​HOW HAITI FOUND DAVE

I went back and looked at my diary from my first trip to Haiti in April, 2014. Here is the first paragraph…..”Can’t believe it is our last day!!!! They said it would go fast, but I didn’t think this fast. I really want to get home to see Sue and family, but I am not ready to leave. I am not finished here yet. I will miss the ‘team’. I will miss my Haitian family.”

That really says it all. 

• I did not think at the young age of 67 my life could be changed so much.
• I never thought that after being with a group of total strangers for only one week, that they would become such close friends. 
• I never thought I would feel so sad to leave a group of people in a third world country that I had only known for a short period of time. 
• I never dreamt I would even travel to a third world country, let alone be anxious to return.
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“Haiti truly found me” and changed me forever. I could not believe that these people who have nothing, and I mean nothing, could be so happy in so many ways. I could not believe how much they cherished their families. I cannot believe how much that trip taught me about life. Having been blessed with a very cherished life, I never expected Haiti would change that life in so many ways.

I owe a debt of gratitude to B2 for helping Haiti find me, thank you Brader. I will continue to travel to Haiti, my second home, at least twice a year until I am too old to go. I am sad that our October trip was cancelled, but I anxiously await my next trip in January.

God, thank you blessing me with this awesome opportunity.
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B1 (Dave)