After a 3 hour bus ride through the city streets crowded with people, cars, and umbrellaed street vendors we arrived at our destination. After taking many pictures of this amazing mountainside village of endless houses, we were saddened by the realization that they appeared from a distance. The few homes that were actually still standing had major damage caused by the earthquake. The whole side of this mountain was completely destroyed by the earthquake. We climbed through the rubble and shifting earth to our destination. To uncover the foundation of a family's home flattened completely as countless others. It looked like a never ending task at first but little by little, brick by brick we saw foundation and steps of the former house appearing.
Emotions ranged from tiredness to joy as the Haitian neighbors pitched in to help in the assembly line of buckets. The father of the house worked endlessly to uncover and rebuild the home his daughter was killed in. One of the best things of the day was learning a little self taught Creole and being able to see happy expressions on the Haitians faces as we spoke to them in their native language. Of course all we have learned so far is "good morning", "good afternoon", and "Jesus loves you". We will head back on Tuesday and work to get as far as we possibly can this week.
-Doug Giles
Emotions ranged from tiredness to joy as the Haitian neighbors pitched in to help in the assembly line of buckets. The father of the house worked endlessly to uncover and rebuild the home his daughter was killed in. One of the best things of the day was learning a little self taught Creole and being able to see happy expressions on the Haitians faces as we spoke to them in their native language. Of course all we have learned so far is "good morning", "good afternoon", and "Jesus loves you". We will head back on Tuesday and work to get as far as we possibly can this week.
-Doug Giles
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