Haiti...

was the most amazing adventure I've yet to be on! Have you ever planned on going somewhere and had a perfect idea of what to expect only to be completely wrong? Yep, that is what happened to me. In my head my idea of Haiti was not at all what I experienced, I saw destruction, hardness, pain, chaos, lines on the faces of so many people that only life can cause... and yet I also saw love, determination, beauty, not just the beauty of the land, but the beauty in the people. Visiting with the children touched my heart in such a way that the memories will never be stolen from me. The language barrier was very evident, but every language understands a smile and when they smile back at you their whole entire face lights up, like they know you are there to only love on them. Hearing the laughter of a child is the most phenomenal sound on the planet.
I have been asked several times what I got out of going to Haiti... and every time it has left me speechless because there is not just one thing that I took from Haiti, it is so much more than that. It is the simple smile from the people, it is the fear that they live in, the moment to moment that they live with... as we plan our extended future, they plan their extended hour... they want what we have, but I have figured out that I want what they have... the faith to continue on in their day no matter the struggles, the strength to fight for what they need to survive. We have all come to be complacent... but is that really what we need? I feel complacency is self-satisfaction... we should be in God-satisfaction mode. I realize that they don't know that they have expanded my world, but my life has been miraculously changed... I made new friends that I never would have met here, reaquainted with old friends whom I've missed dearly and have memories that will last a lifetime, had ridiculously insane belly laughs with super people, saw the vision and heart of a phenomenal man of God {and loved it}. So in a nut shell, I took from Haiti a gazillion things more than I was able to give, I feel like I owe it a "do-over"... but I will leave that for the future... the near future! So with that... the pictures of my new love... {HEARTS FOR HAITI}








Please don't forget about the Hearts for Haiti fundraiser that I am doing this weekend... December 4th... =)

I hope that I have been transparent enough for you, as that is a short coming of mine... I've opened my heart and I pray that you can get even just a small glimpse of what I experienced... Thanks for allowing me to share with you what I've been blessed with..
Tiffany~