Traveling

Above is a celebration we drove by in Bolivia (has nothing to do with this post)

First of all, let me say that I am very happy. I was just reminded that I am not going to Haiti on Tuesday. That's right.

Tomorrow morning (Friday) I go to Baradero for a meeting with the Baradero team. On Saturday I have a meeting with people from other provinces, also in Baradero. Then I return home at midnight Saturday night, go to church Sunday morning, then I'm off to the airport Sunday afternoon. Fly all night to Miami. Spend 12 hours at the Miami airport, then a quick flight to the Dominican Republic, arriving Monday night. Then: rest on Tuesday before driving Wednesday to northern Haiti.

I'd forgotten that the tickets to get to the Dominican Republic on Tuesday were prohibitively expensive. And that although it was going to be rough leaving right after another trip (the Saturday meeting was planned months ago), I would still get in some rest. Ahhh....

I'm headed to Haiti to assist my coordinator, Bibiana, during her site visits, training, and assessments. The training sessions are focused now on building capacity in local training teams. There are 29 CHE villages in northern Haiti that are working out how to continue to effect community transformation with the added challenges of refugees from the capital city, Port-au-Prince. I've been there twice before, in 2002 and 2004, during my discernment process to go to the mission field. At the time I was really impressed by the way the CHE tools can work even in such a difficult place.

This trip will also be about discernment for me, but more on that later!

Here I am with an alpaca next to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.