Getting ready for a 7 hour late night flight to NY for the first part of our trip.
Some of the team at JFK in Ny waiting for our flight to Haiti.
Cameron and Heidi the team leaders
Carly giving Dale some camera 101
Weve Arrived!
Digicel is Haiti’s primary cell phone company
An educational poster on the effects of Cholera.
14 people in a landcruiser with luggage at the start of a 3 hour ride yikes!
That sleeping didnt last long once our driver the “Haitian Richard Petty “ got on the open road. Probably one of the most intense rides of my life!
Brad made the mistake of sittin next to me ;)
As did Dale
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Carly
Samar
Jenn
Weve arrived at the Maison Fortune orphanage!
Yup 14 people in there
Playing checkers on a rug with rocks
My new friend Chauncee
Basketball with no rims is a lot trickier
Peter and some lil tough guys
Getting ready for school
Cleaning the yard
Dont let the stern expressions fool you these kids love school!
Motorcycle tax’s is one of Haiti’s biggest business’s and its not uncommon to see a family of 5 on one.
This was a fairly nice house in Haiti
Brandy and her new friends
Cameron the Mango king
Paddy cake Paddy cake
Cameron getting some chess lessons. My try lasted about 5 mins lol!
Haitian ring around the rosy
The kids had a technique of eating mango’s where they would suck out the insides and only the skin and the pit remained!
The new sight of the girls orphanage in the UN complex
The UN complex in Hinche
Transportation the old fashioned way
Corner store
Team pic Back row: Jenn,Cassie,Heidi,Samar,Brandy,Carly,Shellie
Front row: Big Peter,Brad,Dale,Cameron,Lil Peter
Team pic with Brother Harry,Brother Mike and the first Graduate of the Maison Fortune orphanage to go on to college in the Usa
Sunday Morning church.
The Vendors heard there were “Blanc’s”(whites) in town and set up there store.
Haitian Lottery stand
Un Guard
The Washing machine in the girls side of the orphanage
Freshly Painted Nails!
Carly
Pete - so thankful to have you on the trip for many reasons, but def loved having you to take these amazing pics! thanks for capturing our life-changing trip into such great memories!
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Oh my goodness Peter- amazing pictures- I can not wait to hear about your trip... Life changing I am sure!
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