2017 June Haiti Team, Day 3

The team slept well and ate well in Jeremie this morning before taking the 40 minute drive to BonBon.  There is a Haitian work crew of 5-6 guys working with our team.  So for this morning, they have been moving wood beams, rebar, and cement bags.  They Haitian crew is...

2017 June Haiti Team, Day 2 UPDATED

A spicy start to the day with some Haitian peanut butter, pancakes, hardboiled eggs, and bananas. We were loaded and off to Bonbon by 6:30am, but we made a few stops along the way. As we left the city we saw again many things we weren’t used to, like piles of...

2017 June Haiti Team, Day 1 UPDATED

  We arrived at the Port au Prince airport, found our luggage with no issues, and exited the airport to an overwhelming sea of Haitians waiting for family, friends and other arrivals. Many Haitians spend time outside of the airport  looking to help people with...

2017 Haiti May Team, Day 7

After packing up our things, we stopped by College Harry Brakeman, which is a local Methodist school. Students in grades kindergarten through 13 gathered to sing morning songs and to raise the flag. Teams from Resurrection have worked at the school on past trips, and...

2017 Haiti May Team, Day 6

Today we made our final trek up the mountain to the construction site and quickly jumped into the concrete brigade. All of the water to mix the concrete comes from the river below and is carried up by the women of the community. Three women in particular, Rosanne,...

2017 Haiti May Team, Day 5

As we traveled to the job site today, we passed through the rural market that was bustling with activity. Locals travel to market on Wednesdays, and the area was filled with produce, livestock, clothing and many other necessities. We had passed the empty market on our...