIeZp1ocwTnI9CRJm7Diz-hRk5XY-942SsjDTsm-5kiftpzVJcPNSZUP_77_4ao/s320/DSC04195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493063646860161442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO__nkeqZ3v6_rJ5T2nAnzCnLqDlhSieoXI9vzwq-VtM_S13q66LKdBD5GrqBC8doZHFNX1P6ZQZiwMpgxYwCF2yHfV-Ufjm1eb5DOPetFDjX3meqUyBnUduOJdnUyJPIMzUrPxUAHLI/s1600/DSC04200.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO__nkeqZ3v6_rJ5T2nAnzCnLqDlhSieoXI9vzwq-VtM_S13q66LKdBD5GrqBC8doZHFNX1P6ZQZiwMpgxYwCF2yHfV-Ufjm1eb5DOPetFDjX3meqUyBnUduOJdnUyJPIMzUrPxUAHLI/s320/DSC04200.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493063632765073298" style="display: block; 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" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After the orphanages, we went back to the MOH where we relaxed and played games and got to know everyone better. Once again, it rained and so it was another nice relaxing evening!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6dQTU9mMlLIoq0Wv7oBYq_oSqwe7yj3bkH8Zn5ifskUh1oVttm6UG5OkRrfnG95REAai9r4JOgNPRMekaZ3ba1qtAre66RUBvTeSYRpzTsWIAUp4NchAayTun-MbsfWi4VQVPlIDMiI/s1600/36400_10150224746530593_538055592_13025716_7719713_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6dQTU9mMlLIoq0Wv7oBYq_oSqwe7yj3bkH8Zn5ifskUh1oVttm6UG5OkRrfnG95REAai9r4JOgNPRMekaZ3ba1qtAre66RUBvTeSYRpzTsWIAUp4NchAayTun-MbsfWi4VQVPlIDMiI/s320/36400_10150224746530593_538055592_13025716_7719713_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493066711516287010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div>Randi Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404799939526037501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143276206605551040.post-13543481305266579112010-07-12T08:02:00.001-07:002010-07-12T11:53:53.439-07:00Wednesday June 2nd; Day #5 in Haiti<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAnL5CDhca9NaVi93h7JTWl6GWZkoSqYiUguETyqqiEzNwm2M51XSe2LKo7dVoJZLH-Ya1dFpAqlEHDsxRdkTlULVjupwMHga7ByPUBqmLawqGGVTnJ4s56-CnrUMv9vKUtRWz7Y9v54/s1600/31997_1326317157788_1226685510_30826875_1547147_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAnL5CDhca9NaVi93h7JTWl6GWZkoSqYiUguETyqqiEzNwm2M51XSe2LKo7dVoJZLH-Ya1dFpAqlEHDsxRdkTlULVjupwMHga7ByPUBqmLawqGGVTnJ4s56-CnrUMv9vKUtRWz7Y9v54/s320/31997_1326317157788_1226685510_30826875_1547147_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493036075479317314" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:medium;">5 am came way to soon once again, but I was beginning to get used to this whole getting up extremely early thing that I'm not accustomed to back home. This morning was the best morning yet because we got to go down to the MOH School and see all of the children arrive. There are currently 1250 children enrolled at the MOH that walk who knows how far to school every morning. All of these children are sponsored (mainly by people in the U.S.) because it costs $35 a month per child to attend school. When we arrived at the school we were swarmed by children, it was amazing! They were the most precious things in their cute little matching uniforms. We got to hang out with them for about 30 minutes and then all of the kids were called to line up in front of the school by the flagpoles, and they said a prayer! It was then time for the children to go to class, I was sad because I still wanted to hang out and play with them...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTq8P2e77hZZHuOwL4qACusLcaT-mUkxR4x37initPo03uj0kjzaZ5pVb4D4X_FuETFRI5FuWOZnF3qoG651RJLpLjwY4AlnH3JO6yQ5aRCslSIFBQUWPrjvHlVmXt6o-mXJ_ohdR46s/s1600/31997_1326912132662_1226685510_30827671_6843272_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTq8P2e77hZZHuOwL4qACusLcaT-mUkxR4x37initPo03uj0kjzaZ5pVb4D4X_FuETFRI5FuWOZnF3qoG651RJLpLjwY4AlnH3JO6yQ5aRCslSIFBQUWPrjvHlVmXt6o-mXJ_ohdR46s/s320/31997_1326912132662_1226685510_30827671_6843272_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493041086619176082" style="display: block; 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I was starting to get used to the heat but we were getting physically exhausted as the week went on! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDthtXampVF_Lu-41BdSFbGWejWlSmw4LR89YRFw7O2fsdxeR7s2TOkmWVv378TsEbDDq29Ync0NhkP0dqq6lJBfkqE58oubvHyBkReRU_jgVsZFBlfqW7NI7SU5UzSEys_OK9j-toQO8/s1600/30395_818476634197_9618008_44388133_4705169_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDthtXampVF_Lu-41BdSFbGWejWlSmw4LR89YRFw7O2fsdxeR7s2TOkmWVv378TsEbDDq29Ync0NhkP0dqq6lJBfkqE58oubvHyBkReRU_jgVsZFBlfqW7NI7SU5UzSEys_OK9j-toQO8/s320/30395_818476634197_9618008_44388133_4705169_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493041896508354082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span></div></div><br />Today was a day that I realized how much I <b>LOVED </b>being in Haiti, yes of course I missed my family and friends and I hated that I couldn't really talk to them....but today was the day that I knew that I definitely wanted to come back to Haiti and maybe even live in Haiti for awhile. I mean I am young, not married, nor do I have kids (and I don't see any of this happening in the near future) SO why not use this opportunity that God has given me and do what I am called to do? So I have been praying about this and will continue to pray about this important decision...After lunch we had the privilege of going to a remote orphanage called Tytoo Gardens. There were only about 20 children at this orphanage and most of them were older children. <div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvVaOLyMwy-HGbtNKMn6cCMhN2CXNVclf2ZTBD11-wTi3o2q_pVHGIRwpktf_oTUedBBCMDBiQEjV8ZKnJn31RlI-9eMB6EuXyNlcPG31o7WtfF11ISCUXwT_TlJzMDjZ2KrnYyIKvT8/s1600/DSC04171.JPG"><br /><br /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYh2BYQ_hv0Wxy8gMFL38t3KuxExFQK5VZMX6Xk_M58VaI-0wOAhgwulBQ4stueBIlZa4-qJZgDtbPICqBJMpsIgDjXHHbNFspTM18BqW7q6CRJ1urQSCUWhwDR5l-dYarhAVPg69R7KU/s1600/DSC04170.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYh2BYQ_hv0Wxy8gMFL38t3KuxExFQK5VZMX6Xk_M58VaI-0wOAhgwulBQ4stueBIlZa4-qJZgDtbPICqBJMpsIgDjXHHbNFspTM18BqW7q6CRJ1urQSCUWhwDR5l-dYarhAVPg69R7KU/s320/DSC04170.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493045342381367730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvVaOLyMwy-HGbtNKMn6cCMhN2CXNVclf2ZTBD11-wTi3o2q_pVHGIRwpktf_oTUedBBCMDBiQEjV8ZKnJn31RlI-9eMB6EuXyNlcPG31o7WtfF11ISCUXwT_TlJzMDjZ2KrnYyIKvT8/s1600/DSC04171.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvVaOLyMwy-HGbtNKMn6cCMhN2CXNVclf2ZTBD11-wTi3o2q_pVHGIRwpktf_oTUedBBCMDBiQEjV8ZKnJn31RlI-9eMB6EuXyNlcPG31o7WtfF11ISCUXwT_TlJzMDjZ2KrnYyIKvT8/s320/DSC04171.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493045350433784834" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div>I was torn because I didn't know what I should do to interact with the older children. It's easy to interact with the babies and toddlers because they just want to be held, but when it comes to the older children I didn't know what to do....SOOO I thought for a moment and then it dawned on me! What do older girls love to do in Haiti you ask???? <b>BRAID!!!</b> So I went and got the translator and had them ask the girls to braid my hair! They were thrilled to do it and let me just say it <b>HURT </b>so bad, but they were trying to be very gentle with me! But beauty is pain right?? Wrong! I'm not sure the look fit me too well..</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7YVmZsj2-w2agBU2uAUmhrAGNSy2_Lf7C9JCve12aOFiWbIytIZD6jsI44YAme9XVAPG0eNvjFYM_i-9AoU18wwCdbB3DSCZx0neuefHEZ-79LbFrEFPZtFffEctpkjqMxG1PO2S86fg/s1600/35732_821341597787_9634584_44496594_3715715_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7YVmZsj2-w2agBU2uAUmhrAGNSy2_Lf7C9JCve12aOFiWbIytIZD6jsI44YAme9XVAPG0eNvjFYM_i-9AoU18wwCdbB3DSCZx0neuefHEZ-79LbFrEFPZtFffEctpkjqMxG1PO2S86fg/s320/35732_821341597787_9634584_44496594_3715715_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493044519810505650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGq1NXWYr3X5UtVIvXAuVwU1F18kt6KwvCEuaQz_4voLnA0VRRjfGp0ajS0geaVs8NVAbdZr9_TSNV1gc67rapZlh2aLvTAe4qU2Me2Ft5g8A7ZBSoRPXbEiRQBGVLxFE80LTvf0ZGITM/s1600/DSC04180.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGq1NXWYr3X5UtVIvXAuVwU1F18kt6KwvCEuaQz_4voLnA0VRRjfGp0ajS0geaVs8NVAbdZr9_TSNV1gc67rapZlh2aLvTAe4qU2Me2Ft5g8A7ZBSoRPXbEiRQBGVLxFE80LTvf0ZGITM/s320/DSC04180.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493044535399097714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a> Fortunately for me, you won't be seeing any pictures of the final product because of course as soon as the girl was about 3/4ths of the way done, we are told that we need to leave immediately because they need the bus back at the mission by a certain time! So I had to walk around with my hair only 3/4ths of the way braided while the other part was like a fro...Needless to say I got back to the MOH, took a nap on my lovely new hairdo, and when I woke up had a KILLER headache because the braids were so tight...I seeked some help and after about 20 minutes they were all out, I felt awful for taking them out but I felt much better once my hair was back to normal! <div><br /></div><div>Today was the 2nd day of hurricane season and around dinner it started raining, no scratch that pouring, no scratch that it was a MONSOON! So we just hung around cabin and played games! It was a nice relaxing evening and I got a great nights rest :) </div>Randi Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404799939526037501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143276206605551040.post-80220584544545882112010-07-09T08:24:00.001-07:002010-07-12T11:37:24.019-07:00Tuesday June 1st: Day #4 in Haiti<div style="text-align: center;">Tuesday June 1st: Day #4 in Haiti</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mZVzkPalAcTNKu_z3i1o0LVG1s1HQ-4E_b7u4V_v0Acrl5bQxoeeOAe5nxcqGsHXG9S_juMY-aMegX9Hd0i1Mjpf7mYx8Y5HcEhXy7jbu3UWvJ0sVqNmqhM-7_1McDzVwGjFaL_MJes/s1600/20100629123643_img_4247.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mZVzkPalAcTNKu_z3i1o0LVG1s1HQ-4E_b7u4V_v0Acrl5bQxoeeOAe5nxcqGsHXG9S_juMY-aMegX9Hd0i1Mjpf7mYx8Y5HcEhXy7jbu3UWvJ0sVqNmqhM-7_1McDzVwGjFaL_MJes/s320/20100629123643_img_4247.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491928118534476002" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>My day started at 5 am once again..I was beginning to get used to the roosters crowing as the sun came up literally around 4:30!! Today was a very extremely difficult day for me. I was physically exhausted from all of the work yesterday! My body ached in places I didn't even know it could. Who would have thought sorting thru medical supplies would make me so sore? <b>NOT ME! </b>We ate breakfast and then were off to our various jobs. Of course I choose to sort medical supplies again, so I did that from around 8 to noon! It was hotter than the day before and there was so many times I wanted to give up! One thing I learned in Haiti is hot water taste amazing, I was just grateful for some water! It was nice to have some ice cold water though once I got back to the states! I didn't realize how much I took ice cold water and air conditioning for granted..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdv4_TpTglPRY2eCH4K0uAmFzOwXOiLbBRlWl_mfr-HJK3LowVo2r4gj1MHi9_q4cJKI6wwj6T74kNyNDnBc33fG79jo11wBD4sm_uxe4GU4s9BqaIZT2jOu0CGuIuDWxQ2yRXGvDh-Us/s1600/29041_817473110267_9623554_44345833_219841_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdv4_TpTglPRY2eCH4K0uAmFzOwXOiLbBRlWl_mfr-HJK3LowVo2r4gj1MHi9_q4cJKI6wwj6T74kNyNDnBc33fG79jo11wBD4sm_uxe4GU4s9BqaIZT2jOu0CGuIuDWxQ2yRXGvDh-Us/s320/29041_817473110267_9623554_44345833_219841_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491930816670864994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-bNMGtqAjuy4azv1gTZtNL4Te0kW38dbC0an_UTuFJi_QoCxR_Qc6RqtJpOkTMSGwHMimU_h0Q35n5tM1uJ-eAkMso0-zUlUKEnhV8MKv_xbvb1c5KoMlQxdWC6L3tZLoJzjEvPMFfI/s1600/30829_399782873692_645323692_4471898_84597_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-bNMGtqAjuy4azv1gTZtNL4Te0kW38dbC0an_UTuFJi_QoCxR_Qc6RqtJpOkTMSGwHMimU_h0Q35n5tM1uJ-eAkMso0-zUlUKEnhV8MKv_xbvb1c5KoMlQxdWC6L3tZLoJzjEvPMFfI/s320/30829_399782873692_645323692_4471898_84597_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491930801969327650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_A3dJsoQ1nZmGLjdQWBzMISetZXV1fLfjd4aHchQDZg6uBEHG2joZsBCOxOvt1On-BsyAPx-M-cn5s1b_AMA787zUkZkcjY3tNawsnygEty7wX3sdp77NIefGGOe1izntNwQWIqLeN4/s1600/29041_817428824017_9623554_44343088_1548177_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_A3dJsoQ1nZmGLjdQWBzMISetZXV1fLfjd4aHchQDZg6uBEHG2joZsBCOxOvt1On-BsyAPx-M-cn5s1b_AMA787zUkZkcjY3tNawsnygEty7wX3sdp77NIefGGOe1izntNwQWIqLeN4/s320/29041_817428824017_9623554_44343088_1548177_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491930806253610994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFywPOcNAU_BWQF-097ZMGyWWtCBmeoSSyvmPhepYiGDEIbIuR-dfEI3ocOzNFtyDzfLukNVgca7-HwnkSfB3WL32wvKI8TJGPnQ5YqQtqkCCn99NRFz4lEcZcId1joze5lWRtHWRmHs/s1600/29041_817473115257_9623554_44345834_5031469_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFywPOcNAU_BWQF-097ZMGyWWtCBmeoSSyvmPhepYiGDEIbIuR-dfEI3ocOzNFtyDzfLukNVgca7-HwnkSfB3WL32wvKI8TJGPnQ5YqQtqkCCn99NRFz4lEcZcId1joze5lWRtHWRmHs/s320/29041_817473115257_9623554_44345834_5031469_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491930821465794946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Anyways back to my day...So after we worked, we had lunch and then were all anxious as we got ready to tour Port-au-Prince. It was only about a 30 minute bus ride from the MOH...did I mention what a BUMPY ride it was?! Well in all seriousness, this was the hardest thing that I have ever had to see. 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" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRp5ZUylqkGe-aepO8AsqtWYnLlem9Is4DXdPhO71yq-VxLSKl1of_wO44EJL2EBxsB1DPK7wdyyOvuf1UP49tcIuLU4X0wy51ftaM9i2BFrGSXBqkTbWxmRpIySkqs6xUSlwRCjhcrI/s1600/28515_817695559477_9616628_44355943_2667207_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRp5ZUylqkGe-aepO8AsqtWYnLlem9Is4DXdPhO71yq-VxLSKl1of_wO44EJL2EBxsB1DPK7wdyyOvuf1UP49tcIuLU4X0wy51ftaM9i2BFrGSXBqkTbWxmRpIySkqs6xUSlwRCjhcrI/s320/28515_817695559477_9616628_44355943_2667207_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491936122959735490" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 319px; " /></a><br />The thing that shocked me most was how much trash was everywhere. There is no trash system in Haiti so they just throw the trash on the ground, it is heartbreaking. <div><br /></div><div>Here is when my team and I got out at the embassy in Port-au-Prince..</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTk_4k4Foc19vFVo74TXKMhBFFB9mKeZ4CQohVbu-mXcywLE20KU2UdJYeLF2A6PsEIsQKVl_9oi7hlYSnBHfFCkaf7pIgfvpj7GcbBSmVBcH-f_dWOvi9HFjAEm85IsR0NJdtdSboVgY/s1600/28123_1483230406327_1400876586_31255119_6929569_n.jpg"><br /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfKa9f8ss9iCzuCF1yVY5vMQbjDzpzZzuAX2uitosHaawzGSsIeIDIQbEE96uKoeznMfGHo79HUGMP83MwSeIXueq1xHkK7YKgvfPnCZjg6UYmUh9Ck8NTyfi-3v5mZzb5B7LrTctjh0/s1600/32281_820594929117_9634584_44468335_665165_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfKa9f8ss9iCzuCF1yVY5vMQbjDzpzZzuAX2uitosHaawzGSsIeIDIQbEE96uKoeznMfGHo79HUGMP83MwSeIXueq1xHkK7YKgvfPnCZjg6UYmUh9Ck8NTyfi-3v5mZzb5B7LrTctjh0/s320/32281_820594929117_9634584_44468335_665165_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491932898178928434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 159px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTk_4k4Foc19vFVo74TXKMhBFFB9mKeZ4CQohVbu-mXcywLE20KU2UdJYeLF2A6PsEIsQKVl_9oi7hlYSnBHfFCkaf7pIgfvpj7GcbBSmVBcH-f_dWOvi9HFjAEm85IsR0NJdtdSboVgY/s1600/28123_1483230406327_1400876586_31255119_6929569_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTk_4k4Foc19vFVo74TXKMhBFFB9mKeZ4CQohVbu-mXcywLE20KU2UdJYeLF2A6PsEIsQKVl_9oi7hlYSnBHfFCkaf7pIgfvpj7GcbBSmVBcH-f_dWOvi9HFjAEm85IsR0NJdtdSboVgY/s320/28123_1483230406327_1400876586_31255119_6929569_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491932889820413618" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a>Unfortunately I cannot put all my pictures of Port-au-Prince on here but here is a link you can go to if you wanna see more pictures that I took... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2430173&id=9616628">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2430173&id=9616628</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2430219&id=9616628">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2430219&id=9616628</a></div></div>Randi Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404799939526037501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143276206605551040.post-91509470461601317632010-07-04T16:11:00.000-07:002010-07-12T11:38:39.737-07:00Monday May 31st: Day #3 in Haiti<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"> </span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGYhiPrERawt_D957MolmtZBkYgrnQ28ilIDWLOThpVgA0-okjEAgOuhqOrfUM94ub7G-wJwdfN5fpNpCkD30R4covsSlm7LRaTEDD6G1WHrjDjROKl-yW5t4NBqUv9F2ji2bwuT9O7g/s1600/32481_820597738487_9634584_44468520_1596645_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGYhiPrERawt_D957MolmtZBkYgrnQ28ilIDWLOThpVgA0-okjEAgOuhqOrfUM94ub7G-wJwdfN5fpNpCkD30R4covsSlm7LRaTEDD6G1WHrjDjROKl-yW5t4NBqUv9F2ji2bwuT9O7g/s320/32481_820597738487_9634584_44468520_1596645_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490196355593349602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I woke up today knowing that it was going to be a very difficult day- it was the first day of doing manual labor did I mention for almost 8 hours!? We could choose to either help paint, pick up trash, work on a roof, or sort medical supplies. Well I am way too ADD to paint, so that was a </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">no go</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">. Work on a roof?? Nobody would </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">EVER </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">want me to work on their roof, it would probably collapse so that was a negative as well...that left picking up trash or sorting medical supplies, hmmm not a tough choice at all! You guessed it, I choose to help sort medical supplies.</span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckyXqjyol61Rila3XPzjo0_u0pxgKZ1ws_4PJTLiDVwu2ocpnQMdGzt44xPrN8mX6Fz5QQP13TQ7FsEiaAWTHJtLsPhJCEqBL-71TLCSiGcfIoMNbJ5HX2V_fNaurtJYoBO3_R98LqPw/s320/29041_817473115257_9623554_44345834_5031469_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490196331479574274" style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjp733x9zRW4fdI2yHlTD2OOhXac0QGChr2uY7ynxN8-_FLN7nIFwcO3WEzb9mX1NAp49jhqO0J-H0_WYHYDAgxdfu8rqhqJSY7OPV1VWQCcw3xfhUa3ziLsvIprShdiitI6Pix9vx_o/s320/29041_817473110267_9623554_44345833_219841_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490196338123353234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">he MOH has a donation tent and a tent for medical supplies that they want to keep for their clinic. So basically, we would take supplies from the "keep" tent to the "donate" tent and visa-versa. After the earthquake, dozens of pallets full of medical supplies were being shipped to the MOH (even before the Red Cross or UN). They were getting tons of aid, unfortunately they did not have enough hands to sort thru all of this aid. So what was happening is doctors would come volunteer for a week at the clinic but then they were spending half of their time sorting thru these pallets looking for supplies...So Daniel, a college student, volunteered a month of his time to stay at the MOH and try to organize this chaotic mess... So I got to work with Daniel most of the week and the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(11, 26, 50); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> ultimate goal was to be able to create a permanent system that can take incoming supplies, and separate them into three basic categories (Trash, Keep, and Donate). Trash consisted of anything that is expired, or anything that cannot be used by anybody in Haiti (get this- there were hundreds of blizzard blankets shipped in from the US to Haiti...pretty sure there is <b>NO</b> place in Haiti that is cold, needless to say we shipped those someplace else). The Donate pile consisted of anything that we at MOH cannot use but some other clinic or hospital in Haiti could use. The keep pile consisted of anything that MOH can and will use. After that, the next step would <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">b</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">e to organize the keeps into categories that will be easily accessible for the nurses and doctors. This whole plan seems to be simple and easy enough on paper. But that is where the pictures come in. I hope that I will be able to include a couple pictures so that you will understand how much supplies there really is</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwi4vrVQzIJzgYHajdFEstTuQahOKFmDAA9TsvfqMj7hpzT72U4lrx6VXBCMoi_pOK8HFEm8ZoHRlb5tnTL31pPNghyXwlLCDIonMxkz17ZPd7O6RU_xmLm26aimpycmwpoTRQMFrPjs/s1600/29041_817475859757_9623554_44345972_4753776_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwi4vrVQzIJzgYHajdFEstTuQahOKFmDAA9TsvfqMj7hpzT72U4lrx6VXBCMoi_pOK8HFEm8ZoHRlb5tnTL31pPNghyXwlLCDIonMxkz17ZPd7O6RU_xmLm26aimpycmwpoTRQMFrPjs/s320/29041_817475859757_9623554_44345972_4753776_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198347645678098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_G2V-Vn1Zcgvq2bA3jhR_LfskOyFHZFhOaQAKDmoDCe0ozLXHd1l8Ef1D0mHMRCPI2yCMqo1D3ETDJIhd62wI5LP0dulysRom_JlDbar9F2A_9xYDtP15AZUurnb_tyUr6wwBzkFtlgI/s1600/30521_818657247247_9634584_44392014_3578527_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_G2V-Vn1Zcgvq2bA3jhR_LfskOyFHZFhOaQAKDmoDCe0ozLXHd1l8Ef1D0mHMRCPI2yCMqo1D3ETDJIhd62wI5LP0dulysRom_JlDbar9F2A_9xYDtP15AZUurnb_tyUr6wwBzkFtlgI/s320/30521_818657247247_9634584_44392014_3578527_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198368857422658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YkD7aThP9NZhRE9nJ7o0oNJ8RgbARFAuAabsggMZ3j07aqsGnfKmwGKGpdVTbRSdagZEkNn-jADslBeVBthodGgYok7eDnuGXccGQyIH04085tHFs94hTeX8OaSAseXmsW_OGD5Yg8E/s1600/30395_818476589287_9618008_44388129_2584160_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YkD7aThP9NZhRE9nJ7o0oNJ8RgbARFAuAabsggMZ3j07aqsGnfKmwGKGpdVTbRSdagZEkNn-jADslBeVBthodGgYok7eDnuGXccGQyIH04085tHFs94hTeX8OaSAseXmsW_OGD5Yg8E/s320/30395_818476589287_9618008_44388129_2584160_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490194718297934738" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVm0JJugfZhMlFV6ARdCwE7eLNb7zDR6burMnInm-a-FprlvxR4Esg4MT6PtzHBSvBUR92I7sruFmb3FEH207fldhtC2g95uvXvQcFIWrhThmfmH4ijeFiBAYV3KmeyOIoGSqclj-gog/s1600/30521_818657282177_9634584_44392019_5182231_n.jpg"></a></span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The hardest part about sorting the medical supplies for me was watching thousands of dollars worth of medicine go up in flames. If the medicine was expired we had to throw it away even though Haitians really needed it. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Unfortunately, we came across at least a dozen pallets that were full of body bags. It was devastating and very hard for me to process.</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVm0JJugfZhMlFV6ARdCwE7eLNb7zDR6burMnInm-a-FprlvxR4Esg4MT6PtzHBSvBUR92I7sruFmb3FEH207fldhtC2g95uvXvQcFIWrhThmfmH4ijeFiBAYV3KmeyOIoGSqclj-gog/s1600/30521_818657282177_9634584_44392019_5182231_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVm0JJugfZhMlFV6ARdCwE7eLNb7zDR6burMnInm-a-FprlvxR4Esg4MT6PtzHBSvBUR92I7sruFmb3FEH207fldhtC2g95uvXvQcFIWrhThmfmH4ijeFiBAYV3KmeyOIoGSqclj-gog/s320/30521_818657282177_9634584_44392019_5182231_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198356944536098" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Later that evening we had the chance to go visit the MOH orphanage, which is known as the Hope House. We got to spend an hour visiting and we helped them make crafts and balloon animals. These children were so smart and most of them could speak English because they are taught it at the MOH School.</span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRKf9dVxrAKW0texTvPyugdkYsO0Hzca38ui3g2sMGtvVrCh5jwNHSH0mbF6HvcPl_GZYWdcbrkfu1W5oh8cm45BavuWa5tdPkGPYArLS3dgxD4CcoKWrmqqgJi1FI-gUxxEzJc_fVds/s1600/DSC04007.jpg"><br /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWqbldYo0c4YBcwzoAKNdguijwMZ4QYFbOORtO3Z6v8Xnz0mieEIfT3kU4N6CXVWXSoRlSXcF887SYjFedQYtLVP_1vS0gSzd7msdmxYJd63yK22f6ECm5Fz46Jl24eC0UlEuirUyGtA/s1600/DSC04013.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWqbldYo0c4YBcwzoAKNdguijwMZ4QYFbOORtO3Z6v8Xnz0mieEIfT3kU4N6CXVWXSoRlSXcF887SYjFedQYtLVP_1vS0gSzd7msdmxYJd63yK22f6ECm5Fz46Jl24eC0UlEuirUyGtA/s320/DSC04013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490194734231521602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRKf9dVxrAKW0texTvPyugdkYsO0Hzca38ui3g2sMGtvVrCh5jwNHSH0mbF6HvcPl_GZYWdcbrkfu1W5oh8cm45BavuWa5tdPkGPYArLS3dgxD4CcoKWrmqqgJi1FI-gUxxEzJc_fVds/s1600/DSC04007.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRKf9dVxrAKW0texTvPyugdkYsO0Hzca38ui3g2sMGtvVrCh5jwNHSH0mbF6HvcPl_GZYWdcbrkfu1W5oh8cm45BavuWa5tdPkGPYArLS3dgxD4CcoKWrmqqgJi1FI-gUxxEzJc_fVds/s320/DSC04007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490194743220740018" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrmyWpJ6AIaaT57_QKhXxiol4Y2LvExZjRIvDjBkA2wNHKeIcYmQLnhLYU5k6GyobxSgs9p8x76UZJ28XDww3QdaOBsmxS38VIAgzcHa8875U_tqehH0yAGYsMFmtvAHhqgWsbLZXp8w/s1600/30032_125390194158969_100000639660195_185507_728617_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrmyWpJ6AIaaT57_QKhXxiol4Y2LvExZjRIvDjBkA2wNHKeIcYmQLnhLYU5k6GyobxSgs9p8x76UZJ28XDww3QdaOBsmxS38VIAgzcHa8875U_tqehH0yAGYsMFmtvAHhqgWsbLZXp8w/s320/30032_125390194158969_100000639660195_185507_728617_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198383824219058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcZm82atekH-9Iw4sKxHy2oiRkazjXtqTl6riltO0htk_lTv8nh1i3DeEnVotUT3Z6eUF3qFobruIZOyngyImhUv-2DA8P2DzrEU6zWPHa8eWoeTSvx1V8127bivsWJ1rZbe0lODsFRE/s1600/29150_1510568123788_1221914963_31461862_540106_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcZm82atekH-9Iw4sKxHy2oiRkazjXtqTl6riltO0htk_lTv8nh1i3DeEnVotUT3Z6eUF3qFobruIZOyngyImhUv-2DA8P2DzrEU6zWPHa8eWoeTSvx1V8127bivsWJ1rZbe0lODsFRE/s320/29150_1510568123788_1221914963_31461862_540106_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198652730100498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is the MOH School! There are currently 1500 students attending that come from all around and they hope to double attendance by next year :)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tCZi0wMZZLOyHyLbbrfDaH2IJIsPvEYjysAU1WJWtM6DcZTNwiTXNpQU2HoOUG2BKxwl-kpFRuNTfVB2uQY-43fs7dJ6eZEtVp42qbq0-SttyoORTUvto4lMMKVOA02W8PJBHwrvspM/s1600/DSC03995.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tCZi0wMZZLOyHyLbbrfDaH2IJIsPvEYjysAU1WJWtM6DcZTNwiTXNpQU2HoOUG2BKxwl-kpFRuNTfVB2uQY-43fs7dJ6eZEtVp42qbq0-SttyoORTUvto4lMMKVOA02W8PJBHwrvspM/s320/DSC03995.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490194754602183746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7FGw8DT1cyaNcNhJ4jNKTAjKQY2CMDE4eYfFKYATV-AXOmErScBIM6gpatGYmT5hNZCjQV44RM1P7oSqIuWlT7jATdQ9PpRs8BCiFU0-WQ7iuSl4dEapmsz-jfZR5TsM54tga5o_Aiw/s1600/DSC03993.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7FGw8DT1cyaNcNhJ4jNKTAjKQY2CMDE4eYfFKYATV-AXOmErScBIM6gpatGYmT5hNZCjQV44RM1P7oSqIuWlT7jATdQ9PpRs8BCiFU0-WQ7iuSl4dEapmsz-jfZR5TsM54tga5o_Aiw/s320/DSC03993.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490194763979444210" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">After we visited the orphanage we had dinner, and then team time, and then got ready for bed! We were all exhausted and tried to get some rest before we had another hard day at work. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here is a video of the Mission of Hope orphanage and the power of God in the lives of these children. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/11688313">http://www.vimeo.com/11688313</a></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div></div>Randi Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404799939526037501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143276206605551040.post-73859227222038547632010-07-01T12:38:00.000-07:002010-07-12T11:38:17.598-07:00Sunday May 30th: Day #2 in Haiti<div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyp17ZF26280LFo2RR5jCJ3kJDCa1Q4wbwIvJ9hj0uUl19_xTXjDPq7idB6_T9xd7mmlv53YPjTIeBsMDW-EGmxCvCFNe-RA3u_UVgW56aOR9P47ATczlxiEtqG3w5borhUp_eehXZFUY/s1600/DSC03935.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyp17ZF26280LFo2RR5jCJ3kJDCa1Q4wbwIvJ9hj0uUl19_xTXjDPq7idB6_T9xd7mmlv53YPjTIeBsMDW-EGmxCvCFNe-RA3u_UVgW56aOR9P47ATczlxiEtqG3w5borhUp_eehXZFUY/s320/DSC03935.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489016996111514978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Believe it or not, the sun in Haiti comes up about 4am! The MOH runs on a generator and so around 5:30 in the morning, the generator goes off. So your thinking why does that matter?? No generator= no electricity for fans, which means by 5:35 we were all dripping in sweat so we just got up for the day (there was no need for an alarm, as soon as you were soaked in sweat we knew that it was time to get up ). I got to take a 2 min "Haitian" shower which goes a little something like this...turn on water and rinse body off, turn off water and then lather with soap and shampoo, turn on water to rinse off again (of course while doing all of this be CAREFUL not to get water in your mouth) oh and did I mention flip-flops? Needless to say I was grateful for this 2 minute freezing shower..Unfortunately as soon as I got dressed I was sweating again!</span></span></span></span></span></o:p></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSJ_hKaxXNvvjRiFDU9O2IhgH2T5QzG4b4BcFbGaRc-q2KZMMeW-f0jyYXG2_JNN1cVG_FPglWpaUckbE5KEAn5iTzF3gMT17W0ZLofv7IeDc9go9twLFvusLzpqmcRUwZqXrUM58ZUM/s1600/DSC04248.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSJ_hKaxXNvvjRiFDU9O2IhgH2T5QzG4b4BcFbGaRc-q2KZMMeW-f0jyYXG2_JNN1cVG_FPglWpaUckbE5KEAn5iTzF3gMT17W0ZLofv7IeDc9go9twLFvusLzpqmcRUwZqXrUM58ZUM/s400/DSC04248.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489013559419845826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; font-size:medium;">I learned a lot of lessons during my time in Haiti..Lesson Numero Uno I learned during breakfast...On the menu for the morning was cereal and toast, harmless right?? WRONG!! I eat cereal and toast all the time for breakfast so I was pretty pumped especially since I was hungry! Lets just say I found out the hard way that milk in Haiti is extremely <b>HOT</b>...Needless to say I stayed away from cereal the rest of the trip...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Next on the agenda was church at the MOH. Today was a very special day in Haiti, it was </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mother's Day!</span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2UUA4PR7d_wDHnMlrEj8daMoXoi1TJhK4WCHaZkc-t7eEIPvAZdfWbkPMynvr9GRdjJLMUYTJf_7T1nj8ONWm6ZENX5vMWatpkmrv5GnSgPCAZmSiDG83hjZiyrgpYTSRQ726BF9JQWk/s1600/DSC03950.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2UUA4PR7d_wDHnMlrEj8daMoXoi1TJhK4WCHaZkc-t7eEIPvAZdfWbkPMynvr9GRdjJLMUYTJf_7T1nj8ONWm6ZENX5vMWatpkmrv5GnSgPCAZmSiDG83hjZiyrgpYTSRQ726BF9JQWk/s320/DSC03950.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489018006511056578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></i></span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mTK-jGlxIumu-D_yHEiy120GvEC7Z7obhuYrjR-y1-UR1AjdFBkOW9bwXlPmD0keiaSaTJ_f_gQox9IYExO5LaGyqTrb4ijU7FAkxxHKu3MVEX1uBxnqOeUVs_dloau6N_u5bNKMD9M/s1600/Haiti+2010+128.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mTK-jGlxIumu-D_yHEiy120GvEC7Z7obhuYrjR-y1-UR1AjdFBkOW9bwXlPmD0keiaSaTJ_f_gQox9IYExO5LaGyqTrb4ijU7FAkxxHKu3MVEX1uBxnqOeUVs_dloau6N_u5bNKMD9M/s320/Haiti+2010+128.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489015758264526322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This was my first real experience with the Haitian people! I was amazed at how friendly everyone was to us, especially the parents. These people were some of the happiest people that I have ever seen. Church was amazing. There were hundreds if not a thousand Haitian people in the service. Worship was indescribable, it brought me to tears. Here I was, in Haiti, holding a 3-year old Haitian girl while worshiping God in one arm and holding another Haitian girls hand. It was like right then right there we were all the same and nothing else in the World mattered besides God.</span></span></span></span></span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ik2k55aIGyTm4pFiHS6kplGeLS_u4Zc7Hm31e5bP4Y5v3R_eSlYbrPCvyxKG3LXSLu0U11HtXhhr4VyHlXTJWIYWwGFnX1aC654CU8-jupqU4wjCDpuhm4_0HYgRAfnR3GNEmVLyU6s/s1600/30395_818428610437_9618008_44386752_6174091_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ik2k55aIGyTm4pFiHS6kplGeLS_u4Zc7Hm31e5bP4Y5v3R_eSlYbrPCvyxKG3LXSLu0U11HtXhhr4VyHlXTJWIYWwGFnX1aC654CU8-jupqU4wjCDpuhm4_0HYgRAfnR3GNEmVLyU6s/s320/30395_818428610437_9618008_44386752_6174091_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489016138364025842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Children of all ages were singing and praising God.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The worship songs were half in Haitian Creole and half in English. It was awesome for the different cultures to come together. We are all the same, created by God, and at the moment it felt so real. Church lasted 3 hours and even though I was<b> HOT</b>, I did not want the worship to end</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Claudel, the worship pastor, said it best. "In America, it's easy to make it with out God, but in Haiti if you don't have God, you have nothing. We may not have a lot here, but we have God, and to us that is everything."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUHzJdQKqa5lAx-Ke39YVO6VnPhbpgNNLLe6beoRB1GL0UmT7F4BFTe8PmI1NKfDNX7s78fK2K4MgWfU3dZOKSzcxWvhTxgD2TI6uCcrbei4srj5DT1uPQbpt-eHHHmepdJxDYhqsm6Q/s1600/DSC03966.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUHzJdQKqa5lAx-Ke39YVO6VnPhbpgNNLLe6beoRB1GL0UmT7F4BFTe8PmI1NKfDNX7s78fK2K4MgWfU3dZOKSzcxWvhTxgD2TI6uCcrbei4srj5DT1uPQbpt-eHHHmepdJxDYhqsm6Q/s320/DSC03966.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489018014016931586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After church, my team got to eat at a Haitian restaurant, Gwo Papa Poul. All I can say is</span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">YUMMMMM!!!!!</span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgss-0VU7SQIhL23Ks0tAJWM44agYau9gY3Sdf_zoEhyhrMG_JKJ1BLUUajkFxjHDv7G_iMrpA0Q5xnEymPOQ2pOtzCxbny5diP-zny46LH5_PfvD1rw7AHEorE19GSHWhBTZBIBlW5oms/s1600/Haiti+2010+157.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgss-0VU7SQIhL23Ks0tAJWM44agYau9gY3Sdf_zoEhyhrMG_JKJ1BLUUajkFxjHDv7G_iMrpA0Q5xnEymPOQ2pOtzCxbny5diP-zny46LH5_PfvD1rw7AHEorE19GSHWhBTZBIBlW5oms/s320/Haiti+2010+157.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489019437019786354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That afternoon we were given the opportunity to go on a tour of the MOH. Journey Church (the Church I attend) partners with the Mission of Hope, and although I had heard about it, I had no idea what it would really be like. Mission of Hope is huge! On their mission base, they have a church, school, orphanage, medical clinic (best in Haiti), two giant medical supply tents, a food distribution tent, a donation tent, a team house, more houses for staff, and they are building new orphanage housing, a new cafeteria, and a new team house and dining hall. Their property alone is about 75 acres, and they run this whole organization with a few North American staff and a lot of Haitian staff.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">Here is the patient ward..</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vEi5pEBfWCnN-DXdr2DGl95gvhSuEYDF0Bssexju_asheW28_V7w6LWDZ_fSokyN-0nwG7NTau5TgFP_hJK3WieW3sYop4Kt8Jatyexz8q8M8CEMzxP9LopjHa6gZZDFdj9DLh_WmAU/s1600/30521_818358994947_9634584_44382585_3353026_n.jpg"><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vEi5pEBfWCnN-DXdr2DGl95gvhSuEYDF0Bssexju_asheW28_V7w6LWDZ_fSokyN-0nwG7NTau5TgFP_hJK3WieW3sYop4Kt8Jatyexz8q8M8CEMzxP9LopjHa6gZZDFdj9DLh_WmAU/s320/30521_818358994947_9634584_44382585_3353026_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489020829220641122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></p><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; ">Medical Supplies Tents...</div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74U84_ICLJCeC_W5AxvUldmoEDl1YNhTOXS-MjHufUniDfut60wZhT5dEedQm1o1RTEx9uJ96ZpMEK8krzkISXoq0Rs0wQtKKKi8vY2IygMJGgGoIC3fSpFnyBr7HukoKF97vGdssnSk/s1600/Haiti+2010+163.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74U84_ICLJCeC_W5AxvUldmoEDl1YNhTOXS-MjHufUniDfut60wZhT5dEedQm1o1RTEx9uJ96ZpMEK8krzkISXoq0Rs0wQtKKKi8vY2IygMJGgGoIC3fSpFnyBr7HukoKF97vGdssnSk/s320/Haiti+2010+163.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489022216478642306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left; ">Here is the MOH orphanage, aka the Hope House...currently they have 59 children and they are working on expanding the orphanage in the near future!</div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMZvHkFjJHVHpz-jsY-j7r_OllM_-SPDUU3Ciy3ocr0V4iMslIl2naFdQyQnE_1Th4xlleHRx0Kl68PkG80oC-iYq-YMzS8LwEj5vZ325cbBDSnLYWtaMuzcRfdJSzFEEEVoiOQvUpOo/s1600/Haiti+2010+174.JPG" style="text-decoration: none; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMZvHkFjJHVHpz-jsY-j7r_OllM_-SPDUU3Ciy3ocr0V4iMslIl2naFdQyQnE_1Th4xlleHRx0Kl68PkG80oC-iYq-YMzS8LwEj5vZ325cbBDSnLYWtaMuzcRfdJSzFEEEVoiOQvUpOo/s320/Haiti+2010+174.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489022208217680018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHMQSIu6noG5C2C8CVrXEWZ8_avoz-2hEo8xjqxqpqzL_NtzmzliRu3djZ0j6uU4ZuegzJZbiXrzUFC6IjGg659ADBMk3lyP-TLishKx4h4sO3IHde1JnBJnl-f15rUemK7BQ4l-gWOM/s1600/Haiti+2010+171.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHMQSIu6noG5C2C8CVrXEWZ8_avoz-2hEo8xjqxqpqzL_NtzmzliRu3djZ0j6uU4ZuegzJZbiXrzUFC6IjGg659ADBMk3lyP-TLishKx4h4sO3IHde1JnBJnl-f15rUemK7BQ4l-gWOM/s320/Haiti+2010+171.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489020841095987778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; text-align: center; " /></a></span></span></span></p>After the tour we had a yummy dinner and then we had an amazing opportunity to hear Ruben's testimony. After, we had team time and then got ready for bed!! Here is a video of his testimony that was taken later in the week!</div><div><br /></div><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/asA-KfdWlWU&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/asA-KfdWlWU&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Randi Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404799939526037501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143276206605551040.post-87176839182461279582010-06-14T08:44:00.000-07:002010-07-12T11:37:54.418-07:00Saturday May 29th: Day #1 in Haiti<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v7Q3Z8JIFH-fK4XCtHTUqN3GSjWV_gn2L-CtCVQcSTiNMIaM4Wpc_j6csg2usPSjv37RRWVX1TObgajPHt56gElV40Y_Buhhu_annZmQ3vx1dbGUquBTiP4ujBp75Uiw_T6ViP7ZD4k/s1600/THE+TEAM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v7Q3Z8JIFH-fK4XCtHTUqN3GSjWV_gn2L-CtCVQcSTiNMIaM4Wpc_j6csg2usPSjv37RRWVX1TObgajPHt56gElV40Y_Buhhu_annZmQ3vx1dbGUquBTiP4ujBp75Uiw_T6ViP7ZD4k/s400/THE+TEAM.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488400379416147602" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm back from Haiti and I have been for almost a month now. I've been thinking about sitting down to write a blog about it, but I am still trying to process everything that I saw while I was in Haiti.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">While Haiti was a life changing experience, I started learning more about myself even before I ever stepped foot in Haiti. While most of you know, I had to send out support letters to help fund this mission. This was an extremely scary thing for me to do, as I hate to ask people for money. I had to put my pride aside and realize that I would not be able to go on this journey without financial help and more importantly prayer. Throughout this process I learned a lot about my faith and how I was not trusting God 100%. I was stressed about getting enough money, and finally after talking with my mom, I realized I had to let all of the worries go and that God would take care of me. In the end, God was there for me, like he always is and always will be.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I was in Haiti from May 29 - June 5 and I stayed at the </span></span><a href="http://www.mohhaiti.org/" style="color: rgb(68, 136, 136); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mission of Hope Haiti</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, if you have extra time you should really check out this amazing organization. Even though we had team meetings before the trip, I was still unsure of what all we would be doing and I really did not know what to expect. As I sit and try to think how to best capture my experience in a way that you will understand, I think maybe the best way is to include some excerpts from my journal and some pictures... so here goes:</span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Saturday May 29: Day #1...My day started around 1:30 in the AM! Those of you who know me know that I needed to do so me last minute packing before we had to meet at the Church at 3:30. We left OKC around 6 am and flew to DFW, DFW to Miami, and then Miami to Port-au-Prince.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDTIVDAj2gypQHltKhSNmAHhp-dWzSI4xOmUGif00OXchjFJ_xC-skZFngMebx16fhe3kebPYc4ulidsqkF2F2krgoaHlZvd4k_ukNPHeA7A4l0TcXcyx6KgF28CjyuifffRTi6q8zlk/s1600/30395_817486817797_9618008_44346593_3596387_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGDTIVDAj2gypQHltKhSNmAHhp-dWzSI4xOmUGif00OXchjFJ_xC-skZFngMebx16fhe3kebPYc4ulidsqkF2F2krgoaHlZvd4k_ukNPHeA7A4l0TcXcyx6KgF28CjyuifffRTi6q8zlk/s200/30395_817486817797_9618008_44346593_3596387_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488373940184842402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 148px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The flight from Miami to Port-au-Prince was only about an hour and a half long. The view from the air was absolutely breathtaking!! </span></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9t6mJRSmvxHq-tCPWvcCpDluZr3Z2Y7bskoukzVluUZ7xF3vKy-fdRF3Jx5fapwOvQYpWfHeQ8HLgT5STP-QsW5Z0oEiuKjUW6XHAwqMVq4a9UGRKzDk4bjr4rTe5IfrX0j82V21BWy8/s200/30395_817502905557_9618008_44347856_682676_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488373029908013522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The flight went by really fast as we were all preparing ourselves for what our eyes were about to see over the next week. The plane was filled with Americans going to serve in Haiti, even some of the U.S. Army was onboard. As we were descending, the pilot came over the intercom and recognized each organization on the plane and told us all how grateful he was for us, it was awesome to hear and everyone started cheering!! As we were getting closer, I looked out the windows of the plane, and Haiti was absolutely beautiful. There were mountains everywhere, which was something I totally did not expect to see! Unfortunately, as we were getting closer to landing, now all I could see was blue & white tents everywhere. It hit me right then, for the first time, that I was about to be in Haiti.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyQ4fGvbkQ_QfhDVHEUjiQLuXZr5NP84GZ2ba0RWzTCSH0XSsgJaS6EKoAA9G5XTROPTJdXngSV7wrrMtWH4w443se76GWtiO8QKp-I80jrIG1qRCEw_JqnF4Z9RDQtR-et-VNQGCO7A/s1600/Haiti+2_3.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyQ4fGvbkQ_QfhDVHEUjiQLuXZr5NP84GZ2ba0RWzTCSH0XSsgJaS6EKoAA9G5XTROPTJdXngSV7wrrMtWH4w443se76GWtiO8QKp-I80jrIG1qRCEw_JqnF4Z9RDQtR-et-VNQGCO7A/s200/Haiti+2_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488377070432874594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 103px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBB_uV0gh785xUdDhkajHVKc107RpVWa9PNGdsmAhl_YAH9DF2PbbvX4vCD_u-S6MBjdWrs7eZB3PyPuE8Utv30-PZVjXsZ3d-WdmFndXYID2UqdpFpFSEfQHTIlhk1ZrBW8iG1aXKw4/s1600/Haiti+2_4.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBB_uV0gh785xUdDhkajHVKc107RpVWa9PNGdsmAhl_YAH9DF2PbbvX4vCD_u-S6MBjdWrs7eZB3PyPuE8Utv30-PZVjXsZ3d-WdmFndXYID2UqdpFpFSEfQHTIlhk1ZrBW8iG1aXKw4/s200/Haiti+2_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488373051355917314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Around 5 p.m., after over 12 hours of traveling, we arrived in Port-au-Prince (PAP). There wasn't much of an airport and we had to take a shuttle to customs/ baggage claim. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsa2mRnGj3xWlo4ukGxaLTA2pdXTzdz4HnGu2bsVapln8EpLEL_BktcZIigHn_IZJUrqyp8sp130u-4iO89CUXjkzwGeaOaUCQ1QlnYub_0_vjjCV3-Xr4NEEdgvu-z_b2zxwHRKjwu8/s1600/Haiti+2_5.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsa2mRnGj3xWlo4ukGxaLTA2pdXTzdz4HnGu2bsVapln8EpLEL_BktcZIigHn_IZJUrqyp8sp130u-4iO89CUXjkzwGeaOaUCQ1QlnYub_0_vjjCV3-Xr4NEEdgvu-z_b2zxwHRKjwu8/s200/Haiti+2_5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488373049850976930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Note: Do not take pictures in baggage claim/customs in Haiti or you will get in trouble, trust me i know.</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkKAgXxoBd7UpmHdjDJYT58goQmMSgsYbZ0bjbHK0fquxllyxH-qfJ5C4dPU1JcLjS0dQhba-nEevX5DueV2VwZTesYHMhsnc0Y4yiy2KmUksWxD2z_ZUXsWhqRx7JU9dfP3pYf1VO-s/s1600/DSC03877.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkKAgXxoBd7UpmHdjDJYT58goQmMSgsYbZ0bjbHK0fquxllyxH-qfJ5C4dPU1JcLjS0dQhba-nEevX5DueV2VwZTesYHMhsnc0Y4yiy2KmUksWxD2z_ZUXsWhqRx7JU9dfP3pYf1VO-s/s200/DSC03877.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488373038648944194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>All</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> of the guys went to find our luggage while the girls stood off to the side and waited. While walking out of baggage claim we all had to surround the carts so that people didn't try to take them from us (Haitians wanted to carry them for us so that we would have to tip them). It is difficult to describe but walking out of baggage claim was possibly the scariest moment I have ever experienced. It was the first time that I was in a place that I did not understand what was being said or what was going on. The walkway was made of rocks, which made it impossible to push the luggage on the cart. There were 3 of us per cart and about 8 pieces of luggage per cart. We start pushing the carts and as we are going down the path the carts all tip over and luggage starts going everywhere. We are just each trying to grab as much luggage as we possibly can carry. We get to the end of the walkway and now we have to start walking a couple of blocks down the road to meet the bus. As we are walking I look in front of me and behind me and see that the closest familiar face is about 40 feet away. There are people everywhere and I will never forget as I am walking down the road, a lady in a taxi uniform is walking and trying to go in front of me. I stopped and was planning on letting her go in font of me. All of a sudden she says "STOP! STOP! THIS IS MY COUNTRY!!" For just that one moment I thought maybe this is a bad idea, maybe I shouldn't be here, maybe this isn't safe like people back home said. Thankfully, I gathered myself and realized I needed to stay calm and just get to the bus.</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvELEkiCCU7FZ4pj-Kz6XKXIpg02oyiH9WX6EeMr1RnNTyRPf6SlX0zpM_rRuvo4jj82R8csOBKPmnJTfnzuokWfNskAlCPFgAWr4zTLdpQOgIa3-3djeuLTBYMLH1WN9216rwR8ePPaE/s1600/35566_1461834382345_1128010228_1353265_6057552_n.jpg"><br /><br /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzo8eKQPpDx63BXvInlgp4IVWjFgfNtAZV5Msv6lOLit0lhudjl2EdSCHpwZJKVmvfi8WaX81m1LFRieckJu_papPAtyN81qKe46vweq-aqMzuWzgJcxS-7zHw4uPCRS2PcerUJ-bznM/s1600/Haiti+2_8.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzo8eKQPpDx63BXvInlgp4IVWjFgfNtAZV5Msv6lOLit0lhudjl2EdSCHpwZJKVmvfi8WaX81m1LFRieckJu_papPAtyN81qKe46vweq-aqMzuWzgJcxS-7zHw4uPCRS2PcerUJ-bznM/s320/Haiti+2_8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488394798749009298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 200px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvELEkiCCU7FZ4pj-Kz6XKXIpg02oyiH9WX6EeMr1RnNTyRPf6SlX0zpM_rRuvo4jj82R8csOBKPmnJTfnzuokWfNskAlCPFgAWr4zTLdpQOgIa3-3djeuLTBYMLH1WN9216rwR8ePPaE/s1600/35566_1461834382345_1128010228_1353265_6057552_n.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvELEkiCCU7FZ4pj-Kz6XKXIpg02oyiH9WX6EeMr1RnNTyRPf6SlX0zpM_rRuvo4jj82R8csOBKPmnJTfnzuokWfNskAlCPFgAWr4zTLdpQOgIa3-3djeuLTBYMLH1WN9216rwR8ePPaE/s320/35566_1461834382345_1128010228_1353265_6057552_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488394812605252114" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I finally get to where the bus is and there are people begging us for money. It was devastating, because I just wanted to give some of them money but then I knew I didn't have enough for everyone. All the women had to hurry and get on the bus while the men waited with the luggage outside. We had to wait for over thirty minutes on the bus while we were waiting on the luggage truck to arrive. Once it arrived we started making our way to the Mission of Hope (MOH), which was about a 45 minute bus ride. </span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjfg9_E7O89mD6MYsuQYHJK9DIy9Ll_elt8ZNzlT63A_tJ1LfObmNebtkMJnhv6aAofeyLCqWfKyroUVHk5wlv-pbkLpitgtkNzqfg9qfZOIO-cnPc1FAJP66HJNwdjId4Y28NPfnfwg/s1600/Haiti+2_6.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjfg9_E7O89mD6MYsuQYHJK9DIy9Ll_elt8ZNzlT63A_tJ1LfObmNebtkMJnhv6aAofeyLCqWfKyroUVHk5wlv-pbkLpitgtkNzqfg9qfZOIO-cnPc1FAJP66HJNwdjId4Y28NPfnfwg/s320/Haiti+2_6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488394787690632418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOs-PmhR-LTB3SufW3GguLigr9QcvRqNdNd12HSR0DyM4JXR2jXSfhIfxgORZkjb04E-JFs7dT0VjbJwOkR951hc6xW1QWK1nFJzCuHOWLOLmA2zRQVcCJYGdx1DBfouKhRVoltC8rM4/s1600/30395_817967928647_9618008_44367302_6933345_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOs-PmhR-LTB3SufW3GguLigr9QcvRqNdNd12HSR0DyM4JXR2jXSfhIfxgORZkjb04E-JFs7dT0VjbJwOkR951hc6xW1QWK1nFJzCuHOWLOLmA2zRQVcCJYGdx1DBfouKhRVoltC8rM4/s320/30395_817967928647_9618008_44367302_6933345_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488395179423690482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Pn8d5KPyHu50SCAKCVRIwi0rHOMrB56EjXRJs0-MSRc0RXu9YWiEZqYmhUMlLi9xI6x43f7V-bYWFh5kSpv5hA28TQqc0oqeSw8yBOlR8P2f7lmf7gCiJK8tSe_BxLSIELvi6dPWsAk/s1600/30521_818352423117_9634584_44382123_1648744_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Pn8d5KPyHu50SCAKCVRIwi0rHOMrB56EjXRJs0-MSRc0RXu9YWiEZqYmhUMlLi9xI6x43f7V-bYWFh5kSpv5hA28TQqc0oqeSw8yBOlR8P2f7lmf7gCiJK8tSe_BxLSIELvi6dPWsAk/s320/30521_818352423117_9634584_44382123_1648744_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488395172917553810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0W58iljMzg9N4g-pAbVCtPi-I85QK9sXhmJ4-iOoQS47CKj8Gsl4LaIaYzU294gUsEx59Qd70p6gPoxQFKZwnIrGSLjOBDGyj1XHrKQt1WSZuuI2j8xVsKtv0U_ifab5x6yfC-OCRHs/s1600/32281_820594904167_9634584_44468334_211850_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0W58iljMzg9N4g-pAbVCtPi-I85QK9sXhmJ4-iOoQS47CKj8Gsl4LaIaYzU294gUsEx59Qd70p6gPoxQFKZwnIrGSLjOBDGyj1XHrKQt1WSZuuI2j8xVsKtv0U_ifab5x6yfC-OCRHs/s320/32281_820594904167_9634584_44468334_211850_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488395168801853810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Whil</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">e we didn't get to see a lot of Port-au-Prince on this ride, in that 45 minutes I saw things that I have never seen before. Most people in PAP are currently living in tent cities. There are hundreds if not thousands of tents grouped together everywhere throughout PAP. The thing that amazed me the most was how much trash was everywhere in the city, apparently they do not have a trash system in Haiti. As we were driving we saw a tent city named "Obamaville" and there was an endless amount of tents all over the side of the mountain.</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLBqPcimRly2HKRNWpa0g_TVxlvy1O5hCsWiyhKZA3Yd-oFQ40Hq98VmGCsG7YDIBZPER_nY1X3ApSxAyS-VHx4zaWJAiof2i_2GQiBX6v-U-hiW17c8YMEVhyphenhyphen5QLt5p7-uEU8_6ItXA/s1600/31997_1326881171888_1226685510_30827628_4441827_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLBqPcimRly2HKRNWpa0g_TVxlvy1O5hCsWiyhKZA3Yd-oFQ40Hq98VmGCsG7YDIBZPER_nY1X3ApSxAyS-VHx4zaWJAiof2i_2GQiBX6v-U-hiW17c8YMEVhyphenhyphen5QLt5p7-uEU8_6ItXA/s320/31997_1326881171888_1226685510_30827628_4441827_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488394801444066882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtU3DPh-629ZZbmkLySP9gYaQc1mow-ZAPIB_iEHg8LBwABA0VTe0ckUz9w2fVHW6sQQd04qWo6KlEqAv-KqWAZOuRHishyxcT_qDpDtzAxI-CUAataW6XxxqmQN3OFhLDoVCi5JeNt68/s1600/Haiti+2_11.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtU3DPh-629ZZbmkLySP9gYaQc1mow-ZAPIB_iEHg8LBwABA0VTe0ckUz9w2fVHW6sQQd04qWo6KlEqAv-KqWAZOuRHishyxcT_qDpDtzAxI-CUAataW6XxxqmQN3OFhLDoVCi5JeNt68/s320/Haiti+2_11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488393943376632754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBQQqvshq4az5DTU2riInwtGBb4NsZkjzFnLQeUAppe2rUepBVhAFIvKluPa_Tdj-IuP6UMoZJ-7A4SbSZrQd65LJsYVlUpNJPW5xmpPQHS3OIsDLjqIDXwbHHAPQl8L0jAeV9ZewHFM/s1600/30521_818725151167_9634584_44394580_3422038_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBQQqvshq4az5DTU2riInwtGBb4NsZkjzFnLQeUAppe2rUepBVhAFIvKluPa_Tdj-IuP6UMoZJ-7A4SbSZrQd65LJsYVlUpNJPW5xmpPQHS3OIsDLjqIDXwbHHAPQl8L0jAeV9ZewHFM/s320/30521_818725151167_9634584_44394580_3422038_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488394816646659794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> starte</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">d getting emotional throughout the ride because I couldn't even begin to imagine living in conditions like this. Next we came to the mass grave which was on the side of the mountain. There was a cross marking where over 220,000 people were buried after the earthquake. Seeing all of this was a lot for me to process in such a short amount of time.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEBYSb4nQdwivvtNgjyTBZGZkYK0YVFQmL98IVpvZsy0YEAKGNA53QzE1bS55f6NGOdmeaXbn26UlPCt6BomKXRhFQty0pld0q_WS7etYSLzYWoMYduqhFcRbkKRRNEfq5kQqec0Tavk/s1600/Haiti+2010+368.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEBYSb4nQdwivvtNgjyTBZGZkYK0YVFQmL98IVpvZsy0YEAKGNA53QzE1bS55f6NGOdmeaXbn26UlPCt6BomKXRhFQty0pld0q_WS7etYSLzYWoMYduqhFcRbkKRRNEfq5kQqec0Tavk/s320/Haiti+2010+368.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488393642754334050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXkWEVVUViBpsxQgSE_tqf5M86EigoMTfl5f2rd562isAE_ykC3sPfA7_h1TT3ReDTa7ArweZdfLm6ozJY00aJPjUf7ZE4SwmOmyYeBlZz80TGWxDNA94VQeL1C-IP_h9SpPjR0tMwnQ/s1600/Haiti+2_13.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Finally we arrived to the MOH and saw where we would be staying! While it seemed like a shack to me (with no air conditioner!), I knew that it was like a mansion to the people living in tent cities and I was grateful. We got to meet the staff and the families that live at the MOH.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16TAgft233x1jfHb9xPkcl2tzCAWPDDsEEocBa2mWWU25y5oEa5-7O5Bj219_aRTkVnelSen4lNk4RZh8cjQ1fV6CYaHFe8ivmdree4z-niLYmrfBFPV4vDJMXoqD32bE9qnJSPo2Z0I/s1600/Haiti+2_13.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16TAgft233x1jfHb9xPkcl2tzCAWPDDsEEocBa2mWWU25y5oEa5-7O5Bj219_aRTkVnelSen4lNk4RZh8cjQ1fV6CYaHFe8ivmdree4z-niLYmrfBFPV4vDJMXoqD32bE9qnJSPo2Z0I/s200/Haiti+2_13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488390810855238450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYy4uaxvyYObPnu6H5Aj-FkvSY1dOWdow-secbHMzz6UnhObTvedgjpjo4WGlffV9JeFjU_6vhraGKFL6KrnqvsO_VHLoVD-GI-AbdS-KnVFZ-TTGKGGbpMPL5G17hQMJlfTKMv7990yk/s1600/Haiti+2_12.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYy4uaxvyYObPnu6H5Aj-FkvSY1dOWdow-secbHMzz6UnhObTvedgjpjo4WGlffV9JeFjU_6vhraGKFL6KrnqvsO_VHLoVD-GI-AbdS-KnVFZ-TTGKGGbpMPL5G17hQMJlfTKMv7990yk/s200/Haiti+2_12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488390211381692770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlBIpkPaM4O5zTEz1kc818Yw8f1aHz0xoJDxhzJTsoXFjIZslvUDbthbxRn2ienwBgpImMZ7y9SgPnkc6Sf0sjXOVh0rCckLs-kX8Hr9jxvjRGAI1x3pNWCWkc-e3kQxp5j1cywqJuEk/s1600/30395_817977933597_9618008_44367888_4757639_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlBIpkPaM4O5zTEz1kc818Yw8f1aHz0xoJDxhzJTsoXFjIZslvUDbthbxRn2ienwBgpImMZ7y9SgPnkc6Sf0sjXOVh0rCckLs-kX8Hr9jxvjRGAI1x3pNWCWkc-e3kQxp5j1cywqJuEk/s200/30395_817977933597_9618008_44367888_4757639_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488390972176330930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The MOH is on a mountain that overlooks PAP and the the first day ended with me overlooking a breathtaking view of PAP. My team leader asked the question of "When did you realize that you were actually in Haiti?" My answer: When I saw multiple signs (that were kind of like billboards) that said </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"WE NEED HELP!"</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnkdDsl25cFv8lJqMGQgW6ca2fTFpT-32Qd5LEXCUjg6wzmEpVPyTfXFRR1QA2B40qlSrmLsr2dJ3cEbqV_XiCmJy374JeCdPFeUyFAUMBSzImLwuMhV76UMIH3Sykmc2vNz37soz8eQ/s1600/30521_818657297147_9634584_44392020_2183046_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnkdDsl25cFv8lJqMGQgW6ca2fTFpT-32Qd5LEXCUjg6wzmEpVPyTfXFRR1QA2B40qlSrmLsr2dJ3cEbqV_XiCmJy374JeCdPFeUyFAUMBSzImLwuMhV76UMIH3Sykmc2vNz37soz8eQ/s320/30521_818657297147_9634584_44392020_2183046_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488391767684144642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>Here is the link to a short video that shows a glimpse into our recent trip to Haiti, Enjoy! <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 24px; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/12714932">http://vimeo.com/12714932</a></span></b></span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div></span><br /></div></div>Randi Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404799939526037501noreply@blogger.com4