tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26010858095535803672023-11-16T07:42:45.868-08:00Katie in HaitiIn July 2012 I went to Haiti on a service trip with an organization called Sustain Haiti. I wrote in a journal every day during my trip and this is me FINALLY getting around to typing it up. Katie Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16541704223726843529noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601085809553580367.post-81580496639641631092013-02-07T21:43:00.004-08:002013-02-07T21:43:49.427-08:00{Day 4} July 25<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px;">Wednesday</span><br />
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to describe it would be ADVENTURE! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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again today. She did awesome. I’m still astonished at the Haitians personal motivation to learn English. ESL is at
6:30 AM. I would never voluntarily go to any class that early. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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breakfast! Today I volunteerd to do gardening in the mountains- Paraison. Our
group included me, Hilary, Becky, Jill, Chandis, Big Junior and litt Junoir.
Big Junior doesn’t speak much English, he owns and drives his own moto and he
is an amazing gardener. Little Junior is 17 years old and he speaks English
really well! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was with Becky. She is the funnest to ride on a moto with. The poor Haitian
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are trucks with benches on the sides of the bed and a covering over it all. Not
very safe at all. But luckily we got there just in time to get on a “bus” or
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states. Usually meant to hold maybe 10. Our particular “bus” had 17 people. 17 is a
big number. Chandis, Hilary, and little Junior were in the front seat with the
driver and Becky and I were in the next row- Jam-packed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px;">(Jill and Big Junoir rode Junoir’s Moto with the tools.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">There was a poor lady behind us that threw up during the drive. The overall smell of the vehicle was indescribable. </span>We are such silly American girls that couldn't help but giggle the whole time. But this ride was pretty ridiculous. 45 minutes of crazy driving, steep roads
and a huge cliff to the side of us. Giggling was a mask to cover our fear and excitement of the unknown. We tried taking pictures but it doesn’t do
it justice. As we went up the super windy mountains, we could start to see the
prettiest view of Haiti. It truly is a Beautiful place!</span></div>
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houses, so we walked up the mountain. Yes, up a mountain. I am so grateful for
my Tevas!! We helped a man plant a garden in plantar buckets around his house.
We gathered different dirt and sand to make the best soil and then planted the
seeds. We waited for a while because the Haitian man was going to take us to
another garden but he couldn’t take us until his wife got back because he was
watching his baby. This was the cutest black baby I have ever seen. He was two
months old and so precious!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was such a steep mountain! Chandis and Becky fell a few times and got pretty
scratched up. We eventually came to a garden and we planted seeds and watered
it, then we did the same to a few more gardens. I learned that many Haitians
know how to garden, but seeds are so expensive that they can’t do it
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Becky, Jill and Paraison Kids!</div>
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beautiful and the air wasn’t as humid as it was in the crowded streets of
Leogane. It was such a breath of fresh air- literally. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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house we helped. Big Junior made us lunch! We had sandwiches: Thick bread,
spamish-perperoni, onions and scrambled eggs with ketchup spread all over! It
was surprisingly good. I must’ve been starving. Haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to stay cool. Eventually it was time to go so we went down the hill to the road
to find a ride. Yes, find a ride. We were hoping for a tap-tap or bus to drive
by that was going down the mountain. We waited for a while and then it started
to sprinkle. And then it started to rain. [Side note- Haitians are terrified of
the rain. They think it makes people sick and so they fear it and hide from
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px;">I got claustrophobic really fast so I waited in the rain for a tap-tap or bus to drive by. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px;">Finally, one came. Amazingly enough, this tap-tap
had white people from Georgia and Tennessee who were in Haiti with a Baptist
service group. They were shocked that 4 American girls were hitch hiking in
Haiti. (Junior somehow got on the other tap-tap that was also filled with white
Baptists). We probably seemed so dumb as we just laughed at the whole
situation. They asked us where we were staying and we literally had no idea of
the address or major areas around our house. I later realized how bad of a
situation that could’ve been. Heavenly Father was definitely watching over us
to deliver a tap-tap full of kind religious people.</span></div>
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off at the tap-tap stop where we got on the back of motos and rode towards home
following Junior and Jill on their moto. On our way home, Becky and I were together,
our motto driver almost got in a head on collision. We screeched to a stop
literally a foot between us and another angry moto driver. We don’t have
helmets on the moto. We could’ve been so hurt! When we were finally home, Becky
and I could just giggle because we were so shocked and scared. Haha. Still
don’t really know how to handle it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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night, I started writing in my journal before ESL until my eyes drifted and I
couldn’t stay awake. When I woke up it was time for ESL. I love teaching
English! Gart and I co-taught but I hope to teach by myself eventually. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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school, a Haitian in a puma shirt (Adam always wears puma stuff…) walked me
home. His name is John and his English is great! I think I’m starting to think
black men are oober attractive. Haha. *Reminder- tell Adam I love him!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shower. When I got out I was told that we aren’t supposed to take real showers
just in case the power goes out so we can conserve the running water for hand
washing and the toilets. When the power is on the water tank can fill up, the
water tank can last 2 days without being refilled, but sometimes the pump
doesn’t fill up when the power is on so we have to save it as much as possible.
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to the states. I am honestly really sad about this. Running water for showers
was my most favorite luxury besides my battery powered fan. Oh well. I guess
when in Haiti, do as the Haitians do! Bucket showers, Bring it on.</span></div>
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when we can stay busy but I get frustrated when the American volunteers are
hesitant to just jump in and work. I really need to work on my patience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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his hand and talk about his experiences in the Philippines compared to my
experiences here. I think it will be a good bonding thing for us! I hope he isn’t
worried about me. I hope my family isn’t worried either. I hope Heavenly Father
is comforting them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this is what a mission feels like then I understand why guys don’t want to come
home. Home… that feels like a far away dream. A strange unreal dream that seems
so complicated compared to Haitian life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Granola</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">à</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> a person
who is all natural. Doesn’t usually shower and probably wears our doorsie
clothing. (Ie. I feel like a granola while I’m in Haiti.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px;"> Thank you BECKY for expanding my vocabulary</span><ul>
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happened in ESL today.</span></li>
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Embarrassing. </span></li>
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Day! Today I woke up at 6:10 to leave at 6:15 for English class. I am partnered
with Jill and a guy named Alex. He isn’t here yet so me and Jill Taught. Okay.
Jill taught and I wrote on the wall because we didn’t have a chalkboard. Today
we talked about emotions. Our class is intermediate/advanced. They are so good
at English! Jill is a great teacher so it’s awesome to see her teach them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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English we came home and ate breakfast, Fresh fruit! Fresh Mangos, fresh
bananas, fresh pineapple and crackers and cheese. Fantastic way to start out
the day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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meeting/class on how to teach health classes such as Cholera class, feminine
hygene class (breastfeeding and menstrual class), hand washing class, and
broken bone and wound care class. These classes are for the community. We teach
them and a translator interprets everything. Luckily I didn’t have to teach
today because I feel super un prepared. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Me, Gart and our volunteer Scott who speaks Creole and then our Haitian volunteers
Junior (Big) and Styven. To get to our Gardening spot, we took a “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">moto</b>”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">moto</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
is a motorcycle</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">used as a taxi cab.
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Example of a Moto Ride: </div>
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Haitian driver, usually a girl and then a boy on the back </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We drove through streets of Leogane.
Tons of goats, chickens, a few naked kids and lots of “</span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">Guruguru</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">” remains. </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Guruguru</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> is what
Haitians call the big earthquake that happened a few years ago. Tons of rubble
and lots of tent communities are main remains.</span></div>
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We arrived at a house with the skinniest baby I’ve ever seen. The momma showed
us to her back yard where the trees were cleaned out and where her kids had made a mini soccer field.</span></div>
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This was one of our last few rows, but you can kind of see the soccer field outline. </div>
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The kids used white rocks for the chock to outline the field. </div>
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pick-ax. We had 2 pick axes and a shovel and a rake and a machete. Yes a
machete. Two of us at a time would use a pick-ax to soften the ground. We made
about 10-foot wide rows and 6 rows in all. I was so tired. And so sweaty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This is Scott Turner. Two people worked on a row at a time- Each doing half. </div>
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We switched pick-axers each row. I think I did half as much as the boys because I was too weak. </div>
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Junior (big) laughed at my pathetic attempts. haha </div>
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but then we went to another house. This garden was a lot smaller and we
finished it in no time. After that garden we were done! Gart was a sweaty beast
so after our moto ride back home I was covered in his sweat. So gross. Haha <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wipes. When I walked into the sleeping rooms, all the other new volunteers had
been taking naps. I was so bitter/jealous. I eventually stopped being green
with rage and we ate lunch. We ate plantains and some stew stuff (with beef
Liver). Honestly so good!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Bethany and Becky and our Haitian volunteers Junoir and Styven. When we
arrived at the orphanage, the children were just standing by table under some
sort of shade covering. No one was talking. No one was smiling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my side all day. He doesn’t speak Haitian Creole and he doesn’t speak English
so I held his hand, gave him hugs and threw him in the air. There were probably
20-25 orphans. Most the girls don’t have panties. All the kids had swollen
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Becky and her fan club. The kids loved her Hair!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">I fell in love with those kids. I hate that I couldn’t tell them and that I can’t tell them everyday. I hate that they don’t have enough to eat or proper beds or parents to love on them. I am so spoiled… When we left, I cried. We drove down the road and we could still see the kids waving from their gate… I hardly knew those kids and I cried. I didn’t expect such a reaction but I couldn’t help it. When I leave Haiti I have a feeling I’m going to have emotional problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wow, What a year. Oh I mean day. We arrived in Haiti around 8:30am. The airport was way sketch but we got all our bags and we eventually found our director who had the car and everything ready.<br />
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[A little more about the Haiti Airport: Once off the plane, they herded us on to a bus to the baggage claim area. The baggage claim was more like a pile of luggage in a warehouse area. The overwhelming smell and the culture shock hit us like a fish in the face. When we walked outside the warehouse so many "workers" grabbed to "help us" with our stuff. If we allow them to help us, then we would be obligated to pay them for their work. We were told right before we went out to the courtyard not to let anyone touch our bags, but still Bethany and Becky got tricked into it. They had to fight for their bags back. It was so funny and no damage was done. haha.]</blockquote>
We ended up waiting by the car for another girl to arrive and then that girl (Chandis) ended up loosing her passport after going through customs. Apparently passports can be sold on the black market for like $10,000. Needles to say, the 3 hours more of waiting at the airport for chandis to find it and eventually file a police report were kinda useless on account that not many Haitians would turn that in.<br />
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After a 2 hour bus ride through Port au Prince, we finally came to Leogane. Port au Prince is a disaster. Remains of the Hurricane's doing were still very prevalent. Houses or sometimes tents were built on top of rubble. <br />
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*** These aren't just sad pictures I had to search for. These pictures are from our drive. This is how it really looked the majority of the places we went. </div>
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We passed multiple people showering in sewage. 2 Hours of driving through ten towns and sewage and smells that I can't even describe. By the way, This 2 hour bus drive was to travel to Leogane that is only 18 miles away. Ya. No traffic laws make for some interesting experiences. ( I have friends who can run 18 miles faster then that)</div>
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Eventually We arrived at our house. Lunch was ready so we slumped into the kitchen and ate our wonderful meal of eggs & ham and spaghetti noodles & ketchup. Turns out when you are starving, this meal makes for a wonderful meal. </div>
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breathe too hard. I will never complain about it being hot ever again. I
thought I understood that it was going to be hot but this is hotter then heck
itself. There is truth behind the saying, “Hotter then Haiti’s”. I don’t think
there is such a place hotter. Standing in front of a fan barely helps. (okay
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we got settled in the house, we went walking through the town to exchange money
for Haiti Dollars or Goud. I have no idea about the exact conversions but $20
turned into 800 Goud. Haiti Dollars are different I think. Its like 20 Haitian
Dollars = 100 Goud. Ya, I’m too tired to figure it all out. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After
getting the proper money, we went to an Internet café. I sent a very short
email to my family and an even shorter email to Adam. I honestly didn’t expect
to miss Adam this much. Like seriously. This is ridiculous. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After
sending our too short of emails we got some drinks [soda is the only cold
beverages we can buy, hence I drink a lot of soda.] Then we went back to the
house. I don’t really know whet happened but one minute all of the girls were
talking and the next second we were all asleep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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5:15 we went to ESL (Teaching English Time). Jill Wright, this guy named Alex
and I will be teaching advanced English together. The students were mostly
older males. They seem very smart and even more willing to learn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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English class we came home and ate stew and rice. It wasn’t as bad as it could’ve
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out we don’t have running water</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Even brown shower water can feel like heaven when
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<li style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>I miss Adam more then words can describe.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Honestly today was forever
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Me and Bethany are sleeping on a King size mattress bed together. We are so lucky cause everyone else is on a foam pad. We don't have a mosquito net though. I guess it's a trade off. </span></blockquote>
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<br />Katie Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16541704223726843529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601085809553580367.post-56125026913651483702013-01-21T12:46:00.003-08:002013-01-21T12:46:38.358-08:00{Day 1} July 22, 2012The Spirit of Adventure!!<br />
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I am going to Haiti. Today I flew out of Sky Harbor [airport] with Gart Wright and his little sister Bethany. Our first flight was to Dallas, Texas. That is where we met up with 2 other girls -> Hilary & Becky. They both go to BYU. Well Hilary actually just graduated.<br />
In Dallas we got on a flight to Florida. It is now 1:30am and we are sleeping in the airport. Well the girls are. Gart and I are still up. I don't think I'll get any sleep tonight.<br />
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Gart and I were talking and this crazy Haitian lady started talking to us. We don't speak Haitian Creole and she doesn't speak any English. I feel like she was lecturing us about something and I slowly felt the reality hit me. <i>I am going to Haiti</i>. I don't know anything about Haiti. I don't even know if I could find it on a map to be honest and now I'm planning on being there for 4 weeks. Really? Smart move Katie.<br />
Before this experience, I was all smiles and excitement. Now I'm just thinking of a way to get out of this. A few months ago I decided I wanted to do a service trip. The idea of going to a third world country kind of scared me so I decided I would pray about this desire and I would look for answer at conference. One of the first talks were about the importance of service and then he [the speaker] spoke about an example of people in Haiti. I felt like this was a good sign.<br />
I applied and was accepted to serve with an organization called <a href="http://www.sustain-haiti.org/">Sustain Haiti</a>. We will be teaching English, going to orphanagesm helping with gardens, teaching public health classes and anything else they need us to do. I'm excited but so scared.<br />
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Gart and I studied Haitian Creole in the airport. The crazy Haitian lady's son taught some to us. </div>
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At the top of every page of my journal, I wrote a random story or memory or quote. I will call these Snippets:</div>
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Becky and I got hot chocolate and doughnuts in the airport at 3am. the worker lady was grumpy. Becky got a bagel and hot chocolate for like $4.65. I got hot chocolate, a bagel and a doughnut (that was supposed to be 99 cents) for $4.85. I tried explaining to the worker lady but she was grumpy. I think she spit in the hot chocolate cause it tasted disgusting. haha. We were so slap happy. We giggled about it for hours</blockquote>
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<br />Katie Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16541704223726843529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601085809553580367.post-38279456107447391322013-01-21T12:19:00.000-08:002013-01-21T12:19:03.022-08:00{Intro} The CrewHere are all of the volunteers from the United States and our Haitian Volunteers. I may edit this later and write a little bit more about them. Till then, here are the volunteers:<br />
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Gart Wright<br />
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Bethany Wright<br />
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Becky Skidmore<br />
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HIlary Thomas<br />
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Scott Turner<br />
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Chandis Paramore<br />
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Jill Wright<br />
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Zach Christensen<br />
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Eric Meldrum<br />
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Janessa Hatch<br />
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Dustin Homer<br />
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Alex Carrol (boy)<br />
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Alex Scott (girl)<br />
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Junoir Belange<br />
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Junior Senecharles<br />
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Styven Innocent<br />
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Jean Brunel David (JB)<br />
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<br />Katie Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16541704223726843529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601085809553580367.post-31652167470267843032013-01-21T12:02:00.001-08:002013-01-21T12:02:09.428-08:00{Preface} Sustain Haiti<div style="text-align: center;">
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In July-August 2012, I went to Haiti through the organization <a href="http://www.sustain-haiti.org/">Sustain Haiti</a>. I had so many wonderful- Life Changing- experiences that I never want to forget. So while I was in Haiti, I wrote a very <b>long</b> journal. Like <b>110</b> <b>pages</b> long. </div>
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I am not a great writer, nor do I particularly <i>love</i> writing, but in Haiti, I <i>wanted</i> to write everything down. Pictures weren't enough to describe my feelings and experiences. I became obsessed and so every extra second I had went to writing in my journal. In some ways I regret this. Maybe I should've spent more time just sitting and enjoying the experience rather then writing, but this notebook has honestly become one of my most favorite possessions. </div>
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This blog is my way of documenting my oh-so-precious journal in a public way. I have anxiety about something happening to my Haiti Journal so I want to document it on this website and then ultimately print a copy on Shutterfly. </div>
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These are my goals, these are my purposes. I hope you enjoy reading because I enjoyed living these wonderful and sometimes difficult experiences! </div>
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