LEX

The Island of Hispanola = The Republic of Haiti (the Western 1/3) + The Dominican Republic (the Eastern 2/3)

one piece of land. two drastically different countries.

haiti. a small piece of africa in the middle of the caribbean. but it's not africa as you know africa. it's africa mixed with france. mixed with slavery. mixed with rebellion. an uprising. the only successful uprising in the western hemisphere. maybe in the whole world.

and then came freedom.

but with great freedom comes great responsibility. and without responsibility comes dread, devestation, death.

day two in haiti started with a trip to an orphange called 3 Angels. highlight: swim time.


these kids don't get much affection. we know this because they came flocking to us the minute we walked through the doors. kids who get enough affection, who don't have attachment issues, stick to those to whom they are attached, and are wary of strangers. these children all too quickly attached themselves to us, and wouldn't let go.

from there we ate our packed lunch (ham sandwiches, consisting of 1 piece of lunch meat and two pieces of bread) at the livesay's house and then went to visit a compassion project. because it was saturday, we had the opportunity to see their special programs. sewing, music, pottery, and letter writing to sponsors.

i worked not far from a compassion project when i was in the DR, but i never got to see it in action. just the few hours we spent at this port au prince project was enough to see that the white man's money is not being waisted.