May 16th, 2015
Grace Village & Wahoo Bay
We have definitely toned down the intensity of our visit
with a day of fun in the sun. The day
once again began with a fabulous breakfast prepared by two wonderful kitchen
staff ladies who have been with us all week.
We’ve been treated so wonderfully by the Healing Haiti Haitian
staff. Our first stop of the day was to
go to Grace Village to spend some time with the orphans and help out with
chores. The team had a great time. The connection with the kids has been the highlight
of the trip and it is evident that all the team would have liked to have spent
more time with each one of kids. The
children love the interaction and their smiles brought joy to all of our
hearts. Oh how we wished we could have
taken these kids to the beach with us.
Since the Grace Village orphans go on a rotation, we were not allowed to
take them to the beach this week.
After our visit at Grace Village, we hopped into the tap-tap
and invited Claudia and Kiki who are the long term missionaries at Grace Village
and went up to Wahoo Bay, which is about 45 minutes NW of Grace Village. This was a blessing and a great time to wind
down our trip. The team has done such a
great job of being present and taking in all of Haiti with its sights, smells
and sense of warm love. The beach was a
great way to cap off the week. Some
people snorkeled and others just lounged and relaxed. Some enjoyed fresh crab and conch. After an emotional and physical draining
week, it was great to have a chance to wind down with this relaxation. Haiti to it’s core is a beautiful country
with beautiful people, and we definitely had a chance to see this beauty in one
beach Haiti had to offer.
After the beach we headed back to Grace Village to drop
Claudia and Kiki off. It seems like the
tap-tap has been our necessary evil this week.
We needed it to get to the places we went to, however, it was a rough
ride on every trip. I think that a lot
of people will be thankful for their own vehicles and roads when we get back
home. We arrived to the guest house and
a spaghetti dinner was already prepared for us.
We all have thoroughly enjoyed the hospitality of the guest house
workers and are very thankful to have meals prepared after our days out on the
tap-tap.
The word of the day was again a mixed bag of thoughts and we
were all supportive and understanding of each other’s words. I’ve always believed that this trip is an
ultimate team builder. The general
consensus of the night was how thankful we were to have this experience with each
other and get to know one another. There
was a lot of love, admiration and respect shown toward one another and that
was AWESOME (Sue’s word of the day) J.
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