Heading to Haiti

Well, it turns out our trip is going to include a (slight) detour.

As you may or may not know there was a hurricane recently that passed directly over the country of Haiti. Haiti was devastated by an earthquake in 2010 and is just now recovering, but much of the country was decidedly unprepared for a hurricane. It was devastating to large portions of the population. There is a great need for aid. Since we currently have nothing holding us back from going, we feel like we are called to go and help with anything we can as the country tries to rebuild again. We probably won't be posting again until we get back (likely sometime in November.) Please pray for Haiti, and for us as our adventure continues in a direction we had no idea we would be taking!

We are planning to work with The Beehive (http://thebeehives.org/haiti/) to help them repair their road and with relief effort when the road has been finished. The funding goals for the relief projects have not yet been met, so we are hoping that there will be enough funding for us to continue working with them after the road project is complete. The Beehive is working to teach people in Haiti the skills needed to be self sufficient, everything from building structures with recycled materials to growing sustainable crops. The organization also supports 6 orphanages through the sale of furniture made with recycled wood. Currently the road leading to much of the farmland is inaccessible, preventing access to one of the Beehive sites (Bohoc). We are excited to be able to help with the road and any other places we can while we are there.

If you would like to contribute to this process you can do so right now here:  https://www.gofundme.com/2tuvwdfj). We are planning to set up a go-fund-me in the near future that is specifically for our trip over there as well, stay tuned for more info.