Wednesday

WOW! Cant believe day 1 is gone. Its warm here, ok I lied - ITS HOT!! The girls, Fed & Brit have been reunited with their families. I cant imagine what has gone through their little 3-4 year old minds. They have had a life time of experiences already. The guys built and painted shelves. I installed a printer and a monitor for Lori and Licia's office. No running water as far as showers or toilets. We do have good water to drink - right from the river! Via a filtration system that was just purchased since the hurricanes. At last check, there were 394 cards handed out this morning by 6:30. That means there were 394 people that needed to been seen in the clinic. There are about 70 kids in the Rescue Center. The people smile so much. They have been welcoming. I got to hand out a bunch of stuffed animals and toys to the children - they came running once they figured out we had goodies! We went walking this evening right before dark and handed out rings and glow sticks. They loved that - adults included! This is something EVERYONE should experience - Hard to look at things the same. We are so fortunate to have been born in the USA... that's the only difference between us - we were born in the US - a free country and they were not. The little ones touch us a lot - want to see if the white rubs off! They are funny. I will share photos with you once I return. My Blackberry is not working - Verizon - I am not happy given that I paid extra for it to work! CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Night!! Love to all ~ Shawn

We made it!

We have arrived and are getting ready for bed. My blackberry wont work - imagine that! But They do have a computer I can access, of course not all my email...only brian_shawn5252@hotmail.com. The trip was long and I cant wait to share more later. I wanted to let you all know of our arrival. I will try to at least blog daily. Not sure if I will get to share any photos but I certainly will try. I have already been to the rescue center holding babies. A great joy was meeting up with Fed and Brit on their return to Haiti. Please check out their blog for a few more updates.

One flight down two to

One flight down two to go! We are in Chicago and will be leaving at 850et. Hope all is well with you! Love to all!

What I leave behind...

Wow it's finally here. Tomorrow night, I will be leaving for 8 days. This is what I leave behind. My mission trip has been in the works since last April. At at time I thought I would be leaving behind Coral and Casserra to take care of Brian. But now, things have changed. Now, I leave Brian to take care of Coral, Nicole, Casserra, Josh and Noah. I am blessed to live so close to my parents. It is so wonderful to know they will all be fine. Of course I will miss them dearly, but I know they will be ok.

Blogging on the go

I. Hoping to blog while in Haiti. Hope I have set this up right!
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And were off....

Well, I gave it a stab! Here goes nothing. First let me clearly state I am not a blogger, computer tech, computer guru or anything related. Ok now that that's out of the way.... I just decided to try to create a way to update those I love (and hopefuly love me too) while at the same time creating memories for my kids and expressing us! Who knows, maybe someday we will get Brian to blog.