Coming Home

Hey everyone,

We’re home! Thank you so much to all of you for your loving and faithful support before, during, and after this trip. God’s hand was so clearly evident throughout our time in Haiti, and your prayers were definitely answered!

We hope you enjoyed reading our accounts of the trip on this blog. If you were wondering why we didn’t upload any pictures with our posts, it’s because the internet connection at the orphanage was so slow, it would’ve literally taken an entire day to upload one picture!

                       

Although our flight wasn’t scheduled to leave until 4:25pm yesterday, we had to leave for the airport at 10:30am because another team was arriving that afternoon, and the bus that brought us to the airport was also taking them to the orphanage. After bittersweet goodbyes with Greg, Jasmine, and the children, we loaded up the bus and headed for Port-au-Prince. In addition to us being several hours early to the airport, our flight was also delayed by an hour, so needless to say we had plenty of time to eat lunch, relax, and have a time of debriefing together.

Landing in Ft. Lauderdale around 7:40pm, we rendezvoused with Mrs. Wonderly and Mr. and Mrs. Rigel, our chauffeurs for the evening, and grabbed dinner at a local restaurant before making the 4-hour drive to Orlando. Finally arriving at the church shortly after midnight, we unloaded in the rather frigid (compared to Haiti) night air, and after many goodbye hugs, departed for home.

Traveling to a place like Haiti is always a shocking and overwhelming experience. Even though this was the second trip to Haiti for several of us, in many ways it was just like the first. God has grown, taught, stretched, and challenged each of us in incredible ways through this trip. Please keep us in your prayers as we begin to process everything we’ve experienced and learned during our time in Haiti. We look forward to sharing more about our experience with all of you in the coming weeks!

For the team,

David