The Great Arrival.

Bonswa from Haiti!
We have arrived safely and are settled into the guest house!

Our day started at the ripe hour of 3:45 a.m. at Terminal 1. Our team of 12 assembled with our 18 suitcases full of donations to be checked...yes, 18. PLUS our own personal carry on bags. This had the opportunity to be a craziness waiting to happen, but thanks to the organizational skills of our team and leaders this was a flawless process.

By the time we got through checking our luggage and security, if the rest of the terminal wasn't awake, they were now. We have quite the sense of humor on our team this week. The constant laughter helped to keep what could have been an exhausting travel day, fun and entertaining.

We had a quick layover in Miami. It was supposed to be even quicker... but we ended up getting in a few minutes early. We welcomed the extra few minutes as we had time to grab lunch quick. Soon, we were boarding our next flight to Port au Prince and after a couple short hours, we were landing in Haiti.

After landing and customs, we efficiently gathered all of our luggage (all 18 pieces accounted!) and found the Healing Haiti staff ready to pack up all of our luggage, and us, into the tap tap and back to the guest house. It was so great for those of us who had worked with Healing Haiti before to see those familiar and smiling faces of the staff!

The rest of the night was spent getting settled into the guest house, getting acquainted with some of the staff here, and eating dinner with more laughter. Our whole team is very excited to be here and eager to serve. We are all excited to be able to report back on our adventures and how God works through us and for us this week!

Also, stay tuned as we plan to post some brief bios of each team member later today, so you all can get to know us!

--Angie