On Monday, January 9th, our team will begin traveling with a missions and relief organization, Forward Edge International, to our final destination of Carrefour, Haiti, which is located 10 miles north of the capital city of Port-au-Prince.
In 1492, the island of Haiti impressed Christopher Columbus as he sailed past it. “All these islands are fertile and this one is particularly so,” he wrote as he admired the protected beaches, good water, and lush mountains. Soon after, when the French occupied the island,