Good Byes

Today is my last day here in Haiti! I can hardly believe that it's time for me to leave Haiti already. I am really looking forward to going home and seeing everyone again, and I'm really looking forward to working at camp again, for the summer, but I'm really going to miss Haiti too! It's wierd, but it just sortof feels like a normal day here. It's hard to believe that I'll be on a plane tomorrow...actually three planes. It's going to be a long day tomorrow... I won't get home until late at night and I know I'm going to want to go straight to bed! Please pray for me tomorrow, that I make all of my flights on time, as I'll be on three different planes, before landing in Detroit. Thank you for all your prayers and I'll see most of you really soon!

Grand Goave

Well, I'm back from Grand Goave. It was a really refreshing weekend, and it turns out that it's right on the ocean, so I got to go to the beach! Man, this country is so incredibly beautiful!
Grand Goave is sortof out in the country and definitely has more of a country feel to it, so I felt even more at home there, than I've felt here in Petionville. The entire town, of Grand Goave, has been out of power since last Tuesday, and I got there at night, so I could hardly even see anything because it was so dark inside the house. It was so incredible hot there... much hotter than up here in the mountains... and really humid too! I slept on a mat on the kitchen floor.... well at least I tried to sleep. The lady next door has like ten dogs that were extremely loud all night long... as were all the cats and chickens. No rats though, so we slept with all the doors open. I was very glad for that because we had no fans, since the power was out! I finally drifted of to sleep sometime in the early morning, and when I woke up, there was a chicken next to my bed. I guess he'd decided to come in the open door. So we shooed him out and a few minutes later another one came in. Let's just say it was quite a greeting when I woke up! I slept much better the second night, probably because I was so tired from not sleeping the night before! There was a Haitian girl there who offered to do my hair in braids. So, the second night I was there, we had the generator on for a bit and she started to braid my hair. We had to do the last half of my hair with only a flashlight for light though, because the generator cut out again. Man, life here is never boring! You just never know what's going to happen next!
As much fun as the weekend was, it was also very spiritually enriching. The church that I attended there was very spirit-filled and the people are definitely people of God. How rewarding it is to worship God with people in another language! The worship team had taken a lot of songs I knew in English and translated them into Creol, and I really enjoyed that. The people at the church were all sooo nice and welcoming. They all just treated me like a family member and everyone was sad that my visit was so short and asked me if I'm coming back. All I could say was that I don't know.
Well, that's the brief update on the time I spent in Grand Goave this weekend. Wish you all could have been there to share all my fun experiences with me!

Last Shopping Day

Well, today was probably my last shopping day here in Haiti. Since there's a team here right now, and they're going home tomorrow, we took them down to Petionville to do some street shopping. Although I'm not going home until Wednesday, this was probably my last chance to finish my shopping here.
I have a friend, Kayla, that I know from when I was going to Bible School with New Tribes Mission, who happens to be working here in Haiti right now. She's working in a town called Grand Goeve, and has invited me to come visit her. So, I'm going to be going to the airport with the team that's leaving tomorrow, and then Kayla and some of the people she works with are going to pick me up at the airport and bring me to Grand Goeve. It's about a 2-3 hour drive west of Port au Prince. Kayla is helping to set up a school in Grand Goeve, and is working with an organization called ARISE. I'm really looking forward to seeing her again, as well as all that she's doing there! I'll be gone until Monday, so it'll be a couple days before I post another blog, but don't worry, it'll go fast enough! :o)

Over 2,000 Visitors!

Wow! This blog has really taken off. When I started the blog, just before I came to Haiti, I really wasn't sure what would become of it. As it turns out, it's been quite a hit and to date there's been more than 2,000 visits to my blog!
It's turned out to be a really good way to keep people updated with what I'm doing here in Haiti, and I plan on continuing it when I get home... so keep reading!

Today was another really hot day here in Haiti. It seems to just be getting hotter every day. Today, I didn't even want to move, it was so hot! I just stayed up on that balcony and gave my kids baths. I think it was good for them to cool down a little. One thing's for sure, as much as I'm going to miss Haiti, it'll be kindof nice to be in a cooler climate when I go home!

Evaluations

I'd like to introduce you all to Jerry. She is a psychologist from Pennsylvania, who is volunteering her time here, by evaluating all the children at the main house. She's just making sure that they are all developing properly, and if there are any that are having some difficulties, she'll know in what areas, and then we can work with them some more, one on one. It's really great having her here! She's been here for almost a month, and has become a good friend of mine. I took Hudson over to her room on Sunday, just to visit, and we ended up doing his evaluation, since he was there anyways. It was really interesting to see how it's all done. Hudson did really well and had no idea he was even being evaluated. He just got to play. We only needed to see all the things he can do, and because he's such a happy and energitic boy, he was more than happy to show us! In one of the pictures above, you can see Jerry and Hudson during snack time, in the middle of the evaluation. It was quite a fun time!

Today was an extra hot day! It was very tiring at the Vacation Bible School this afternoon, and the kids didn't seem to have as much energy, but we still had fun. I've really been enjoying helping out with everything and I know the kids are really enjoying it... especially because it's during the time when they would normally be napping. This week, however, only the younger kids have to take a nap, while the older kids are at Vacation Bible School. I think they're going to be sad when the week's over!

Making Bricks

We have a man, just outside of the Toddler House, who makes bricks. I thought it was really cool to see how they're made, especially when they're made by hand. First, they guy puts the gravel in a sifter thing and then takes the good gravel and mixes it with something, I'm assuming water, and then puts it in a mold, as pictured above. Then the bricks all dry on the side of the road. It's pretty cool, really. Anyways, our friend here was more than happy to have his picture taken. I guess not many people around here have cameras, so they get really excited when you take their picture and then show them, on the digital cameras. We usually get big smiles when we take pictures... but we always make sure to ask before we take them, because suprisingly, not everyone wants their picture taken. Imagine that! haha

Well, the Vacation Bible School went well again today. I'm really enjoying helping out with it for a couple hours every afternoon. Fortunately, it still allows me the time I need to spend with my kids at the main house. I was just given a new baby to work with, for the rest of the week. She has some developmental delays and needs to learn how to hold a toy and put things in her mouth. Basically, she needs to learn to play. It's fun teaching kids how to play!!!

Vacation Bible School

Well the team of five, that's here from West Virginia, is doing a really great job at the Toddler House! It was really interesting to watch them this afternoon. They had learned actions to several songs, so they just played the music on the CD player and they all did the actions together and at the same time. They all had cool outfits on too, and they gave all the kids T-Shirts to wear every afternoon this week. They told the story of the lost sheep, and the kids got to make sheep out of cupcakes, by icing them with wipped cream and then sticking little marshmallows on them. The kids all thought that was just great! Then they got to make a craft by putting a picture of themselves on a paper plate, and then using glue to put cotton balls around their picture. At the end of the afternoon, they sang some more songs with the music and the kids were all just jumping around and going crazy. Even the guard, and the nanny who was up on the roof, were dancing with us! It was a really fun afternoon, as hot and humid as it was, and it's looking like it's going to be a really good last week in Haiti!

Piggy Back Rides!

This is me and Valinda on one of our walks. You know, it's funny, but kids are the same all over the world... it doesn't matter what language they speak. They all love to laugh... they all love to sing... and they all love piggy back rides!

Today was nice and relaxing. We went to church in Port au Prince, this morning, and I threw up on the way there. I've never had so much car sickness until I came to Haiti. I feel sick almost every time I get in the car here... but I've only actually thrown up a couple times, thank goodness. I remember, when I was at home, I used to complain about the roads in Detroit... well... I take back everything I ever said about those roads! There is always a good supply of barf bags in all our vehicles here, cuz I'm not the only one who gets sick! :o)

After church, we had lunch and then I went up to the nursery and brought down Hudson, a little boy who is being adopted by a family in Sarnia, Ontario. I had a lot of fun playing with him, cuz he's right at that age where he likes to try to imitate everything I do. I decided to try to give him some blueberry yogurt, which he had no interest in eating... I'm not sure if it's cuz he doesn't like blueberries or because he's not used to putting cold things in his mouth. Either way, he had a lot of fun playing with the spoon and the yogurt for at least a half an hour! Mind you, there was yogurt all over the table and the floor, by the time he was finished, but it was well worth all the enjoyment he got out of it!

Flag Day

Thursday was Flag Day, here in Haiti. I guess it's basically their patriotic day of the year. It's a national holiday, although the kids still go to school. Every school has a parade though, and all the kids get dressed up in red, white and blue... the colours of the Haitian Flag. Each school has a different 'Flag Day' uniform for their kids, so all the kids from that school are wearing the same outfit and they won't be mistaken for another school.
The kids at the Toddler House had a little parade of their own, where they marched down our street, singing the 'Flag' song and waving thier flags. I didn't have the chance to see this little demonstration though, because La Dawn and I were headed up to Kenscoff to take some pictures of some kids at another orphanage up there... not the really poor orphanage that I mentioned last weekend... this is another one, run by a lady from Holland. GLA does all their adoption paperwork for them.
So, La Dawn and I were trying to make our way up the mountain, which proved to be quite a chore, because we didn't really consider the fact that it was Flag Day. We got to watch three parades on our way up the mountain. It's kindof funny here, because there were no police to block off the road, for the parade, like they would do at home. And there's only one road up the mountain, so there was no way to get around them. All the traffic just had to wait until the parade people decided to let us through. We had a bit of a traffic jam at a couple points, but with a little patience, it all worked out. It was actually quite a treat to see THREE parades in Haiti, all in one day. You never know what you'll run into, here in Haiti. Every day brings new suprises...! 

My Little Baby

So, I just had to put another picture of Sylvio on my blog, because he really has become my little baby. I think maybe because I was here when he first came in, a month and a half ago, and I was his first volunteer. We celebrated his first birthday this month, and I was so glad I was here for it! I know he's one of the kids I'm going to miss the most when I go home!

Well, I'm feeling better now, but I've had a bit of dehydration for the past couple days. I slept most of today and drank a lot of water, so I'm feeling better now. It's been really hot and humid here lately, so I think it was finally taking it's tole on me.

There's a team of five that came in today, so it's nice to have some new faces around here. They're from West Virginia and they'll be doing a Vacation Bible School with the kids at the Toddler House next week. I'm looking forward to helping out with that a bit and I know the kids will have a blast!!!

Eating Cherios

Well, it was a bit of a quiet day today. I'm the only volunteer left here right now, so I was basically up on the balcony by myself all day. It was actually kindof relaxing though. I put a couple of my kids in the bathtub for a bit, and just let them play. Lykenlove and Alexandra enjoyed just sitting on the couch, eating cherios. There was only a little bit of cherios in the bottom of the box, so I let them eat right out of it. They seemed to really enjoy that!

Last Sunday was President Preval's inaguration, here in Haiti, and I'm told everything went smoothly. We didn't go to church that day though, since you never really know how things will go around here, and we didn't want to take any chances. Thank you for all your prayers. I see God's hand of protection all the time, and I know it's because of all the people who are praying for me!

Nursery Duty

Well, this afternoon was quite eventful. About once a week, a Haitian pastor comes to GLA, and does a mini church service with the Nannies here. He shows up spontaneously, at any time and on any given day. He's usually here for a little over an hour and during that hour, all the nannies go up on the balcony for the service and we volunteers go down in the nursery to watch all the kids.
Unfortunately, two more of our volunteers left today, leaving only me and Joyce, who's been here for two years teaches all the English classes. So, me and Joyce were in the nursery during what is normally the kids' nap time. Of course, since the nannies weren't there, none of them wanted to sleep, so we were trying to keep them entertained. Joyce was in one room, playing with the kids, and I was in the adjoining room, playing with the kids there. Suddenly, I looked over and there was a beautiful little boy, standing up in his crib with some brown stuff in his mouth. I went over to figure out what it was and noticed that there was poop in his crib and he'd started eating it. So I dug the poop out of his mouth, threw his bedsheet in the laundry and went to the bathroom to get him changed.
While I was in the bathroom, Joyce put one of the girls on her back and was giving her a piggy-back ride. Then that girl decided to pee all over Joyce's back.... and I mean all over it. She'd peed so much, it had soaked right through her diaper. So, after I was finished in the bathroom, Joyce went in to change her little girl and I was back out with the kids. I started singing songs with them and clapping.... they like that a lot and they like to clap and dance while I sing so it's kindof fun and it keeps them entertained so they don't get into so much trouble! haha! Then, I looked across the room and noticed that one girl was lying on top of another screaming girl, with the first girl's mouth at the second girl's neck. I ran over and discovered that the first girl must have tried to bite the other girl, but had bitten her own lip instead. There was blood all over the ground by the time I reached them and they were both screaming and crying. I picked up the first girl and brought her to the nurse, who cleaned her up and gave her something for the pain. She was fine after that. There were no marks on the second girl, thank goodness, and she was smiling again in a couple minutes.
Boy, was I ever glad when those nannies came back from their church service... I don't think they realized how glad I was to see them!
Don't worry, it was a little crazy, but I wasn't too overwhelmed. It's funny how I've just kindof gotten used to things like this. Instead of getting stressed out, I just laugh... and boy, did Joyce and I ever have a good laugh today!

So Much Beauty

This is a picture of me with Jesse and Valinda. We're sitting by the side of a path, just behind the Toddler House. Yes, it's the same view that we have from the Toddler House... breathtaking, isn't it?! Sometimes, I like to take Valinda here and she likes to throw rocks down the cliff. I guess it's just nice for her to get outside and have a little change of scenery.

Today, I went down to Port au Prince with Molly and a few other people, to pick up two babies from an orphanage down there. They'd called here and asked if we would take the babies, cuz they're both HIV positive and they weren't sure what to do with them. So we went down to pick them up and they were both so sick with fevers. I was holding one, on the way home, and he was so hot, he was burning my hands. He ended up having a fever of a hundred and three. We gave him some medicine as soon as we got home, and then I gave him a nice cool bath. He fell asleep really quickly after that.
We've gotten quite a few new kids here, in the past couple weeks. Please continue to pray for these little babies, that their health would strengthen and that the would develop properly. People regularly bring kids to our door, hoping we'll take them in. We make sure we only take them if they really need it though. Sometimes the parents just don't want to take care of the children, but because we only have so much room here, we can only take the ones that really need it. It's kindof strange to be so used to seeing mothers and fathers sitting inside our front gate, with their children, and waiting to be seen by Dixie. It just makes me remember what a poor country I'm living in. It really is very sad and overwhelming at times, but I'm so glad that I can be part of the hope that God is bringing to Haiti! 

Reaching Out

Do you remember that orphanage in Kenskoff that I wrote about in my blog a couple weeks ago? It's a really poor orphanage that doesn't have much in the way of material possessions... not even the necessities. When we went to visit it a couple weeks ago, we all started thinking of what we could do to help out. I know that GLA is starting to help out some, and so is the adoption agency in Holland, but we wanted to see if we could do something too.
So this morning, we took a drive up to kenscoff and made a visit to the orphanage. We brought them a bunch of food, as well as some toys to play with, since they didn't have any toys there at all. It was such a blessing for us to be able to give out the food and toys! I also brought a crocheted afghan that my Pastor's wife, Anne, had made and sent with me to Haiti. She said I should give it to whomever the Lord lays it on my heart to give it. I brought it to this orphanage because they are so far up in the mountains, it gets really cold, and they don't have any way of keeping warm. You can see a little girl wrapping the blanket around herself in the first photo here. Of course, there's a big smile on her face!
In the second picture, I'm teaching a little girl how to play with the play-doh we brought for them. None of them seemed to know what it was and we had to show them and tell them that it's not food... so they shouldn't eat it! Haha! We had a really good time and it was so rewarding to be used by God to bless that orphanage today! 

Great Impressionists!

Today, we decided to have a little extra fun with the kids. We took a bunch of them for a walk and then we came back to the Toddler House to play on the balcony for awhile before lunch. The kids were having lots of fun on their own, as usual, but then one of the volunteers decided to see how her glasses looked on some of the kids. We were having so much fun with the glasses, we decided to try to make some Steve Erkel impressions. What do you think?
As you can see, we took a few really good pictures. The first picture here is of Zachary and the second picture is of Jelithan. They are both being adopted by a family in my church and I have to say that I'm glad they're going to a family that's as much fun as they are!!! These are some very energetic kids and they're a lot of fun to have around. I'm so glad that I've had the chance to meet them here, in Haiti, before they come home to Canada! 

Precious Moments

Here are some of the precious moments that I caught on camera here at GLA. The first picture is of Jimmy. Believe it or not, he set this picture up all on his own. He put the hat on himself and then decided to walk around in James' shoes. What a character!
This is beautiful Naphtali. Isn't she just stunning?!
This is Sylvio. I've already posted some pictures of him, but this one was just so cute, I had to post it! He'd just finished in the bathtub and is all wrapped up in the towel, but still wouldn't let go of his toys. hehe
I'm so glad to be able to spend time with all these kids every day at God's Littlest Angels. They are by far some of the most beautiful and happy kids I've ever met! 

Flowers

I Thought I'd post a couple pictures of the beautiful flowers here in Haiti. Up in the mountains, where I am, everything is very lush and green. There aren't any flowers planted in the ground like there is in North America, but there are a lot of trees and bushes with beautiful flowers on them! It's especially nice on the walk to the Toddler House from the Main House, where there are lots of flowers hanging over the stone walls. It's really beautiful here!

It was really hot here today... I don't know how hot because I haven't seen a thermometer since I've been here, but it was probably around thirty degrees celcius. It was kindof funny, cuz all my kids fell asleep on me today. I just rotated them on one of the couches up on the balcony. When woke up, I replaced him with the one who'd just fallen asleep on me. I don't have any big poop stories today, but yesterday afternoon was pretty funny. First a little girl, who was getting ready to get into the bathtub, peed all over the floor. Maybe ten minutes later, one of my boys squirted diarrhea out the side of his diaper, down his leg and dripped it all over the floor. I picked him up and carried him to the bathroom. As soon as I put him up on the change table, more diarrhea exploded out of his diaper, ran down the side of the change table and made a big pool on the floor, splashing diarrhea all over my feet. I even had it on my shirt and pants. I ended up just sticking him in the bathtub and giving him a good scrub. He seemed pretty amuzed with the whole thing. I was pretty grossed out!
Then, not even a half hour after I had my boy cleaned up, another boy had a diarrhea explosion all over the floor. Thankfully only one of my kids exploded that day! It's kindof funny when you consider a really good day to just be when you don't have to clean up a diarrhea explosion! :o)

A Day out on the Town!

Well, we sure did have a lot of fun today!!! Beth and I started the day out at eight o'clock this morning, by walking up to catch a taptap to Petionville. We got there just after nine o'clock and headed straight to the Christian bookstore, where we ran into our Creol teacher and got to meet his sister too!
Then we wandered around a bit and ended up at Deli Kat. It's just a store, but it has air conditioning and really good ice cream. Beth and I split a pint of chocolate Haagan Daz ice cream. Boy was that ever good! :o) As we were sitting out front, eating our ice cream, our friends Candace and Leah walked by, so we hooked up with them for the rest of the day. We visited our vendor friends in Petionville, who are always very friendly and know us well, since we're there almost every weekend. We bought five hammocks, between the four of us, so everyone was pretty happy by the time we left to catch a taptap up to the mission. This was quite a big taptap and I counted 49 people inside, with more hanging off the side and on the roof. It was really hot in there, but very fun! Once we arrived at the Baptist Mission, we said hello to our vendor friends there and then we visited the mission zoo. We saw monkeys, snakes, a crocodile and lots of cool animals. We had lots of fun taking pictures and hanging out with the kids that followed us around the mission.
Then we went to eat lunch at the restaurant in the mission and ended up meeting an American and a Canadian police officer, who are in Haiti with the UN. We talked with them for quite awhile and then they offered us a ride home. Of course, we accepted and they even took us up to the lookout point to do some shopping before we went home. It was so much fun riding around Haiti in a UN vehicle! When we got back to GLA, everyone thought it was hilarious that the UN brought us home, but then we gave the officers a tour of GLA and they were really impressed and suprised they hadn't known we were here before. Both the officers were so nice and they said they thought it was so great to meet us and they were really impressed with what we were doing at GLA.
So, basically, we had a really fun day filled with lots of fun stories! Believe it or not, that's the short version!!!

Poop of The Day!

Meet Marylove. She is one of the most beautiful, fun-loving baby girls you'll ever meet. However, today she decided to take her diarrhea little too far! As you can see from these pictures, she was lying on her stomache when we noticed the puddle of diarrhea around her. Poor girl... It was quite a mess to clean up, but I couldn't stop laughing the whole time! It was actually really disgusting though...the diarrhea had covered her entire stomache and ran down her legs. I had to wrap her in a blanket just to take her to the bathroom to clean her up, because she kept dripping. After I cleaned up all the diarrhea, I gave her a bath, just to be sure she was really clean. It's kindof funny around here, but we always enjoy a good poop story...and we usually get a good one at least two or three times a week... we sortof all take turns. hehe! I've honestly never changed so many diarrhea-filled diapers in all my life, but maybe it's a good thing, cuz I've developed quite a strong stomache! Haha!

A Little Romance...

I suppose this picture speaks for itself, so there's not really much that I need to say about it.Rosaline is the beautiful girl in the picture, and Jude is the gentleman pictured here. Rosaline just went home to France with her mom this morning, and Jude will be going to France when his adoption goes through, as well. I guess you never know what the future might hold... hehe... 

Prompted Reflection...

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to visit another orphanage about a half hour up the mountain, in a town called Kenskoff. It was in the worst condition of any orphanage I've seen so far in Haiti. The kids didn't have a single toy to play with and they really didn't have anywhere to play anyways. Everything about it was absolutely filthy and there were holes in the roof, so I'm sure it leaks when it rains. There really was no place for the kids to actually get clean. The bathroom was disgusting and I doubt they had any warm water. The entire house seem to me that it was a barn at one time. It sure smelled like one.
There are twenty three kids in this orphanage, with three bunk beds in one room and two in another. None of the beds have mattresses. I noticed that there was a big hole in the bottom of the wall of one room, which lead to outside and I'm sure was an opening for the rats to come through. The 'kitchen' consisted of a tiny fireplace and a few old pots and pans. They said that their biggest need is for food and when I looked in their pantry, I could see why. There really wasn't much there... nothing substantial anyways. The whole thing was very sad and depressing and it hurt to say good-bye to those kids. However, I am comforted to know that GLA will be helping them improve their conditions and we also took with us two people from the Adoption Foundation in Holland, who are currently in Haiti to pick up a kid from GLA, and they said that they have been looking for an orphanage in great need that they could help out financially. I know that they were very moved by our visit to that orphanage today... we all were. It was a quiet ride home.
Although I feel as though I've really gotten used to life in Haiti, whenever I see a situation like this, my heart still aches. I've gotten used to the garbage on the streets and seeing people live in very modest conditions, but every now and then I see something like I did today and it's not something I can ignore. These are the kinds of things that always caught Jesus' attention and as Christians, I believe that they should catch ours as well. When I think about it, there really is no good reason for an orphanage to be in those conditions, if Christians are listening and responding in obedience to the voice of God. We have so much money and material goods in North America... we have more than enough to share.

A lot has happened in my heart since I've been in Haiti. Things that used to matter and that seem to be so important at home, are really insignificant here. We call them North American problems... things like deciding what I want to eat for lunch, or not being able to get my coffee for the day. These things don't even matter at all and we tend to complain about them when we don't even have anything worth complaining about. Since I've been in Haiti, I've gotten used to taking freezing cold showers without water pressure, and I've learned to just be grateful when water comes out of the shower because it doesn't always. Sometimes I'll be all soaped up and then there's no more water till the next truck load, sometimes a few days later. I've learned that electricity really isn't that important and that you don't need to flush the toilet every time you use it. I've gotten used to hearing rats running around outside my room at night, and I hardly even notice the pigs, cows and goats that are often within a few feet of me when I sit with my kids on the side of the road. I don't really care if I can't wash my clothes for a really long time and I don't have any clean clothes left at all, because our generator died and we can't use the laundry machine or microwave or anything that needs power.I've heard so many excuses from people in North America of why they could never do missions or go on a mission trip, and I'm sorry that these people are missing out.
Since I've been in Haiti, I've realized so much more what really matters in life. It's the people. It's seeing my kids faces light up when I walk into the room... kids that never smiled when I first got here. It's watching them run up to me with their arms stretched up and responding to their request for a kiss. It's about loving people who need to be loved and sharing Jesus with them. I've watched my kids grow so much since I've been working with them. Some had absolutely no emotion, response or expression when I first got here, and now I get to see them laughing, running around, playing with toys and interacting with people. That's what matters. It's worth all the money it takes to come here and all the inconveniences that happen every day that I'm here.
When I think about the kids here at GLA, none of the other things matter at all. Being here is one of the most fulfilling and worthwhile things I've ever done in my life and I never would have had the priviledge of experiencing it if I hadn't stepped out of my comfort zone, made some sacrifices, taken a big step of faith and come to Haiti. So if any of you think God might be working in your heart to take a mission trip or to become more of a part of missions in general. Just take a step of faith and do it... you won't regret it!