Haiti PAD 10 is My Favorite Color - Well that is so hard to choose out of all of my pics. So I chose the one that truely is one of my favorites and has many colors. These houses are in the same community that I posted the pics from the garden earlier. This community was established after the earthquake to house those who lost their homes and were living in tents. One section of this village houses a deaf community. They recently built a church right behind where I am taking this picture from - up on a hill where you can see the entire village. They even have a sign language interpreter for Sunday services! The Haitians really love bright colors and you can see in this picture the various colors of homes. The Mission of Hope visitors have painted the inside and outside of these homes. You will see purple, pink, dark green, turquois green, yellow, beige, blue, red, and more. On this day, Leslie and I were drawing a "map" of the villages for the Village Champions and the Mission to have for reference. Well guess what we used for markers of rows? Yep - the color of the houses. The vegetation has grown so much that you can't see all of the homes, but it is a beautiful sight to see the sea of colors from that mountain top. The goal for this community is to build 500 homes. They are well on their way. If you look back through the last couple of years of my Haiti albums, I have taken pictures from each year from this view. It is amazing to see the rapid growth of homes, greenery, and life in general. They have also starting the building process for the elementary school in this village!! That makes me so happy!!
Tori
