Ignite Church Missions trip to Haiti: 9 March 2010: Day Two

In the morning, we pack up and eventually get to the airport. Me and Sarah spot an item on a Dunkin Donuts menu listed as "fancy" - we still aren't sure what this means. Later on, we find out the "not fun" way that Kelly forgot that her hammer and pry bar were in her bag. They were confiscated. This was due to the fact that at first she her bag would be checked, but then it wasn't. Speaking of forgetting, she also forgot where her passport was and actually ran back to the security screening area and back to the terminal just to find it in her bag. We make it to Haiti with not much else was note worthy . . . till we saw a huge moth on the ceiling.

There are U.N. troops everywhere. We even spotted some of "Tanaka's friends" at the airport. There was a horde of people outside the airport, mostly asking for handouts or offering to help carry luggage . . . at a cost. People drive worse here than in Guatemala.

We are staying at a friend of Bernard's house, they actually have running water. More excitingly, they have coconuts and mangoes growing on trees in the yard. We enjoyed some coconut milk. Everyone else liked it, but I'm not really a fan of coconuts. Bernard provided some rum for us to add to the coconut milk . . . this was an improvement. We then get in a trip to a local store for some food for the week. Bernard then takes us for a mini-tour of the damage and after that we got some food from some street vendors. It was pretty good.

We have decided to sleep on sleeping bags on the floor. This is not comfortable at all. We are technically not supposed to be inside at all (due to threat of aftershock), but we will sleep next to a door.