Haiti Christmas Mission 2008

By Alexandros Coutsoumpos

With sirens blazing our ambulance roared down the bumpy roads of Port-Au-Prince weaving in and out of both directions of traffic. My two classmates and I waited in the back of the ambulance hoping to arrive at the airport in time for our imminent return to the United States. It was at this unusual moment that I began reviewing the experiences that had occurred during a week-long trip over our Christmas vacation to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. It had been a week of surprises, joy, sadness, frustration, and hope.

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