Saturday morning I was so ready to go home and I felt like we waited forever to get on the bus! It was kind of sad to leave a couple of the Haitian Americans. Jolie and Amy weren't supposed to fly out until one in the afternoon but they came to the airport with me to see if they could get on my flight, which I was pretty confident they would.
When we finally got on the bus we were snapping pictures out the window like crazy, I just didn't want to forget anything. When we got to the airport we found out there was a fee for Jolie and Amy to get on my flight so they decided not to. Then security took Jolie and Amy's shells that they bought at the beach. Even I was upset because they were so excited about those shells. I took a little comfort knowing that they would see Gene and Marie on their flight and that I would see Amy and Jolie again in Miami.
When I got on the plane I couldn't believe I had to leave Haiti (you can see I was very up and down about the whole thing) I looked out the window until we got over the ocean and took more pictures. At that point I felt at home in Haiti and I'm sure I'll be back even if I'm not ready to think about it now.
I was so happy when Jo and Amy finally got to Miami because I wasn't ready to leave them yet. We had a really good time in Miami and I was so excited when Jolie told me how Amy went back through security, found the shells and put them in checked luggage. I was so excited they had their shells and I was really proud of Amy.
I was really sad to be leaving them and was actually comforted to see that there were visitors of MOH on my flight back to Michigan. I was nervous about coming back and not having anyone that would really understand what we went through. When I left them at the gate Amy yelled "Ay you" and made me cry a little.
All the way back I was thinking of everything I learned and things about the people that I didn't want to forget and tried to just be excited to be home and shower.
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| From the Bus |
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| From the Plane |
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