Prayer Partner of the Day - Carl Jones & Family
Traveling to Haiti always begins early in the day. When the alarm clock rang at 3:00am, however, I jumped out of bed with excitement and could not wait to get to the airport! It's been much too long since I've been with my Haitian family and my wonderful friends from Herndon United Methodist.
Of course, no travel is uneventful and this was no different. The FAA and TSA have now added my name to "the list" for continuously packing restricted materials. Apparently chlorine, or hth, is not allowed even in checked bags! (We carry it to shock the water system before the first batch of clean water is made.)
Thankfully, after this fun run in, the angst of knowing I only had thirty minutes to change planes in the Miami airport completely vanished when they announced we'd be arriving almost an hour early. We created quite the raucous in terminal d with our jubilee and happy reunion.
The arrival in Haiti was just as wonderful. Claiming baggage, with the exception of Jay's bag, went flawlessly, and customs was a breeze. Ancy and Valdes greeted us with open arms and off to Mirebalais we went...in the darkness of the night!
I never ever like to drive in Haiti after dark, but after successfully navigating the traffic of Port Au Prince, we had open road to the mountains. Of course, then the hotel tried to tell us they did not have rooms for us... Thankfully after an hour of serious looks, they came up with five rooms.
The evening culminated with a celebration of friends and fellowship and only a little anxiety of the coming days and project! There is a lot of work ahead, and with you, our prayer partners, we will surely succeed!
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