{"id":1187,"date":"2017-02-28T13:13:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T18:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missiondiscovery.org\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2021-09-23T13:46:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T17:46:15","slug":"update-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missiondiscovery.org\/news\/update-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"AN UPDATE FROM HAITI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am writing this update from the Habitation Hatt Hotel in Port au Prince, Haiti.\u00a0We are preparing to leave on the eight hours bus ride to Port de Paix, which is where much of the HOLD the Children work is located.\u00a0From inside the walls of this hotel, all appears tranquil and content.\u00a0The cloudless sky is as blue as the eye can imagine.\u00a0The beauty of Haiti is hiding the reality of the world outside.\u00a0This will change when we join the chaos on the outside.\u00a0Enormous congestion and terrible roads make the 120 mile journey to Port de Paix an endurance test.\u00a0Though I\u2019ve made this trip dozens of times, it never becomes commonplace.\u00a0Like most things in Haiti, travel is very hard.\u00a0But on this day, there is some good news.<\/p>\n<p>After more than two years and several re-votes, Jovenel Moise is inaugurated as Haiti\u2019s 58th president.\u00a0Typically, this day is marked with unruly demonstrations and civil unrest, maybe a little like the USA.\u00a0But today there is an unusual level of calm and anticipation surrounding the inauguration.\u00a0There is optimism toward the future as President Jovenel commits to work together to bring change to Haiti.\u00a0The new President was born and raised in Port de Paix and has a business there.\u00a0He knows the deplorable infrastructure of the Northwest that keeps Haiti mired in a 4th world status.\u00a0He pledges to rebuild the road to Port de Paix, a necessity for commerce and industry in this part of Haiti.\u00a0President Jovenel brings optimism to the people of Port de Paix.<\/p>\n<p>I have been traveling to Haiti for the past fifteen years and have never seen Haiti unified in support of a government transition.\u00a0Is it real?\u00a0Will it last?\u00a0I don\u2019t know.\u00a0But I know that change starts with a vision and it appears that Haiti believes in the vision of President Jovenel.\u00a0Please pray for the people of Haiti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am writing this update from the Habitation Hatt Hotel in Port au Prince, Haiti.\u00a0We are preparing to leave on the eight hours bus ride to Port de Paix, which is where much of the HOLD the Children work is located.\u00a0From inside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[73,74,76],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - 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