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Collection of 71 travel stories from Haiti. Written by your friends on the road.

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Traveler rachelle

What day is it again?
2008-04-01, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

This morning there was a bit of commotion as a small group prepared to leave in front of the house. I was up already so I stepped out onto my balcony to say good morning. As I waved them goodbye my fr...

 
Traveler rachelle

They're here!
2008-03-31, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

The kids have arrived and their lives will never be the same. Never again will they worry about where their next meal will come from. Never again will they be neglected and alone. Never again wi...

 
Traveler rachelle

Gardens!
2008-03-20, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

It’s 6:11 in the morning and I am wide awake. How can that be possible? Well when you go to bed every night at 9:30 waking up at 6:00 means you’ve had a good eight and a half hours of sleep! The k...

 
Traveler rachelle

Broken
2008-03-30, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

I am not easily broken, but every once in a while my heart slips, falls and shatters into a million pieces. This morning I held a four year old child who was nothing more than skin and bones. Bare...

 
Traveler rachelle

Chickpea Curry
2008-04-01, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Chickpea Curry 2 onions 4 cloves of garlic 1 tablespoon of oil 1 teaspoon chilli powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon tumeric 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon cumin 1 tablespoon of ground corrian...

 
Traveler rachelle

Merry almost Christmas
2007-12-12, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Greetings friends, The Christmas season is upon us once again. There is something about Christmas that just makes my heart feel all warm and gushy. It is something about the smells and the songs, ...

 
Traveler rachelle

All I want for Christmas is a little HELP!
2007-11-22, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

As scary as this sounds Christmas is just around the corner. Somehow it still feels like summer to me. The year round sunshine and constant heat might have something to do with that, but I’m not tryin...

 
Traveler rachelle

Things I have only experienced in Haiti.
2007-11-22, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Things I have only experienced in Haiti. An extremely large insect can land on my space bar and I will simply flick it off without flinching. A trip to the grocery store literally can take the...

 
Traveler rachelle

A thing called life.
2007-11-14, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

There are certain things that, no matter what is going on, will light me up from the inside out. Do you ever feel so completely content you feel like your floating? Like you’re sitting on top of the w...

 
Traveler rachelle

Flash Flooding
2007-10-14, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Hurricanes. Mud slides. Tornadoes. Earth quakes. Flash Flooding. Natural Disasters. We’ve all heard of them before but I have never seen a natural disaster first hand. Until now. Thursday ni...

 
Traveler rachelle

The haitian countdown
2007-10-14, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

2445 - Sponsorship pictures taken 98 - Degrees 80 - Boxes of emergency relief food handed out 11 – Dead mice 6 - Suitcases still needing to be emptied in the Depot 4 - New bulletin boards in Hop...

 
Traveler rachelle

You never know...
2007-09-27, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

You never know what tomorrow will bring. I might be: - shaving heads at the Hope House. - pulling a piece of wood out from between a child’s teeth. - finding strange small cat sized orange sl...

 
Traveler rachelle

You never know
2007-09-11, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

You never know what tomorrow will bring. I might be: - shaving heads at the Hope House. - pulling a piece of wood out from between a child’s teeth. - finding strange small cat sized orange sl...

 
Traveler rachelle

Bouncing around
2007-09-11, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Our first trip was so much fun! Ed came and picked us up with his truck, the one the Canadian team painted last year. The kids were pretty excited when they saw that one side of the truck has two l...

 
Traveler rachelle

My first week...wow!
2007-09-04, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Wow, it’s amazing to think that I have not even been back a full week! So much has happened already. It has been a truly amazing week. With the help of a few of the older girls in the Hope House we...

 
Traveler rachelle

My big welcome back!
2007-08-29, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Wow, what an amazing welcome home. When we pulled up to the gate Welby was peeking through and saw me coming. He quickly shouted out “Rachelle is here.” I so wish I had a video camera so I could have ...

 
Traveler rachelle

My welcome home!
2007-08-29, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Wow, what an amazing welcome home. When we pulled up to the gate Welby was peeking through and saw me coming. He quickly shouted out “Rachelle is here” I so wish I had a video camera so I could have c...

 
Traveler rachelle

sweet deliciousness
2007-06-11, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Fruit. I love fruit. This seems to be the season of giving fruit and I love every minute of it. In the past four days I have been given: a pineapple, two watermelons, five mangoes and three cocon...

 
Traveler rachelle

Swimming and eating
2007-06-03, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Yesterday we had so much fun! As an end of the year trip we’re taking all the kids in the Hope House to Kaliko Beach for the day. We took all the girls yesterday and will be taking the boys next week....

 
Traveler rachelle

Explosive showers and sand paper.
2007-05-22, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Greetings friends! I just had what I will lovingly call an explosive shower. I’m not entirely sure how an explosive shower comes to be, but my blond female understanding of it goes like this; (This...

 
Traveler rachelle

Form Coca
2007-05-14, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Greetings friends, sorry for the late email. I was uber tired last night and knew that writing an email with my brain half asleep would not be a pretty thing! Here we go.... Saturday, Elisha and I ...

 
Traveler rachelle

Cultural Lesson #1 - The Cell Phone
2007-05-07, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Cultural Lesson disclaimer: Please note that the following email is based solely on opinion and my own personal observation. It should by no means been taken as the whole truth. Cultural Lesson...

 
Traveler rachelle

The Best Recess Ever
2007-04-30, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

The Best Recess Ever At recess today I was standing in my kitchen getting a glass of water when three screaming/giggling kids came running to my door. It was obvious that something was up. When I ...

 
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Tarantula Hunting
2007-04-29, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

I just got back from tarantula hunting with the Hope House kids. I’ve seen the kids in action before from afar. Today I thought I would see what it’s all about, and to be honest it was the most fun I’...

 
Traveler rachelle

Mud and funk
2007-04-22, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Well it’s been a wild week. Christopher finally let me pick him up! I wouldn’t say that he necessarily likes me yet, but the fact that I could pick him up is huge! He was running and screaming if I ma...

 
Traveler rachelle

Pizza and Peanuts
2007-04-15, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Today was a really good day. Worship was awesome at church. They sang lots of familiar songs and a few I have learned since I’ve been here. They don’t have power point anymore for some reason so it’s ...

 
Traveler Rachelle

Happy Easter!
2007-04-09, Titanyen, Haiti. By: Rachelle

Happy Easter! I hope you all have been having a wonderful Easter! As I was walking down the hill on Saturday I thought about Easter and all the things I normally do at Easter. I thought of the...

 
Traveler rachelle

Curried Carrot Soup
2007-04-02, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

CURRIED CARROT SOUP 1 onion (chopped) 1clove garlic (minced) 2 stalks celery (chopped; optional) In large soup pot saute in 2 T. olive oil until soft 2 lb carrots or sweet potatoes 6 c. ve...

 
Traveler rachelle

Pumpkin Soup
2007-04-02, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

PUMPKIN SOUP 2 T. butter 1/2 c chopped onion 4 c. chicken stock 1/4 t. ground ginger 1/4 t. ground nutmeg 3 c. cooked pumpkin Melt butter and saute onion for 5 minutes. Add stock, spices...

 
Traveler rachelle

One Minute Update - Feb 21
2007-02-21, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Visitors from the home land. Happiness. Newly painted apartment. Laughing and crying. Visitors return to the home land. Walk through village. Eat sugar cane. Sticky hands. Meet children at th...

 
Traveler rachelle

Crazy horses and Jolibris!
2007-02-19, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Today is a good day, a great day, a fantastic day! This morning I was up in the classroom with Junior and Georgie writing journals when I heard a familiar voice down in the courtyard. The kids and I w...

 
Traveler rachelle

Hello friends!!
2007-02-08, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

Greetings friends and family. It’s been a while since I wrote (surprise! surprise!) I’m trying to get better I promise. Life is good. I know I always say that, but it really is. I recently had the...

 
Traveler rachelle

Adaptability
2007-01-21, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle

It’s intriguing how adaptable man really is once he makes the choice. Time. Climate. Lifestyle. Food. Entertainment. Music. Language. Personal space. Freedoms. Peace. Violence. ...

 
Traveler rachelle

One minute update
2007-01-15, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

Surprise! Went home for Christmas. Had a great time visiting friends and family. Went to the movies. Three times. Was very cold. Came back to a group of dancing and laughing children. Was nice ...

 
Traveler rachelle

Death to all cockroaches!
2006-12-06, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

It’s funny how Haiti is beginning to feel more and more like home everyday. I sometimes worry how I’m going to feel when I’m back in Canada. Will I ever feel like I fit in again? I don’t know. I j...

 
Picture from story November update

November update
2006-11-26, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

I heard a song this morning that made me stop in my tracks. I had hear the song a million times before, I was even singing along, but something about it hit me today and made me stop and think. The l...

 
Traveler rachelle

MMmmMm Lemon Sqaures
2006-11-17, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

LEMON SQUARES Base: 2 c. flour                                1/2  c. icing sugar sifted 3/4 c. butter, sofftened Combine flour and icing sugar.  Cut in butter and mix until it's crumbly.  Press i...

 
Traveler rachelle

My famous Chili Rolls
2006-11-17, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

CHILI ROLLS 12 oz. cream cheese              2 T. mayonnaise 4 oz. canned chillies               1/4 t. onion powder 1/4 t. celery salt                     3 T. finely chopped green onion 6 tortil...

 
Traveler rachelle

Hot Cabbage Slaw
2006-11-17, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

HOT CABBAGE SLAW 1T butter               1 onion slice 4 leaves of cabbage shredded Fry these until the cabbage is crisply soft, 15-20 minutes.  Then make a dressing of the following: 1 t. sugar  ...

 
Traveler rachelle

Back online!
2006-11-14, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

I’ve very excited that the internet is back, and working better than ever! It was almost two weeks without internet....I was missing it! Things are going really good. Classes are running well, the ...

 
Traveler rachelle

October Update (a little late)
2006-11-14, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

Friday, October 13th was a big day here at the Mission. At 7:00 am Rachelle Senat was born on our front porch. It wasn’t supposed to happen that way. Rachelle’s parents Claudel and Charlemene ...

 
Traveler rachelle

Why I'm the worst vegetarian...
2006-11-05, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

I am officially the worst vegetarian on the Hispaniola Island! Let me count the ways... 1. I have tasted soup that had meat chunks in it. 2. All rice and beans (a staple) are made with chicken bro...

 
Traveler rachelle

In need of a better filter!
2006-11-03, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

I hate when you say something and immediately wish you could take it back. It wasn’t anything bad, it just makes me feel stupid and I know I’m going to end up spending the next 3 days wishing I could ...

 
Traveler rachelle

Baby on the doorstep!
2006-11-03, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

To my dear faithful friends, Friday, October 13th was a big day here at the Mission. At 7:00 am Rachelle Senat was born on our front porch. It wasn’t supposed to happen that way. Rachelle...

 
Picture from story Mangoes....MmmMm

Mangoes....MmmMm
2006-09-16, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: rachelle

Greetings friends! So far today I’ve played volleyball with the Hope House kids, had two pictures drawn for me, played Go Fish with Georgie, ate popsicles with the kids in my building, took some p...

 
Traveler Rachelle

August 25th 2006 request update!
2006-09-13, Ti Tanyin, Haiti. By: Rachelle

Praise God! Well I’ve been here for over 3 weeks now and feel totally at home. I’m still struggling with the language but am learning more everyday. It’s hot, but I’m really starting to adjust (I ...

 

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