Outgoing Travel Dates
Thursday, May 24th - Fly to Florida and spend the night there
Friday, May 25th - Fly from Florida to Port-au-Prince, then take a hopper to Port-de-Paix where we will be picked up
Cost: $670 plus airfare
Insurance: try the website http://www.missionaryinsurance.org/plans/liaisoninternational/ and be sure to get the additional "sports" coverage as we may be using 4-wheelers and other forms of transportation. the cost should be around $30.
Clothes: (anything you bring, prepare for the possiblity of it getting ruined)
*bring enough underwear and socks for at least a week or two.
*For "work" clothes, bring long-sleeved shirts and long pants. Even though it will be hot, they will protect you from sun exposure and the abundance of thorns. For the shirts, i would recommend even getting a couple "sun shirts" from REI or other outdoor store. They are around $30-$40 bucks each, but provide protection equivalent to 30 spf. For pants, i like either the convertible pants (pants and shorts in one) or dickies. The thorns can be pretty vicious, so if they are not of a semi-durable material they may get torn up.
*Bring a nicer set of clothes for church (a pair of khakis and a polo).
*A pair of hiking boots and/or tennis shoes for work and a pair for after work.
*shorts and/or other clothes to wear at night
*swimming suit
*hat, i will bring both a baseball cap and a widebrimmed hat. this is very important as the sun is intense and you will not want to go anywhere without a hat. seriously.
Other items to bring:
*flashlight (and an extra set of batteries)
*bug spray
*suntan lotion
*Bible and journal
*toiletries
*earplugs (there are a lot of farm animal noises)
*water bottle
*backpack for day trips
If i think of other things, i'll let you know. For suitcases, I would go to your local salvation army or other thrift store and find a couple cheap hard-sided suitcases. We are only allowed to bring 2-50 lb bags per person without additional cost. And whatever weight and space we don't need to bring in clothes and food will be used to bring in supplies for bruce and deb.
How are you guys doing in your financial and prayer support raising? Do you have any questions? Let me know if you do, either email me directly or post your question here.
One more item of note before I hop off to bed. If you have not already, begin to be in prayer for the trip. Pray for our preparation, for our travel, and for God to work out His will both in us and through us. Also, pray for group unity and for our health while we are there. May our time there bring Him glory and praise!!
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I haven't blogged before, so I am not sure if this is the appropriate response place, but hopefully it works for now.
Ben, I appreciate all of the information, it is very helpful to have someone on this end that has already been there.
Financially, I just sent out my support letters about a week ago and Jonathan is about to do the same. Jonathan and I received a large amount of support from one donor, so that is a early sigh of relief on that end.
Jonathan and I have now two weeks in a row met for dinner and just began to bond and share concerning the trip. We decided that prayer is an essential part of preparation for the trip and during the trip. Therefore, Jonathan and I are going to try to set a time aside each week and meet and pray. We are starting today and hopefully can keep this pattern up weekly.
A few questions that come to my mind:
What is the water situation in Haiti as far as drinkable or do we need to bring something to purify it?
Should Jonathan and I buy our plane tickets to Miami soon and should we do ticketing through CrossWorld? Also, note Jonathan and I are going to buy open ended tickets to make our departure flexible.
What is the situation down there as far as food? Since, Jonathan and I are going to be staying for 2 months, Burce suggested shipping food down there for our time and to purchase some there.
I like the book idea. I am about to order that off Amazon now.
Also, Ben where is your location. You may told me before, but it sleeps my mind. Jonathan and I are at the University of Virginia(#4 seed in the NCAA tourney!!)
That is all that comes to mind right now.
Blessings in Christ,
John
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