Landed at the airport

All of us landed safely in Port-au-Prince and the weather was just as we expected:  hot and humid.  Who knows for sure what the temperature was, but the forecast said 105F, and it was quite a change from the 50's in Carmel.  Bill and Susette Manassero themselves picked our group up at the airport, and we made the drive in an enormous caged bus which wove through narrow, congested roadways.  What a vibrant, chaotic place Haiti is!  How utterly poor are most Haitians, but so full of determination and resolve!  We saw what the Manassero's have been able to build here:  a full Vocational Training Center, a K-6 elementary school, a boys orphanage and a girls orphanage!  Truly inspiring to see such Godly servants at work in the midst of a truly needly community.  They have fed us delicious Haitian foods made by incredible Haitian cooks, and have made us feel really at home in such an unfamiliar, different environment.  Everyone was sweaty, tired, and exhilarated by our first day and awaits tomorrow with real joy as we get to worship at a local Haitian church.