Visa Lodge
Travel Blogs from Port-au-Prince
What's yours is mine, and everyone elses
... this community atmosphere and in the Christian atmosphere/ spirit what’s truly yours is mine and everyone else’s. I may not know where my computer is sometimes, because the grown men still don’t ask although the kids are becoming great with manner bless their souls, who uses my soap and toothpaste but I do know now that my saving grace and forgiveness is here to stay, as is everyone else’s. In this season of giving many find it our duty to give gifts ...
Things I learned or re-learned in Haiti
... always smile even if they don't have shoes or food. All you have to do is smile at them first:) 2. We are ALL God's children and the only thing that separates us is distance. And the #1 thing I re-learned in Haiti............. 1. Our God is always loving, caring, and forgiving and He loves us all no matter our circumstances. Thanks be to God for this amazing opportunity and for a country that has forever changed the way I look at ...
Shoutouts and Elections within; All for the Kids
... they don’t cry that easily here, Thankfully its usually simply physical pain rather than emotional pain I have to deal with but I pray to be equipped however I’m needed. I was reminded more of this with the death of a girl in my church recently who lost a battle with cancer. My heart truly went out to her family and I was reminded again of Colby, yet another great soul seemingly taken entirely soon. I didn’t know her that well but knew she was a decent ...
We're examples: everyday we live, wherever we live
... and
sleeping in our retreat center. We get along with all well and with a lack of
work have even volunteered to help mix concrete and other tasks in the Haitian heat
with them. We enjoy and so do they and they give us respect for it as well.
BUTTT. Big butt, I’m talking Big Booty Judy Butt. Lol anywho. These men were
NOT used to using flush toilets, and it’s not their fault. Other neglects to
the piping, another frustration with lack ...
A new beginning and an Old past
... Not that i would tryta whoop somebody because thats not christ like, but i know by now how to take a whooping. If you know me then you know that by now my patience and laid back demeanor is hard to budge, but one thing I dont like is being told what I am, or look like based on appearance. They told me i might be hassled by police with hair like that because i would look like a thief or criminal and my first thought was HA! like that didnt happen back in ...