The Team

Thanks to a tip from Shannon Innes, I randomly contacted Philip that works at MTW and that was the start of a trip/team/friendships.  Several months, phone calls, and emails later, the trip was ready to come to fruition.  There were 7 of us -- a perfect number.  Everyone was old enough to take care of themselves, and its small enough to fit into a Land Cruiser + driver, and look around and make sure we're all together.

Philip, our leader:

Me, Courtney, and Weston.  Deemed "Three's Company" for this trip.

Leslie, a friend of Courtney's in Spartanburg.  She's a middle school teacher which definitely came in handy!  Also, she spoke some French -- huge plus in Haiti!

{The girls LOVED playing with our hair!  All of us had curly, textured hair -- except for Courtney.  Hers was also the shortest and straightest.  The gals would touch Court's and then touch ours to compare.  So funny!}

Cathy aka Catherine is a childhood friend of Leslie's.  She was great.

Nick was the last addition to the trip and was by the youngest, also the only one not living in the South.  We all decided he was the MVP of the team.  Being only 20 he had a lot more energy, ha!  Which meant he could do the most physical work on the construction site, ate the food yet was the only one that never got sick, learned the most Kreyol, learned the kids' games, taught the kids new games, etc.  All day long you'd hear, "Nick, Nick, Nick!"as he had several kids hanging on him.

All in all, our team got along really well.  I'd say our personalities meshed well and we had a lot of fun together.  Work hard, be silly, get to know new folks, share more about the Lord with each other.  Good times!  Some quasi team shots: