Day 1: Settling in

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A nice welcoming committee at the Haiti airport

I stepped off the plane, greeted by the heat and a view of mountains that looked at home in a tropical resort and not a place where one comes to do mission work.

An hour later, though, the paved roads turned to gravel, back to broken pavement and back to gravel before turning into some sort of off-roading hodgepodge.

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I had no idea what to expect. I had no idea what was coming.

Day 1: Goodbye Lexington; hello Charlotte, Miami and Port-au-Prince

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My day starts in Lexington, followed by stops in Charlotte, Miami and Port-au-Prince, the last three of which are new cities for me. Unfortunately, I won’t get to experience any of the local culture at any of the locales (other than perhaps a Ben & Jerry’s or maybe a KFC, neither of which qualifies as “local,” only as “delicious in an airport”), as I’ll only be spending time in an airport before being whisked away to another location.

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Three years ago today, I embarked on a trip that, cliche as it might sound, changed the way I live. For the next few days, I'll be checking back in on my old blog "Secret Haitian Man" to relive those memories. I hope you'll join me.