Where's Waldo, I Mean...Where's Jhud?

Back to Front: Mr. Littlejohn, Madelyn, Karlie, Courtney, Katelyn(Behind Hudsen's head, Yes she is still alive),Alex, Jhud, Nicole, Lauren, Junior, Hudsen, Marcelin, Mrs. Isbell

Bonsoir,

Wow, what an exciting first full day in Haiti! The morning started off with our wonderful Haitian friends picking us up to go to the Delma's Supermarket. We had such an amazing experience learning about the Haitian culture by being in their grocery store. We got to learn how to convert goudes to dollars. After the grocery store we began our journey to Josie's Orphanage... what a journey that was. Getting to see the everyday life of the people on the road was interesting. They set up shop on the side of the road selling any goods they could like fruit, shoes, clothes, meats, live chickens, perfume, and cooked foods. Our journey up the mountain was a long one because of the traffic, but it ended up being a blessing because when we would sit in traffic Jhud would jump off the bus and go run down the street and bring back some different foods to eat. Our team's favorite item was the plantain chips. It was crazy because the first time Jhud jumped off the bus we never thought we were going to find him again because he would just run into a crowd of people, but every time he would end right back on the bus with no issue. After our long trek up the mountain we finally arrived at Josie's Orphanage.  It was such a beautiful sight seeing the joy on the children's faces when we arrived. We played with the kids with all the different activities our team members brought. All the children were extremely grateful for everything they were given. At the end of our time at Josie's, all the kids gathered together and sang beautiful worship songs. It was heartbreaking to leave all the kids. We all just wanted to take one home with us. When we made it back to Wall's there were vendors selling jewelry and paintings. Jhud helped us bargain with them, so that we would not get ripped off because we were all Americans. Thankfully, Jhud helped us to get lots of trinkets for not too much money. Our day ended in a group dinner with many of our Haitian friends, and some team devotion and worship time. As today is coming to a close our team is filled with excitement for what is to come tomorrow. We cannot wait to meet more Haitians and experience Haitian Church.

Signing off, Bonoui-
Katelyn and Karlie