Busy.. Busy.. Busy
So much to do – so many things to get in the way. Driving places in Haiti is just ridiculous. Traffic is always awful. This morning I dropped my mom and aunt off at the airport – yes, so sad. I didn’t want my mom to leave… or my aunt. It was so good to see my mom. I can’t wait to September when I get to see the rest of the family.
After the airport, I headed up towards Petionville with Marconelle for a meeting. It took forever to get up there this morning because of traffic… long story short, I got a great nap. I had a great meeting with a new friend for the majority of the morning. He had a great view at his house. It was nice to relax for a few minutes as well. I headed back down the mountain around lunch. I went to Terre Noir to change clothes and grab some lunch. After lunch, I headed to the job sites in Cite Soleil. I needed to check on the progress of all the foundations that were being worked on. Also, we are putting a roof on the new building at the Cite Soleil compound so I tried to help them for a little while.
It is really hard working in Cite Soleil because there are so many people in need that have lost everything or don’t have anything and there isn’t anything I can do. It is hard to tell people over and over – I’m sorry, I don’t have any jobs or I can’t build you a house or anything else they want. Spending 3 weeks in Cite Soleil will wear you thin. But at the same time it is such a blessing to help people who absolutely cannot help themselves.
Something fun that happened this week was Soles 4 Souls came down to Haiti. They have been staying with us at the Blanchard Resort. They have passed out over 1500 pairs of shoes in 2 days! It has been amazing to hear the stories each day when they finish and to see them passing the shoes out to the kids here. They are coming back in August and I can’t wait!
Tomorrow I am hoping to take a little time off and rest before we have 50 this week. I need to spend some time reading and catching up with people. We’ll see if this actually happens or not.
Today was great overall… one of the busiest days I have had in a while but always fun.
Thanks for all of your prayers. I look forward to seeing everyone soon.
Always with Love,
Stephen