Going to Haiti

Blake and I have the opportunity to travel to Haiti at the end of this month. We are definitely excited. But, lately I find myself a little nervous about the trip. This seems strange to me, because I so love to travel. I'm always eager to venture out into this huge and amazing world, especially when it's for a cause.

We will be going to help build houses for the Haitians who lost their homes during the terrible earthquakes earlier this year. I'm not the most experienced construction worker, but I'm ready to kick butt and get some houses built, whatever I have to do.

But most of all, I hope I'm prepared to meet the people...the individuals of Haiti. A man, a woman, a child who has suffered so much. A people, already having had so little, now having lost everything - including the lives of those they loved the most. How do you speak to that pain? How do you let them know your heart aches for them? How do you express, or offer peace? These are the questions I have as I prepare for this trip.

I'll let you know how it goes...