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(Recorded in Haiti by Diane – \u00a0March 25-April 1)<\/p>\n
I\u2019m struck by just how friendly people are here \u2013 the Haitians \u00a0– I was very surprised by that. I think we were coming here mostly to do projects like painting and construction, stuff like that, but I like that we\u2019ve been out meeting people, seeing how they live. That\u2019s probably been the most rewarding part. Probably the thing I was dreading the most coming here was just not knowing what we were going to be doing. But that part has been easy to do stuff, easy to get involved, talking to people. \u00a0I wish the language barrier wasn\u2019t as big, but it\u2019s still been better than I thought.<\/p>\n
Food has been excellent. I haven\u2019t had anything I didn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n
I like the transportation. I think we\u2019re still getting away easy compared to what they have to do most of the time with the taptaps. More challenging, more scary. It\u2019s still definitely not how we get around in California. I haven\u2019t been afraid, and I probably should be,\u00a0 maybe because I\u2019m not driving. Maybe I\u2019m too trusting of the driver.<\/p>\n
I went and bought propane. Dropped off two strangers at the cyber caf\u00e9 (laughs). Got ice cream. Went up and saw Jean Claude\u2019s school. Has a lot of promise. The school they have now is really in poor shape. It\u2019s just jury-rigged together . It\u2019s kind of impressive. You can tell the kids study there. You can see handwriting and stuff. \u00a0Man, our Sunday School rooms back at Memorial are actually pretty good.<\/p>\n
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(Recorded in Haiti by Diane – \u00a0March 25-April 1) I\u2019m struck by just how friendly people are here \u2013 the Haitians \u00a0– I was very surprised by that. I think we were coming here mostly to do projects like … Continue reading