24 things I love about summer (By Teagan)

1. The heat
2. Getting a tan
3. Being able to wear shorts and tank tops
4. Eating ice cream
5. Being outside
6. Sunshine
7. Birds singing
8. Sunsets
9. Going swimming
10. The smell of fresh cut grass
11. Hanging out with friends
12. It being light out until 10 pm
13. Campfires
14. Camping
15. Wearing flip flops
16. Soccer
17. Barbecues
18. Blasting music while sitting outside in the sun
19. Going fishing
20. Kneeboarding, Waterskiing, and Tubing
21. Dandelions
22. Summer Thunderstorms
23. Going to cottages
24. Flowers

Truth is, I love summer :)

Stop & Think Haiti Trip! (by Teagan)

So having lived in Haiti for 3 years, and then moving away, I finally got to go back! I was on a team with 13 other awesome people from my school. When i lived there before, I was always used to the Haitian side of things. Teams came and went and that was normal. There were some really good teams, and some kind of annoying teams. Thats just the way it was. I was used to all the preparation that it took at the mission so everyone was ready and able for the new teams to come down. The Guesthouse had to be clean, there had to be new food and pop brought in, the trucks and buses needed to be booked, the translators had to be called. all of this was normal for me. so for me to actually go back to Mission of Hope ON a team, and see the other side of things, was a whole new experience. it was cool to actually go through that journey with everyone, to actually see what it was like to be a part of all those people that go down to Haiti.

The trip was so much fun, and it was so good to see everyone again! I had a really good time and I hope the rest of my team did too! I hope that they can now see what I saw, and I hope they learned something from the people of Haiti. It was a really good trip, and I'm glad I got to be a part of it!

To see our daily adventures in Haiti check out our team blog http://hdch-haiti-mission.blogspot.com/

almost there. (by Teagan)

5 days. 5 days until I am on a plane. On a plane to the place that captured my heart. The place where I grew up. The place where I realized what life is really about. The place where I could be who I wanted to. The place where I found out that things are not always what they seem to be. The place where I realized that you have to trust God with everything. The place I found out that having nothing usually means having everything. The place that was my home. And now I'm going back. This time though, I'm taking others. It's my hope that they will see what I saw. That they will have life changing experiences. That they won't walk away unchanged.

When we moved back to Canada, I didn't want to. But now.. I have to admit, I am somewhat glad I left Haiti. It still crushes me every day that I can't be there. But I am glad I left for this reason alone. If I hadn't have left Haiti, I would never be where I am now. These guys on my team would never get to go to Haiti, they wouldn't get to go on this crazy awesome experience. God knows what he's doing. We just have to learn to trust Him more.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding

Proverbs 3:5

So here we are (the picture is missing
one student, and one chaperone)

Fun Times at School (by Grayden)

Hey everybody,


This is my first year my school and it is very......different, but awesome. We do some really fun things like today we went skating, but the ice rinks were closed so we got to play in a huge fun barn instead. On a regular school day we get to play sports for 2 periods but if you don't want to do that, you can do another program that does almost everything else but sports. I also like to play on the school teams. Right now we have a basketball tournament coming up soon. We also have a lot of things after school that the older students (grade 6, 7, and 8) get to run. Soon we are having a variety show and dessert night.
We also do a lot more but don't have the time to talk about all of it


Grayden

Less than one month!!! (by Teagan)

Less than one month till im back in Haiti! Check out what our team has been up to at hdch-haiti-mission.blogspot.com. We will be having two people from the team post every week before we leave, and then we will have people posting every day while in Haiti. I am so excited to go, and can't believe that we planned this trip in only 6 months! I can't believe that I will be there in less than a month! I can't wait to show all my new friends from school my world in Haiti,and introduce them to all my friends there and hope that they see why I love it there.