Most of us were up past midnight last night and were back up at 2am so that we could meet the rest of the team at 3am in the church parking lot. We prayed in together before we left the church parking lot to head to the airport. We were at the international counter at CLT by 4am. We had 26 checked bags for 14 people at $65 a head for a total of $800 plus one excess baggage fee to the tune of $200. So our total baggage fees were supposed to be over $1000. United WAIVED our baggage fee. Having $1000 worth of baggage fees waived by United? Priceless. Blessing number 1
Our 6:10am flight to Newark gave us a nice view of lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty as we landed. Not as nice, shuttle bus ride from gate A20 to gate C110. Our 10AM flight to Port-au-Prince landed at 2:15PM. It was 64 degrees leaving Newark and twice that when we landed in Port-au-Prince. All of our bags arrived intact! Blessing number 2
We left Port-au-Prince at 3PM for a 1 1/2 hour bus ride to Guitton. After unpacking all of our food and gear, we grabbed a quick ham sandwich for dinner. Then had a quick intro to our week from SMI’s Jeff Dahl.
After that, we had a chance for a cool shower and to stretch our before 8PM devotions. During devotions each team member received a personal card from one of the GAs from First Baptist. WOW! That made us all feel great.
Thanks to all the prayers for traveling mercy we are here safe and ready to see what else God has in store for us this week. Keep praying for us and with us. The travel to get here is over, but the real journey has just begun. Rest assured that we will all sleep well tonight.
David Sloan
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