We made it

We have safely made it to Haiti though not without some bumps in the road. The kids slept through the night on the flight over except for Hailey who couldn't resist watching the in flight movie "Monsters Vs. Aliens" even though she couldn't hear a word of the movie. We had an adequate airport breakfast in Miami and boarded the plane for Haiti. As if we were already in Haiti the plane left almost an hour late. Upon arriving it took us another 45 minutes for our bags to all come off the plane (again typical for Haiti). We then took a short ten minute bus ride over to a smaller airport where it took us two hours to work out the details of our charter flight. The kids did really well with all that waiting. You all must be praying. Thank You! The kids got another taste of Haiti as the plane we flew in required Hailey and Troy to share a seat; and Jesse and Brittany sat on their parents lap. Aviation flying regulations are a little lax in Haiti :)

The kids enjoyed the small flight and were very excited when we arrived in the middle of the country and landed on a grass landing field. They felt like they were in a scene from a Indiana Jones movie. We then loaded up on a school bus and began to make the trek to the Mompremier's home. We used Haiti's highway number 3 which was a washed out dirt road with lots of pot holes. The kids loved it as they took in the local scene of people riding on donkey's and pulling carts with oxen as well as the little rock houses they lived in.

It is a bit hot and humid for them which has effected their appetites along with the different foods. Shortly after our late lunch they were off playing with the Mompremeir kids and we barely saw them until it was time for bed. By this time they had gotten their second wind and weren't as ready for bed as we were, but we manged to get them down. Then the evening drama began. Hailey kept waking up and was freaked out by the new surroundings which is very dark. We finally turned on flashlight and left it on and I let Hailey share a bed with me. Then in the middle of the night Jesse rolled out of the bunk bed he was in and crashed into the cement floor head first. After a considerable amount of screaming and lots of blood it came down to a pretty good gash in the head but nothing else. Praise God! Fortunatley, Kristie is a nurse and was able to glue it shut, and he seems to be none the worse for the experience. We moved him and Troy to a bottom bunk and mattress and got through the rest of the evening drama free.