Day two- Haiti bites back

So I have followed every instruction entirely, I have not had the water and been very careful about what I touch and of course what I eat and yes Brad I have used an extreme amount of sanitizers. All of that being said yesterday was spent no further than just a few feet from a restroom as Haiti showed this spoiled kid what a stomach ache can really be like. Whew, I never realized just how difficult this could be. Not a lot to report from yesterday, hopefully today goes better.

Dave

Day of awakening

I never knew my perspective on life could change in just a few short hours but it has. Yesterday was our first day in Haiti and a lifestyle fillled with struggles I couldn't have imagined. I am shocked at how naive I have been to the difficulties that so many experience just trying to survive. After battling through the airport we loaded into a tap tap (an old pickup truck with benches lining the sides of the bed) and worked our way to the orphanage. The 30 minute drive is an experience that I will never forget and has been on my mind constantly since. The streets are lined with Garbage and the smell is hard to describe. Haiti does not have garbage pickup so they simply stack it in the streets. Water is a major concern and I was shocked to see men in the street selling bottles of water that had been filled from the gutters on the side of the road. It is important to realize that this water had worked its way through countless piles of trash, feces and who knows what else. The water in the bottles was filthy and certainly filled with all types of things you would not and should not digest. Even with that being the case people eagerly bought it and drank heartily without regards for the hazards. Its apparent that the infastructures of Haiti are seriously lacking and the death rate due to bad water is not surprising. We deleivered the items that were generously donated by the staff of Heritage Web Solutions and they were received with a lot of releif and gratitude. It will be really interesting to see what today brings I will update you later.