Monday--
From here on out, our trip was spent contributing to Haiti's economy. [: The first day of the week, we went to a metal market and we headed out to a resort area called Wahoo Bay. There was a lot of fun had by all. The only downfall to the whole thing was how much garbage was floating around in the ocean. Either way, we enjoyed ourselves. The metal market was really neat. There were so many beautiful pieces. I find bargaining really awful, but I got a piece for Hannah's birthday. This is also the day we went to the beach. Woo! That was some fun times! After the beach, we stopped at a place offthe main road where bodies were dumped after the earthquake. This was one of many burial grounds that were made right after the earthquake. There were black crosses everywhere to represent just a fraction of the people who are buried there. This was one of the moments when you finally realize that so many people lost their lives in the earthquake. So many people have yet to hear from friends and family are only left to assume that their loved ones are in these mass graves. This was real and so many people are still hurting from it, while so many people outside of Haiti have moved on to some other event and put them in the back of their minds. I'm not saying I'm not guilty of this, I too am one to live in the moment, but this was convicting. It's important for us to see a problem or people in the midst of devastation and find a way to help. Don't just sit there and talk about it anymore, do something!
Tuesday--
Early morning hike to a waterfall!!!! Absolutely beautiful. We hiked a ways down a stream that opened up into a waterfall area. Some of the group headed up a cliff-thing to some more waterfalls, but my awful fear of falling kept me safely on the ground. After the waterfall, we headed to downtown Port au Prince where the palace is and we had a tour of a Haitian Museum. We saw the anchor of the Santa Maria! WHOOP WHOOP. Our next stop was the Baptist Mission. We were able to simulate the economy a little more. On our way back to the campus, we stopped at look-out where you can see all of Port au Prince. It was swarming with Sri Lankan officers from the UN. Apparently, their delicacy was there, so they were having dinner. There's a really hilarious story that came out of this... Basically, we're pretty sure that Brent might be taken in and questioned by the FBI/CIA at some point in the near future about his interactions with the Sri Lankan army. (:
Wednesday--
Our last day in Haiti. Of course, we spent the majority of the morning playing one last game of Trivial Pursuit. It was kind of weird because only ten out of eighteen of us were leaving, so some of us were packing and preparing to say goodbye, while others were only halfway done withtheir time in Haiti. Note to self: never book a seat on the last flight out of Haiti again, it will probably be cancelled. That's what happened to us, at least. Luckily, we were at the airport three hours early, so we just barely caught the earlier flight. Later that day, we found out that the next flight out wasn't until Friday. Talk about a God thing, huh?
-K
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