We made it!

We made it to Haiti, with only a small delay in Miami. We were bringing thousands of dollars worth of medical supplies this time, so we have been praying that the supplies would make it through customs.

Well, somehow the customs director sniffed out that we had some "goods" in our bags and forced us to open them all up. Thankfully, Sara Risley, now deemed the MVP of our team, speaks fluent French. She bantered with the customs director for a few minutes, and the next thing we know, we are on our way out with all of our supplies - and only $200 poorer.

We saw that as a huge victory since he could have kept them forever, or he could have charged us WAY more than $200.

We were so grateful to the Lord for getting our stuff through.

This place is so foreign to most of us. I mean, you can't just decide to charge someone a ton of money to let their bags pass. Can you? HECK YES you can if you live in Haiti!

As for the fun part of this trip. Our little Kervens is growing up! He has gotten so big! He is so much more mobile and steady, and his motor skills have improved tremendously. He can unzip, unwrap, undo, uncover, and unleash just about anything he gets his hands on. All the team members are learning quickly that you have to put your things away in the tent, or else the "Kervinator" will get into them.

Oh, and he is all about Robbie's fanny pack. I mean, ALL ABOUT IT! Who knew that I should have brought a FANNY PACK that he could carry around like a purse for his number 1 toy? He loves it. Note to self...next time, fanny pack.

But of course he does love the other toys I brought him. He just tries to shove everything into Robbie's fanny pack to take it with him. He likes to keep all of his belongings together. I mean, who wouldn't? If you live with 82 other "siblings" that like to take your things, you probably learn pretty quickly to stash and hoard. =)

It is so good to be here. Eddy said that - out of the blue - as we were getting our stuff settled in the tent. And it is, it is so good to be here.

Thank you to my wonderful parents who make it possible for us to be here by loving on our children at home!

We saw Pierre briefly tonight, but we did not get to talk to him about the birthfather situation concerning Kervens. I am sure we will get the "skinny" on that tomorrow. Everyone is sleeping in the tent, so I am going to bed, too.

I will post some pics tomorrow.

- Posted by Carlee, using my iPad