In January of this year I was training BOLD in Portland Maine. One of my students who does work in Haiti with Partners in Development (PID) asked if she could bring a young Haitian man to the class with her for the weeks he was in New England studying business. I said of course and that’s how I met Woodeman Joseph. Woodeman is a young Haitian who was allowed out of Haiti for 3 weeks to study business in the U.S. under the guidance of PID. He and I had a chance to get to know each other and over lunch 2 days he shared with me the work he was doing and the challenges he was facing in Haiti. After my second lunch with Woodeman it hit me---I needed to see what he was describing myself. In doing so I got clarity that a mission trip with Healing Haiti was exactly how I could contribute in my little way. I contacted Paulette and the team she was taking on July 4th week fit perfectly with my break in schedule from the BOLD training I do. I committed.
Since that time it’s been amazing how many opportunities I’ve had to learn more about the challenges in this country as well as the outpouring of support I’ve been able to receive from my friends and family. To say I’m anxious to get there is an understatement. Knowing this week will be life changing brings that anxiousness and staying open in my heart as to where I can take this experience to help even more is the opportunity I’m very excited about. I know I will be forever changed during this experience and look forward to what I can do to help the people and children of Haiti not only in the week ahead but for years to come.
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