I have been sitting in front of a blinking cursor for what seems like an eternity. I am sure it has only been a few minutes, but I don't even know where to start. A quick history of how I got to this place - in short phrases:

7 years ago: first Compassion International child Charles Okongo from Kenya

1 year ago: Pete impacted deeply by Jeremy Willet and Justin Hanneken's book: carried. Food for the Hungrysponsor child Carlitos from Mozambique enters our life and Pete plans for fall 2010 Mozambique trip

9 months ago: Earthquake. My obsession with twitter streams about emergency relief. Gathered supplies to send on a ship from Miami to Les Cayes for an orphanage in Ti Riviere where Kat Willet was living and working

6 months ago: became more involved with Willet - both in helping the band book shows and supporting Willet Missions, Food for the Hungry sponsor child Menaud from Haiti enters our life

2 months ago: opportunity arises for me to travel to Haiti. I jump on it without thinking!

Last week: flew to Haiti with no expectations but to be changed....

The walls in Haiti have come down, but I realized there were many walls in my heart that needed to come down...the words are flowing now and I think this may turn into a few blog posts... so stay tuned.