From the sky

We left Jacksonville FL at 4 am to fly to Miami. Then from Miami to Port Au Prince, Haiti. I got to wondering about how everyone below starts their day. How will my day start in Haiti? We left when it was pitch dark outside. The sun came and touched the tops of the clouds and my face bringing me strength and hope for this trip.

There are 13 airports in Haiti. 4 of them are have paved runways. I've never flown over another county and thought about Haiti. Could you tell that it was a third world country?

The poorest country in Central America? You can't hide what you don't have. This was to be my home for the next week.

One of the scariest events that happened was right outside of the airport. Once we finally get through customs we go to gather our 28 pieces of luggage. There were 14 in our group. Once we stepped outside to look for our bus I was instantly overwhelmed by all the people. Haitians playing music, begging for money, yelling at us, and trying to take my bags out of my hands looking for tips. I didn't know where to turn or who to trust. In that moment I told myself that I could never come back alone. It's funny because later in the trip Arry challenged us to come back with nothing but our passports. He told us all we needed to do was to walk outside and say, "here I am with nothing. I need a place to stay. Will you help me?" I've thought about that really hard but think that I wouldn't be able to handle that....yet. I feel like that's what God is calling me to do. Just let go of all I had and walk forward just as I am. This takes full trust and nothing less. It's all or nothing. I've been so comfortable for so long but I'm not ready for this. I'm trying.