Hi friends… by the time you read this I will probably be in or on my way to Haiti again… Yeah, yeah, I know, I know… I didn’t tell everyone that I was coming back to the states for a week and a half, but I guess, in all honesty, I knew that I didn’t have enough time to catch up with everyone that I really wanted to catch up with so I didn’t call anyone… No offense. I still love you. (on another note for those of you who have tried to call in the last few days, my phone died for good a few days ago. Special shout out to Amauche who I have been thinking of a lot since I got here. I will call you this weekend. Promise).
So last week while I wasn’t hanging out with and calling you, I was hanging out with Joycelyne, so you can’t blame me now can you? That was a WoNdErFuL week! We also had time to catch up with some friends and our relationship mentors who really encouraged us, challenged us and helped us to grow. It seems that we have nothing but joy to look forward to.
This week I’ve been traveling around with my boss(es) doing some business here in Ohio and also in Tennessee. I had a few “top secret” meetings TN that you may hear about soon when the info is “unclassified,” then we flew to Ohio. (I even got to steer a plane! Which was pretty cool). We’ve accomplished a lot in a few days. We are moving along with the Restavek Conference… This morning I got to play the role of Maurice Sixto (I hope to post more info on him later in English) in recording his famous “Ti Sentaniz” in English. Ti Sentaniz is the first notable public exposure of the atrocities of the Haitian Restavek system. Its and old and powerful story that everyone in Haiti knows, but we believe that today is the day that it will have its full impact. If we can work out the copyright details, I will post the English version for you after the conference.
I’ve met some cool new people on my trip, and even closed the circle of connections that led me to my current job by meeting the man who came to Haiti with nothing but my name on a sheet of paper and a suggestion that “this is God.” There are more “this is God” situations going on in my life right now, but that is a part of the “classified” information that you may hear about later. Well… time to pack. I have much more with me now than what I came with… Ughhh!
P.S. I _ _ _ _ Joycelyne
P.S.S. I really _ _ _ _ Joycelyne
