Trip Reports
Trip reports from returned teams
SFH Teams: An impartial view
Usually, we post trip reports from participants on our teams. During the summer 2013 trip, however, an EMT who was in Haiti and working with our group made the following observation about our team:
Hey everybody, here is hope and reason not give up on our young people. This is a group of high school students that were in last week. Their leaders, Laurae, Doug, and Kirk told me they were workers, but me being me and a skeptic thought I will give them a few little jobs around. Man, I was wrong. These young men and young ladies worked this poor old country boy ragged. ...
March 2012 trip report
On Thursday, March 15, a small cadre of SFH representatives traveled to Haiti to survey conditions in general and our work in particular. We are pleased to tell you that there are many good signs to report.
We met with some of our post-high school students who are thriving and excited about their prospects. Watch this site for more reports and profiles of these young people.
The initial batch of SFH-backed businesses has begun their efforts to support themselves. We were delighted to find, in a local grocery store, candies distributed by one of our budding ...
From Hawaii to Haiti
This trip report is from a young man from Hawaii who had never been to Haiti before:
Day 1: Wednesday - “The Awakening”
We left Hawaii later in the evening around seven or eight pm. At first, my initial thoughts and feelings towards the trip were anticipation and excitement: What will God have for us? Who will God place into our path for us to meet? What will Haiti be like? What will the team members be like? These questions filled my head throughout the many hours from Honolulu to Los Angeles, as well as from Los Angeles to Miami. These flights and the ...
June 2010 trip reports…
Reports are coming in from the latest team to return from Haiti. We will add some short comments over time as we receive them from the folks who traveled there from June 24 to July 2, 2010.
Here's an observation from Rebecca, who joined one of our teams for the first time:
It was my first trip, but it won't be my last. The despair of the country is overshadowed by the Haitian peoples' joy and thankfulness for life. There is so much we can learn from them.
This insight is from Carolyn, a veteran team member, after her first post-earthquake trip:
Even though I knew ...
June 2010 team arrives!
The latest SFH team arrived in Haiti today. This is a big one, with over 30 people traveling to perform construction at the school and work with the kids at the orphanage. Of course, we'll have trip reports as soon as possible after the team returns on 7/2.
General info on teams and trips can be found here.
A youthful perspective on Haiti
12-year-old Sage recently traveled to Haiti with her mother. Their purpose was to visit with the child her family is adopting from Kingdom Kids Orphanage. Below is a poignant report she wrote about her trip:
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On the morning of January 12th my mom booked our tickets for our trip to Haiti. I was so excited to be officially going. Ever since I was nine I had always dreamed about going to Haiti. Later that same day Haiti was changed forever. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit Haiti leaving tens of thousands dead, thousands more missing, hearts broken, and ...
Small team trips continue…
Another small team, the third since the earthquake, is on the ground in Haiti. They return on 3/23 after visiting to support our people there. Besides bringing supplies and financial support, they will be holding activities to encourage and support the staff at the school and orphanage, as well as the children who live at KKO.
Watch this space for a trip report.
Meanwhile, consider joining us when full teams resume traveling to Haiti in June. For more information, see the Future Trips page.
More earthquake photos
The small team that returned on March 4 brought home many photos of the situation in Haiti. Some are in the previous post. Here are some more (click to see larger versions):
Earthquake photos from Feb/March team
Here are some photos taken by the small team that traveled to Haiti at the end of February. Click on the pictures to see a larger view.
More to come...
Jan 2010 trip photos
Here are some photos from the small team that went to Haiti to do recovery work in January 2010. Go here for the trip report.