Loving One More Joanna's journal in Haiti

Today marks the 5 month anniversary of the earthquake.  I seems like it was so long ago.

Anne and I are having a great time.  Today, we spent the day with my friend Nadine, her husband George and there 2 ear old son Theo.  They invited us to their home.  We had a wonderful lunch and enjoyed time visiting with them and hearing their stories.  They also shared with us about their dream of starting a ministry in the village that George grew up in.  They would like to build a school, create jobs for those in the community and help make this area self-sustainable.  It was so fun to hear them dream and have so much hope for their country. 

From what I can see, very little has changed here.  As we flew in,  it was very visible from the sky, all the tent cities.  You could see the ground salt and peppered with blue tarps.  It makes me so sad.  I couldn’t live in those conditions for even one night.  These people have been doing this for 5 months.

Today, as we drove to Petionville to Nadine’s some of the buildings that fell still remain the same as when I left in February.  Others have been broken into smaller pieces of rubble but still are on the property.  Labor here is so manual that jobs take so much longer to complete.

Last night as I laid in bed, I mind was clear that I was safe but my body was a little jumpy.  I kept thinking about how I was going to get off my top bunk and down the stairs in the event of another earthquake.  I know better, it is not going to happen again but it is such a terrifying feeling that I can’t help myself. I was startled several times by different unfamiliar noises and found myself grabbing in bed for something to hold onto.  My mind seems to be in overdrive and I am hoping that will resolve soon.

I hope that this finds all of you have a wonderful weekend.  Give thanks for all you have!