A house with a spectacular view – not what you would expect

May 17th
We went for a long walk to the lake. We visited many people along the way as that what we do when we walk. There are always many people to visit. We visited one woman who had a baby in February when the team was there. She was excited to see everyone and the baby was doing well. As we were walking along I glanced over my shoulder and there was the most spectacular view. Amazing! We arrived at one of the most beautiful views in the world. There was a tent there and I thought how incredible, I would love to vacation here. Then we walked closer and talked to the man. This was his home. He lived in Jacmel and his house was destroyed in the earthquake. He has no job, even though he speaks some English and is trained as an air conditioning tech. Now he is just trying to survive and provide for his family. Jean Pierre was a very gracious host. We sat down outside of his tent on the ground. He handed us card board sheets to sit on and jokingly apologized for not having chairs for us to sit on. His tent sits on the land of his Aunt's grave. But in spite of all these things he was happy. He has since been working on building a more stable home for him and his boys.