Hey Everyone!

I have made it safely to Haiti after several missed connection flights and missed terminals...........JUST KIDDING! haha i made it without a problem from Ottawa to Chicago to Miami to Port-Au-Prince. Met some very interesting people on the flights as well, so overall it was a very good day! 

When I arrived in Haiti, I met a native hatian man whos name i forget (bad eh!) who works for Samaritans Purse. His task was to get me to the base in Jacksonville Bay, which is a 2 hour drive through the never ending traffic jams and CRAZY driving skills exhibited by Hatians. It was actually intense. never have I seen such bold moves, and honking ever! It is actually really dangerous. Just last week a man driving a dump truck lost control of it and instead of trying to get control just jumped out of it and let it roll down a hill. It ended up killing 33 people on the way down. Such a sad story. 

This just illustrates how different it is here for sure. At the start of the journey to the base from the airport i was just dumbfounded and heartbroken by the situation all around. Little tents, massive piles of garbage, so unsanitary. Yet the people trudge on. Definitely can pray for this situation and for the work that the people are doing to institute progress.

One really cool story that i heard of today was the fact that the people running the water sanitary program here was able to drill their first well in Haiti!!!! that is very exciting news :) and I have met so many cool, interesting people already that i will be spending alot of time with in the next few months! Got a little tour of the base camp as well. Its right beside the ocean. You can actually hear the waves crashing every time so thats pretty neat! I am currently just getting set up for the long hall here. Maybe organize my room before the 3 months is up! haha 

Hope everything is well with everyone! 

Blessings and Love!

Justin