Sunday, 5 February 2012

In the air!


Dad Beintema getting ready to take off.
 
Dad in the air.
 
Looking down the runway.

Port-au-Prince

Cite Soleil.
 
Where all the containers come in.

Market day, look how crowded it gets.

The mountains.

Uh oh a cloud up ahead.

Mountains along the coast.

My pilot, Jason Krul

A lake with a dam for producing electricity.

Friday, 3 February 2012

CHLOE + CAMERA + RUNNING = GOOD PHOTOS + DISASTER

Chloe was allowed to use her mother's camera for the first time on Wednesday afternoon.  Mindy had just received this camera, hand delivered from Canada by her parents from her husband.  You see her husband had left her old camera outside in the ONE rain storm that we had in December.  Mindy was so excited to have a camera again.  While sitting watching our neighbours play a volleyball game at school Chloe asked if she could use the camera to take some pictures.  She has her father's eye for getting some good shots.  Here are some of the 100 pictures that she took.  Chloe was having so much fun and loving this new 'toy' that had been given to her.  We were impressed with the natural talent that she had.  Then disaster struck!  She was running after Maia and Asher when out of nowhere two metal bolts happened to grow out of the ground before her feet.  As far as we know they were not there when Maia and Asher were running by.  She went flying and then everything went into slow motion.  The camera went sailing through the air; her hands and knees scraped the ground.  She got up, not knowing what was worse, her hands and knees or the new 'toy' she was allowed to play with.  As she came to Mommy and Daddy she had that look on her face like 'It totally was not my fault, how was I suppose to know that there would all of a sudden be two bolts growing out of the ground.'  So now Mindy is cameraless again until we go back to Canada.  We have now gone through two cameras in the last 6 months.  I think we are in competition with Randy and Karen: see who can go through the most cameras while we live in Haiti.  :)

When all was said and done it was a fun time.  Thank you to all that took the time to pose for pictures for Chloe.  She had a tonne of fun and we really enjoyed watching her try something new!











Saturday, 28 January 2012

Making a living in Haiti!

In Haiti there are many different ways to make a living.  Wherever you look you can find people working at all kinds of trades.  Some people in Haiti are very resourceful and work hard to provide for their families.  While driving throughout the city we see many people finding one thing or another to do to make ends meet.

A man who collects scrap metal to trade for money.

Wood for either charcoal or for tents.


A couple in front of a store.

Need a broom?

Many DVDs lining a wall.


Building a retaining wall.

Getting a goat ready for the market.


Loading up her donkey.

Always paintings on the roadside.


Transporting food to the market.
 
Tilling a field.

Need a tire or more air in the one on your car?

A tap tap transporting bananas.

A boat transporting charcoal.

The tap tap, the local taxi.

Selling mattresses.
Garbage pickup.
Getting a car cleaned.

Getting our shoes shined.


Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Christmas in January!

It is never to late for presents.  What a day for Chloe!  She had the time of her life!  The long anticipated wait was here.  After waiting weeks and weeks the package could be opened to reveal many other packages.  As you can tell in the pictures she was so happy...thank you Grandpa and Grandma!