Haiti in One Word
If someone were to ask me how to describe Haiti in one word I think my word would have to be weird . Life here is weird for so many reasons. I was the "responsible, white adult" that took Chloe and Jude on a walk to the market to get "popsicles." Weird #1: Time and Work Time is not the same here. It’s slow, but it’s fast. Days drag, weeks and months fly by. It’s crazy to me that I’ve already lived here almost 7 weeks. Very few people in Haiti, including us, work a 9-5 job. “Jobs” are completed during the morning hours. School is during the mornings hours. Then, you have an afternoon of hours to fill. As missionaries, this doesn’t always look this way. In a way, we never stop working. Things come up, but then sometimes they are really slow. People show up on our porch needing things, we go on adventures, we take naps, we binge watch Netflix. No two days ever look the same. Weird #2: Church I live in a beautiful country. Church is not the same h