After travelling for two full days, we finally made it to our destination. We arrived in Jeremie, Haiti around 10:30 that second night, greeted by a cold, tropical rain that came out of nowhere. It was actually quite refreshing, considering the amount of dirt that our hair and skin had accumulated over the long, open-window journey from PAP.

After changing clothes and settling in to our host home, we walked downstairs to a feast set out for us by our new family. It was now nearly midnight, and still, they had cooked for us. I was so hungry and thankful to the point that I don‘t quite remember what the meal consisted of (though I’m sure goat meat, rice and beans were a part of it).

The next morning, we got ready and went back on the bus to visit the village Ti Sous (Premiere Source), which was about a twenty-minute drive without stops…but there were always stops. The village was situated right between a mountain and a river that led straight out to the ocean. Most of the village sat either along the edge of the river or along a creek that ran from it, though there were parts on top of a hill that overlooked the lower regions. As we took the bus off-road onto gravel that headed through the village, a couple of kids ran in front of the bus, smiling and waving with pure joy and excitement to welcome us! It felt like a homecoming. Most of the group I was with had been to the village several times before, and I saw them reunite with these people who had become family to them.

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