My Haitian Odyssey
After 11 years, I finally said yes to my friend, Yvan Pierre, and visited his home country of Haiti. It took the 2010 earthquake to get me out the door, but I will never regret the journey.Seeing pictures and hearing stories is not the same as visiting the country in person. I had to go and see for myself. While in Haiti we ran a medical clinic, taught Sunday school classes, built shelving units, taught at the School of Evangelism in Cap-Haitien, and visited the earthquake-damaged capital. But the most important thing we did was build friendships with the Haitian people. I can only describe the Haitian people as “beautiful.” In spite of pervasive poverty, they are joyful, industrious and proud. We saw them working hard to restore their capital and keep their work and businesses going, even…