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[mommy2mrb]

thank you for our welcome homes...

bedtime will be early tonight, so tired!

 

[DMGeurts]

Welcome home Lisa and Megan... Loved the story about Jim in the pennies - I know that he is always there with you both - for this trip expecially.

Looking forward to hearing about your trip, but please take your time... Reflection is a good thing.

(((Hugs)))

D~

 

[3pletprincesses]

Welcome home Lisa and Megan. Glad that hear your back safe and sound. i just love the penny story. I have no dooubt tha jim was with you.

Nan thanks for the updates along the way.

 

[lovethattink]

Welcome home! I really appreciate your call when you arrived in Newark. Loved the experiences you shared with me and the excitement and enthusiasm. I'm so glad you were able to experience it.

 

[mommy2mrb]

thanks for the welcome homes D, Sandy and Tink!

we went to bed at 730 last night and I slept great until 3! pretty good for me

I plan on editting and uploading my photos today and hopefully putting my thoughts on paper, hope to start sharing by Thurs

need to unpack and do laundry and get back into our routine also, reality of coming home is hard.

 

[blessedmom4]

Hello World Traveler! I hope today was a good one as you settled back in. I hope we can talk tomorrow, hint hint. I have appts all afternoon, so maybe we can catch some time in the late morning.


FYI, I started my TR for our September Trip finally....

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Take your time Lisa. It's a lot to absorb in a quick amount of time.

Continued hugs to you and Megan. The kids were asking about her the other day because I mentioned to our friend, that goes to Haiti a lot, that y'all were headed that way.

 

[mommy2mrb]

Judy, already stopped by...didn't see your post until now, but Tink sent me a text this morning! we didn't get home from a dance meeting until 830 last night and we headed right off to bed...starting to feel more rested, will try calling you today!

Buffy, thanks for stopping by....so sweet the kids asked about Megan, tell them hi from us!


I am going to be posting photos in a bit...decided to just let the photos tell the journey for the most part, will have some general info so you know what is what.....be back in a little bit, have to get laundry switched over

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Make sure you give a huge tissue warning before you get to the photos of Hotel Montana. I never should have opened the BLB facebook page, I had an ugly cry.

I hope this trip was healing for you and Megan. Reading the article with the segment about you and Megan made me want to fly to Haiti just to sit and hold both of you.

 

[lovethattink]

Thanks for the heads up. Will be checking periodically. Look forward to them!

 

[VBAndrea]

I can't wait to see the photos -- I did see some from FB as Judy directed us to the BLB FB page. I can't believe how quickly your trip went -- I thought you were staying a couple of more days.

 

[mommy2mrb]

Make sure you give a huge tissue warning before you get to the photos of Hotel Montana. I never should have opened the BLB facebook page, I had an ugly cry.

I hope this trip was healing for you and Megan. Reading the article with the segment about you and Megan made me want to fly to Haiti just to sit and hold both of you.

I will give the warning now....bring tissue's! it was very healing, as hard as it was we are both happy we went and experienced Haiti...I think it as taken away the scariness and uncertain feeling we had....yes its full of poverty and sadness, but all beauty and good hearted people! thank you for wanting to be there for us, means a lot!

Thanks for the heads up. Will be checking periodically. Look forward to them!

they are coming up next....

I can't wait to see the photos -- I did see some from FB as Judy directed us to the BLB FB page. I can't believe how quickly your trip went -- I thought you were staying a couple of more days.

no, this trip was only for the weekend and everyone came in and left as a group...our next trip will be as Britsinaries and will be for a full week!

 

[mommy2mrb]

This trip has been a long time coming, something we dreaded and looked forward to taking....knowing that we would experience every emotion was something we had to work through, but we are blessed to of been able to make this trip as part of the dedication of BeLikeBrit orphanage and the support from the Gengel family and their friends helped make our journey safe, loving and amazing, even the hard moments we had we were surround by their love and support and knowing we had so many people back in the states thinking and praying for us helped so much.

Our journey started on January 3 with flying into Newark NJ and spending the night, flight went great, got checked in had dinner and to bed...we both had a night of restlessness, due to our time change and knowing what was coming the next day.

Friday morning we got up, showered and ordered room service before meeting our small group of 7 at the airport at 730am....Bill our leader got us all checked in and through security and we waiting for the Boston group to get in (45 people including the Gengel family) as everyone got in we had hugs and welcomes before we loaded up on the plane to Haiti.....along with family members there were also some of the kids who were with Brit in Haiti and survived, meeting them was a so touching, knowing what they had been through and are still willing to keep going back to help with the building projects and now will be going back to work with the children.

our flight went smooth and on time and below are the first sight we had of Haiti

as we landed safely we were listening to Bill letting us know what to expect with the immigration and customs....it was crazy and a bit overwhelming, but we stayed as a group and made it through safely and waited for everyone to get all the extra bags from baggage claim...I took this one photo as we waited of a mural

the airport has been undergoing a remodel, so it much better than it was 6 months ago.

we got outside to a huge mass of Haitian men trying to help us with our bags, which we were told not to let happen, Megan was a bit scared with this and kept close....that's when we saw the penny and it gave us peace.

after loading onto the bus and driving into the streets of Port-au-Prince it was heartwrenching to still see so many people living in huts and tents, but Len told us how much better things were getting in the past year, about 1 million people have been moved out of the city, a group has installed solar street lights to make the nights safer and most of the rubble has been moved out.

more in next post.......

 

[mommy2mrb]

leaving the city and heading to Grand Goave and BLB!

when we arrived down the hill from BLB and were welcomed to the Misson of Hope school run by Pastor Lex and his wife Renee....I didn't take any photos, but they are on the BLB FB page...we then loaded up into the box truck and headed up the big hill (20% incline) up to BLB, off loaded and were greated by the children of Misson of Hope singing "Welcome to BLB" it was so sweet

Megan and I handed out our lollipops to the children which was overwhelming for us both, they are such a treat for the kids and swarmed us...after they settled down and we finished passing them out, we got settled into our room and then Cherylann gave us a tour of the orphanage.

see next post......

 

[lovethattink]

The first aerial picture of Haiti is breath taking.

I'm so glad you were together as a group. I can understand Megan's apprehension with those men. So sweet to get your penny from heaven. Quite a culture shock once you got on the bus.

I can't even begin to imagine the emotional side of it all.

 

[mommy2mrb]

the infirmary and nursery with one of the blankets our project group made

view from the second floor break area - that's a mango tree they built the orphanage around, they were so yummy

the roof top and views

I will have a few more photos later in the TR of the orphanage....

we had an "american" dinner that night of pasta's, bread, & mango's and sat to get to know the people at our tables a bit...was a nice night of reflection and fellowships

and our new little buddy - ChrisLove, who snuggled right up into my lap and let me love on him for awhile

and his mama, who is working at BLB....I can't remember what her name is

after a long day of travel and the emotions we felt through out the day, we said our goodnights and headed off to bed.

 

[mommy2mrb]

The first aerial picture of Haiti is breath taking.

I'm so glad you were together as a group. I can understand Megan's apprehension with those men. So sweet to get your penny from heaven. Quite a culture shock once you got on the bus.

I can't even begin to imagine the emotional side of it all.

it is beautiful ....seeing the penny, I knew in my heart Jim was with us and okay with our decision to go to Haiti!

 

[lovethattink]

So many smiles! I can see how Chrislove won your heart. Great picture of you and Megan and what a beautiful spot. I think it would be heartwrenching to leave the orphanage too.

 

[KatMark]

Beautiful pictures, Lisa. I'm so glad you found that penny...I know it must have made you and Megan feel Jim's presence so much.

The Orphanage is wonderful and I love the picture of you and Megan with ChrisLove...what beautiful smiles all around.

 

[blessedmom4]

At the Hem-Onc Clinic, David's getting his IV iron...Crying...Love you!