The Final Day in Haiti!

The Final Day in Haiti!


             The morning has consisted of starting to pack up and get ready to leave. We all sat down for the last meal before we left for the states and discussed how the great the week was! We had many great experiences this week. We did things like work in the wood shop to teaching classes to the nannies. We also taught a VBS class to the Hope and Joy house from Tuesday to Friday. Those were just some of the experiences inside the compound during the first few days.

            We also had the opportunity to get out of the compound and see more of the country. Thursday night was our first free night and we all went out to eat at La Kay, a fancy restaurant in Cap Hatian with the Vander Pol family. Saturday was our whole day off and we went to the beach for the day. It was a very nice beach with a restaurant attached to it!  Then Sunday in the morning we went to church and lead worship for the missionaries in COTP! But in the afternoon on Sunday we went to the Citadel, an old fort that was made to protect Haiti from the French. To get up there we had to drive about 20 minutes up the mountain and from there you get on a horse the rest of the way up! On nights that we had free at the compound we would play games and do devotions.  We CAN'T forget our last night when we spontaneously had a sing off with the local Haitian church!  The eight of us American kids stood in front of the Haitian church and sang our hearts out in hopes of competing with the spirited Haitians.  Their volume exceeded ours tremendously, but out of pity they told us that we won the competition at the end.  It was a blast and something we will never forget.  On the same night on the walk back from the church to COTP, we had a flashlight that was shining on the side walk in front and all of a sudden there was a big tarantula in the middle of the side walk. The girls all screamed and Julien  ended up capturing the tarantula and killing it.  It was quite the adventure! Some of us were more scared than others!  So as you can see we kept busy this week with not only the daily work in the compound, but with all the free time we had.

So I just want to say thank you to all the people who have had us in your prayers for 2 years now since we started talking about going on the trip all the way until now! Also everyone who has donated money or come to fundraising events for this trip. I can speak for all of us on the trip and say that we had a phenomenal time experiencing Haiti on this mission trip. Thank You!

-Logan TeBrake