Group finally arrives in Miami for flight to Haiti
Port Au Prince, Haiti from the air.
Loading up to go to camp
Arrive at camp
Camp
Home away from home
Church service Sunday morning
House damage where we were working.
Collasped house
Collasped building
Collasped building
Buying ice for camp
Tent city where people lived that lost housing.
Public transportation called Tap Tap.
You tap twice on the side to get them to stop.
Mom and her daughter pose for their picture.
Boys going to school.
UN soldiers from Brazil.
Praying and singing each day before we started work.
Digging the foundation trench.
Foundation ready to lay block.
Hand mixing cement.
Laying block.
Joshua taking time to share God's word.
Walls complete. Family in front of house.
House warming gift of mirrors.
Its time to celebrate with snacks and drinks the completion.
Laschel was a big hit with her balloons.
What a trip. We spent 36 hours trying to get to Haiti because of bad weather. Our group was assigned to build a small 12X14 foot house to see what the overall cost of the house would be. We were only able to get the walls up. Someone else will finish the roof. There are plans to build about 1,000 -2,000 of these little houses. We were only able to see just a little of the damage which occurred in Haiti. We did not have a chance to go into the center of town to see where the greatest amount of damage occurred. So many have been left homeless or their house or so damaged they really are not safe to live in. Many are afraid to stay in their homes and now live outside. We saw many tent cities all around town and in the outlying areas away from town. There is still extensive damage throughout the country. While we were there, a group from Mississippi was doing some cleanup and found a body inside the rubble. Haiti was already a very poor country, this will take them many years to get over this devastation.
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