More pictures and some thoughts for the day.

Here are some more pictures of Haiti, I hope you enjoy.



Thought for the day:

I was looking through my photos from Haiti and noticed this picture that is probably the most amazing picture I have ever seen. It is of a girl sitting all by herself in the middle of the road in Cap 'Haitian. There is nobody around that seems to care that this girl is in the street. (Click on it to see a bigger version of it)

To give you some background, this was about 1 hour after we started driving from the airport...one hour! There was no easing into Haiti, once you are there you are hit by this overwhelming since of poverty. However, what you will see by the week's end is the underlying sense of faith and hope that these people have, because in reality they don't have much else. I felt so much that first day, fear, hatred, anxiety, but yet through all the negatives it opened my eyes and I can say I am a better person for it and I really wouldn't want it to be any different. I ask you to take a look at this picture and reflect on it. I think it's powerful and I would love to hear your comments on this.

Haiti Pictures and Videos

Hey everyone, with this week focus being on the mass at St. Micheals I'd thought I would post a video of the mass that I went to when I was in Haiti. Notice the beautifully clean clothes!



Here's another video of all the kids of the school singing Haiti's national anthem.

Soccer Season

So as you all know I am on the Ball State Soccer team and we lost our semi-final match on Friday to Bowling Green in Penalty kicks :-( It was sad, we deserved to win but I guess it just wasn't our day. So now my soccer season is officially over and my soccer career at Ball State is also over since I am a senior. It is sad....a few tears were shed but there are a lot of positives too.
Well I just really wanted to blog something on here so this was what I came up with. See you all tomorrow :-)
- Laura

Jim's Blog address

I started my Blog simply as a way to make a diary that begins with my application to be on the team. With just a little trepidation I share the address with you. Please feel free to add your own post or comments at any time. Or email me at jjkirkwood.bsu.edu if you don't want to share your comment with the rest of the group.

http://bsuearlystart.blogspot.com
Jim

Hey everyone!

Jim-- you asked me to put up a more detailed description of what I mean by dress down days. I went to a Catholic High School and we had to wear uniforms. Once a month or so we were allowed to wear anything we wanted if we payed a dollar. The money we made from the dress down day would go to some worthy organization. I was able to convince my high school to donate the funds from one dress down day to our trip to Haiti last year. I know I explained this all at the meeting but this is just a reminder I guess. If anyone has access to something like this it would be a great fundraiser that, again, we don't really have to do anything for. Hope everyone had a great weekend! See you at the meeting tonight :)

Andrea

Pictures from Haiti

Here is a a little taste of Haiti. I put pictures here that have to do with the beauty that is Haiti. To show you, out of all the awful things going on, they have so much promise. Be patient for this to load, it may take a minute.


Also, here is a direct link to the thumbnail pictures if you don't want to wait for this slideshow to run its course.

Haiti Pictures.

How was everyones Halloween?

I wanted to see how everyone's Halloween went. Mine was full of driving to the grandparent's houses to show Eli's awesome costume off....check out his nice costume!

As you can tell, he went as the main penguin from the movie Happy Feet. All in all it was a good night and his costume was a hit!

I wanted to also let you know that I am working on the Haiti Meeting minutes right now and you should have them by tomorrow. I did want to get feedback about the dates that I think will be best for Jim's bonfire/heck of a good time. I looked at my calendar and the two best saturdays coming up would be November 10th or November 17th. Let me know which one is best for you.

One more important note is that Laura is having a BSU soccer Match this Sunday at 1:00-3:30. I will put this in the email as well but if any of you can come that would be great to support our team member.

In the Haiti news realm, I thought the article from Jim was very thought provoking, I would like to see what you guys thought about the article. So I would love to see your comments to get your thoughts. For me though, I haven't done much research about this topic but to me it seems very tough to accept. This could very well be true, and it's definitely sparked me to learn more about Haiti's history. It's hard to know what's the truth here, I guess I have to trust the U.S.'s judgement in that situation. However, their new president Preval seems to have the rights of the people in mind and even though Haiti's environment seems hopeless, I think there is a lot of hope among Haitians.

Now if they could stop getting hit by Hurricanes and Tropical Storms they could see a brighter future must faster.