home

I don't think it's really hit us yet that we are here, and that we now live here, and that Haiti is now our home! We had a beautiful, if not rather long, day of travel yesterday. Upon finally landing in Haiti, some 5 hours after departing Florida, it took us a little over 2 hours to get all of our things and then get through "customs". This consisted of a woman with a box cutter slicing open anything that looking interesting :) However, all of our things made it through, with just one final trunk coming in on Thursday.

Once we got everything loaded up, we had our first look at Haiti in a long time. Driving through the hot dusty streets of Cap-Haitien was bittersweet...overwhelming and peaceful at the same time. Looking into people's eyes as you bump along reminded us why we are here. Seeing the poverty, smelling the garbage and realizing that this is now our home would have been quite difficult if we had not so clearly felt His hand upon us yesterday.

We moved in yesterday evening and some more this morning, and are almost settled in. Today, we tackle grocery shopping and our first day of language learning.

We have so much to be thankful for! All of our things arrived safely and on time. WE arrived safely and on time :) We have internet in our home, meaning that we had a dozen emails last night from friends and family upon our arrival! We have been blessed by several of the missionaries here who have had us over for meals, purchased some basic food items for us, and have helped us learn how to maintain batteries and inverters and power. We have water we can drink coming right out of the tap, and a shower with warm water! And we have your prayers, for which we are most grateful!

Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
Delight yourself in the Lord and
He will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:3