Haiti Day One

Haiti day one The day started early to get to the airport.  Security was not to bad.  I did get the scan and body pat down. The flight down was good, the landing felt like we were shot down.  I think I slept for most of the flight but came to life with the touchdown.   We had a two hour layover in miami and had some lunch.  Following lunch we sat at our gate and I met a girl name elizabeth who is a native of Haiti.  At first she was skeptical but the. Opened up to us.  After about an hour talking we talked about the Lord.  I asked her two questions   What was Gods purpose?    What was her purpose?   We exchanged emails and then said goodbye. We boarded about 30 min late in Miami and had a good flight to Haiti.  Once again I thought we got shot down, very rough landing.    Once off the plan we boarded a bus to immigration.  The bus was filled with almost everyone on the plane.  Let's just say it was crowded.  We filled out our paperwork and waited in line.  Once cleared we were bombarded by people trying to carry our bags.   Our driver found us and we had to walk about a half mile to our ride, my suitcase (new) broke and I had to carry it.  Then we got to the truck and loaded (I will post pics).  It is a flat bed truck with metal mesh siding and a metal roof like a goat truck.  The ride to the mission house was crazy. There are no lines, no speed limits and no police.  People just pass you when ever they can.  I thought New York was off the chart but haiti beats it.  While driving we had people beating on the truck begging for help.  One woman with a baby cam up asking for a dollar. Following a 30 minute goat track ride we arrived at our mission head quarters.  You should know that we passed chickens and cows all along the road, sharing the road.  As we passed it was as if there were no boundaries, but there it.   The earthquake damage was visible everywhere.  One buy,ding destroyed and right next door nothing wrong.  People homeless everywhere. Tent cities all along the route.  Definitely there is great need here. The mission house is a concrete mansion type house painted pastel colors and gated and walled in.  The driver blew then horn and the house hands opened the gate.  The walls are block and concrete with rolls of barbed wire molded to the top.  The landscape is very lush and tropical.  Today's weather was cooler than they normally have. It is high 70s with a cool breeze.  The huse sits along a ridge looking back at a mountain range. We settled in our room, a large room with 8-9 beds with one light and fans everywhere.  The bathroom has two showers, a toilet and sink.  We have a verandah that over looks the valley of cows and people walking everywhere The house keepers were cooking dinner, beef (not sure what kind) rice with beans ( the staple) spiced with a slight heat to it.  Platans fried and a salad.  Oh yeah they have real old type coke in the big old style coke bottles. We encountered our first time with babies.  Two sets of twins orphans  sweet babies. Held them for some time.  They are being adopted to a better life.  That may seem harsh but that is what their parents say and want.  Really sad and eye opening.  In the days to come there will be many more children who need loving couples who would consider adoption as an option.  Both sets of twins were 1 year old and 9 months old, they all weighted around 10 lbs.   Had a group meeting and settled in for the night.  Slept good.