We Made It!

We made it!

We are officially “home.” Over the summer I remember writing a post about not knowing where home really is. But I think I may have figured it out, or at least for the time being: Emmaus Biblical Seminary (EBS)! We’ve only been in Haiti for 2 days, but somehow this just feels like home. And that is saying something considering that we are currently staying in a one-room dorm space, depending on other families here for every meal, and haven’t even moved into our apartment yet! :)

Within the past two years, every single move we have made was ONLY with the thought of coming to EBS in mind, whether it was to move back to NE to save money or move to Canada for language school or move to Sabetha to get more involved with our church. I suppose that after a few years of talking about moving to Haiti, maybe this mindset of already feeling at home is not so unordinary. And I’m so blessed for our joyful transition!

 Airport Ride

I was pleasantly surprised that IBC Airlines got a new airplane that is much of an upgrade from the previous rickety planes I have heard so much about in the past. :)

The airport extravaganzas and plane ride were nice and uneventful, which means that it was a very smooth process and everything worked out perfectly! We arrived at the EBS campus Monday, February 17^th at 9 in the morning, thanks to Matt and Phil who picked us up at the airport and got us out of there as quickly and painlessly as possible!

Flying into Haiti

Just before the landing

Our apartment is coming along quickly thanks to all of the teams who have already come and gone (and some still here) to work on it, to the guys here on campus and to the others who have helped. It is BEAUTIFUL and I am so excited to move in! Another huge blessing is that much of our home supplies that we shipped arrived today and there’s only a small amount left to get here. That is such a blessing because I didn’t expect ANY of it until the very end of February. Awesome!

Don and Rod (visitors) working on kitchen cabinets for the apartment!

We have been settling in and learning about life here at EBS and figuring out what our roles are. Ryan taught part of a class this morning with Matt Ayars translating. We are trying to jump in and get a lot of creole into our days (without being too overwhelmed).  We are hoping to get a tutor very soon and looking forward to getting better at speaking the language!

I will get some pictures of the campus within the next few days to show everyone (that hasn’t already seen it) what it looks like. I did happen to catch a cute photo of Mr. Ryan Lady’s Man Weaver surrounded by a sea of girls who adore him. :)

Ryan surrounded by the missionary kid girls :) 

I think that’s all for now; we are doing great and are so happy to finally be here. Blessings to all of you!