Tuesday, the 6th.

Three more days and we’ll be heading home.

Wow, I know this week will more-than-likely be flying by.

I wonder what kind of treasures I’ll be bringing home with me?

I’m taking enough video tape to capture 10+ hours of footage, so hopefully I’ve shot atleast a few hours already!

I’m missing Staff Meeting back in Warsaw today. I bet they’re talking about me!

DID YOU KNOW:

A former French colony, Haiti was to become the first independent black republic, and the only nation ever to form from a successful slave revolt. Haiti became the second non-native country in the Americas (after the United States) when it declared its independence on January 1, 1804.

(from Wikipedia)

It’s Monday, the 5th of February.

Hopefully today will be a busy work day. I want to build something like a shed. That would be fun, wouldn’t it? Building a shed or some other four-walled structure. I’ve always wanted to do that.

Can I build a shed?

I don’t know, but I think I could try!

If we’re not shed-building, I hope I’m not stuck doing a tedious task like pill-counting, though if that’s what I have to do to serve the missionaries, then I’m all about it!

I know I’ll REALLY be missing Jess and Ella at this time – in fact, typing this on Jan 31st, I can already anticipate missing them starting tomorrow! I hope Jess is showing Ella my picture everyday like she said she would!

It’s now February 4th, and we’ve been away from home for four days now.

It’s hot (I’m sure it will be – check out the Haiti Weather here.)

By now I haven’t had a warm shower since the morning of February 1st and I’m already realizing how much I take for granted the little things of home.

I know I miss my family terribly and wonder how they’re doing.

Hopefully I haven’t gotten homesick enough to start sending messages via bottles thrown into the ocean.

We’re worshiping in a country church here in Haiti today as far as I know – I’ve heard about the ride up the mountain to the church and I’m looking forward to that adventure for sure!

Tonight is the SuperBowl of all SuperBowls.

Tonight the Indianapolis Colts will put a hurting on the Chicago Bears.

Score – 27 to 14.

By now our Mission Team has arrived in Haiti and become settled into the daily routine.

I’m sure I’ve already sweated through numerous t-shirts and mistakingly drank Haitian water.

No doubt, the Immodium AD that I packed away has already been sought-after and taken atleast once. I’m hoping that all of our luggage made it to the island and is in-tact.

We’re staying on the island of La Gonave throughout the week – mostly interacting with Cory & Kris Thede – medical missionaries serving at the island hospital.

Gonâve Island (French: ÃŽle de la Gonâve) is an island of Haiti located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve (18°50′N 73°05′W). The island is an arrondissement in the Ouest Department and includes the communes of Anse-à-Galets and Pointe-à-Raquette. Made up of mostly limestone, the reef-fringed island of Gonâve is 60 km (37 miles) long and 15 km (9 miles) wide and covers an area of 743 km² (287 sq. miles). The island is mostly barren and hilly with the highest point reaching 778 meters (2552 feet). The island gets anywhere from 800mm to 1600mm of rain a year, higher areas representing the latter figure. Issues of overgrazing and water resource overexploitation affect the island’s approximately 100,000 residents. The island was once used as a base for pirates.

(from Wikipedia)

While away in Haiti, I didn’t want to leave the stevansheets.com visitors without any updates, so each day that I am away, there will be a new post with various information about the island of Haiti and other useful(less?) information!

Haiti (Haïti in French; Ayiti in Haitian Creole; Hayti in nineteenth century English), officially the Republic of Haiti, occupies one-third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The country also includes many smaller islands such as La Gonâve, La Tortue (Tortuga), Les Cayemites, ÃŽle de Anacaona, and La Grande Caye. The uninhabited island of Navasse is claimed by both Haiti and the United States. ‘Ayiti’ (Haiti) being the indigenous Taíno name for the island. Its highest point is Chaine de la Selle, which has a height of 2,680 meters. Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. The total area of Haiti is 27,750 km² (10,714 sq mi) and its capital is Port-au-Prince.

(from Wikipedia)