Haiti, as many of us P-Squaders have said, was really not at all like we expected. The people and love these people had even though they had just suffered a great earthquake is mind-blowing. To them, having to walk and collect water every day is no big deal. In Grand Goave at least, they are almost all related to every person, and they all truly take care of each other. So much to learn from that community love.

As I sit here in Ireland, I am able to look back on the month in Haiti and really reflect on some of the memories that I will never forget [I most likely am spelling 90% of the names wrong :) ]:

•          All of the other missionaries we met at the beach that I spoke about in my last blog, you are missed and loved!

•          Woody rolling in mud and also wearing underwear on her head while attempting to chug water for losing at speed uno

•          The 60 plus houses we built or tarped for those families!

•          All of the orphans and other children who touched my heart- EllyAnn, Tapheal, Aggin, 'crazy' Kitsha, Naomi, Chris love, Macken Love,

•          The English family!! Our goodbye party was amazing, the boy band pictures were my favorite :)

•          Chris love, and being able to pray over him and his large hernia in his groan area (he is 2), which he desperately needs life saving surgery for. I was able to give him an angel beanie baby to play with and told him the angels were looking over him. Praise God for Word FM, who donated the money needed to get him surgery!

•          The staff at the beach: Nikolas "One Love", Marieyve, Carol, Noon noon, Jeffte, Cheriben, Felix "Feo"

•          Swimming to the island and having a nice Haitian letting us get in his boat on the way back before we drown! (we weren't literally going to drown mom...it was just getting tiring to swim against the current :)!)

•          Pooch...the dog who barked all throughout the night, but also ran with me on my beach runs

•          The construction/tarping crew: Pepe and how he always got food everywhere he went, Daniel, Luke, Michelle

•          Being able to run out and jump in the ocean every day after work if we wanted to

•          The giant jellyfish we scooped up out of where we would swim :)

•          Making juice

•          Kenips

•          Running out of water, no electricity, praying for the generator to work at the office for internet

•          The amazing other missionaries who left us so much stuff...just like Christmas!!

•          How amazing some people were in donating us some money, thank you so much! You truly blessed our team.

•          Scrambling to grab anything and everything left out in the open when it would start raining out of no where.

•          Sweating from my eyelids...that's possible?!

•          Waking up every morning to read the sweet things some of my friends wrote on my tent :)

•          Our prayer morning, where God revealed so much about our team to me - Thanks God :)

•          The forever long trip to Jacmel

•          Walking through the river and getting so muddy one time that you could no longer see my feet or tevas

•          Watching Woody attempt to balance heavy objects on her head like the women did

•          Shannon stepping on a nail, Craig and I both falling off a chair while tarping

•          How Felix would show up EVERYWHERE. We never did find his underground tunnels that we are convinced are there

•          The crazy truck/bus/van/'machine' rides

•          The breathtaking sunsets and sunrises every day

•          The lightning storms that you couldn't help but gasp. I have never seen anything spread across the sky like those lightening strikes

•          Many hours of Nerts, Speed uno, Mafia, and various other card games

•          The long treks up the mountain to the houses we were tarping, but then the AMAZING view that greeted us.

There are probably so many more memories that I will be reminded of by my teammates when we reminisce, but overall this country has left an impression on my heart. It was really challenging personally and spiritually, but so incredibly rewarding.