Sunday Trip to La Grange

So like I stated before I met a lady who owned an orphanage near our resort. Well Sat night she came by and asked if I wanted to come on a trip with here and another group to the remote village of LaGrange. I immediately jumped at the opportunity and agreed to meet her on the highway @ 745 the next morning where she would pick me up in her truck. The next day 745 came and went and it was nearly 815 and after being offered numerous motorcycle rides from locals Anne from bonsamaritan.org came rolling up in a little beat up Nissan pickup. We met up with the group Water4Haiti at the local gas station and began the trip to LaGrange. Riding in the back of this truck was adventure enough with semis and dump trucks whizzing by. I found out while we were driving that the group we were following had a dentist along and was planning on pulling teeth all day. We drove through St. Marc and turned off onto a gravel road. At this point were only 20 min into the trip and I was thinking that LaGrange would be just around the next turn. The road cut through the Haitian rice fields and we passed dozens of little villages. Every village we went through the kids would run out in the street chanting "Blanco" meaning white or "Terry" who we later found out was a white man that brings food and clothing to the villages. Along the drive we passed abandoned trucks stuck in the mud and farmers harvesting rice. I had to hop out of the bed numerous times to help navigate along the washed out gravel trail we were now driving down. Finally after nearly 2 hours of driving we made it to LaGrange. I started taking pictures right away. Most of the kids had never seen a white person before let alone a camera so every picture I took they would mob around me to see the themselves on the little display. After helping the dentist set up we walked around the town and Anne found two orphans that she would eventually end up taking back with her. There were so many people that needed teeth pulled that the dentist decided to stay the night. I had to work bright and early the next day so I rode back with the Water 4 Haiti crew. We made it back to our town and visited Anne's orphanage where she currently has 16 Haitian orphans staying with her. We ended the night with dinner back at the resort with both the Anne and the Water 4 Haiti group. The week ahead has concrete pours scheduled every day. Not sure what the next sunday will have in store for me but I do know its gonna be tough to top the LaGrange trip!