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Today is our last day of the trip.  We cannot begin to explain all that we have been apart of since we left here just one week ago.  The trip from Haiti yesterday was very sorrowful as we left behind a country torn apart by a devasting earthquake but their spirit of reselence is evident as you drive through the streets of Port Au Prince and see life moving forward despite all that they have lost.

It will take a long time for them to rebuild but they have already begun the process. What God did this week in Haiti was more for us than for them.  To spend a week with people of a different nationality and culture from ours and to grow to love them with a deep and ever abiding love is truly a God thing.  It is proof that God is not a respector of person, color or nationality.  We found a common bond and that bond was and is Christ Jesus.

The trip from Haiti yesterday was long and hard.  We had hoped that we would be able to spend at least part of the day in clinic but that was not to be and it was once again in the hands of God and it was a good thing it was for what was supposed to be a 7-8 hour drive turned into 14 hours.  We left the house at a little after 10:00 and arrived at our hotel at 12:30 a.m. It was a wonderful nights sleep as the exhaustion from the trip set in. I wish I could explain to you what that was like but I dont have the words nor the space for that. (LOL!)

We had a good nights rest, some breakfast and now we are waiting for the bus to pick us up at take us to the airport for the trip to America.

We left a part of our hearts with the people of Haiti.  I wish you could meet Melione, John Phillip, Webber, Garry, Gellin, Jack, Enoch,  and Patrick who took care of us while we were there helping us to intrepret and drive us to and from our destinations everyday.  We will never forget them and I speak for all the team when I say that we would all go back.  Even though it was hot and it was dirty the people there were gracious and loving.  All they wanted was for us to show them love and compassion.  Especially, the children.  I can see now why it would be so easy to want to whisk them away to a safe place. They are beautiful people and we will miss them terribly.  But, we will see them again one day.