I've never tried blogging and it's especially intimidating when I know I have an audience but I'll do my best to help you be part of my experience here in Haiti. I'm only six days away from leaving Santa Barbara for training.
A few things on my mind as I prepare:
- Haiti was desperately impoverished before the earthquake. 200 plus years of poor leadership, unreasonable debt, and deforesting have left 10 million people with very few options for income, let alone livelihood. It's a hard situation to walk into.
- My support is almost completely raised! Thank you all so much :) You are invaluable.
- We have received fabulous amounts of school supplies! For me and my who teaching team, we are so very grateful.
Prayer requests (for those who pray):
- Hurricane season does not bode well for an island already stripped of top soil. It impacts travel, electricity, and especially all the people living in tents with no where else to go. Pray for the safety.
- Our team gets a five day collision course on being a family (aka: training). Pray we would all be open with one another, that both our similarities and differences would draw us together, and that by loving one another well we would better love the community around us.
A brief but interesting article about poverty in Haiti:
- http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/soil/bourne-text/1weeblylink_new_window
Check our SOIL! They've got a really cool concept going:
http://www.oursoil.org/weeblylink_new_window
For now, that's all. Bonswa (your creole word for the day meaning good evening)!
A few things on my mind as I prepare:
- Haiti was desperately impoverished before the earthquake. 200 plus years of poor leadership, unreasonable debt, and deforesting have left 10 million people with very few options for income, let alone livelihood. It's a hard situation to walk into.
- My support is almost completely raised! Thank you all so much :) You are invaluable.
- We have received fabulous amounts of school supplies! For me and my who teaching team, we are so very grateful.
Prayer requests (for those who pray):
- Hurricane season does not bode well for an island already stripped of top soil. It impacts travel, electricity, and especially all the people living in tents with no where else to go. Pray for the safety.
- Our team gets a five day collision course on being a family (aka: training). Pray we would all be open with one another, that both our similarities and differences would draw us together, and that by loving one another well we would better love the community around us.
A brief but interesting article about poverty in Haiti:
- http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/soil/bourne-text/1weeblylink_new_window
Check our SOIL! They've got a really cool concept going:
http://www.oursoil.org/weeblylink_new_window
For now, that's all. Bonswa (your creole word for the day meaning good evening)!
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