Hello everyone this is Tyler. The trip so far has been good.  I have received the nickname the destroyer, which would make sense if you look at the first three days of work we have done. The first two days we worked at a refuge where they are in the process of building an orphanage. During the first day i spent my time making ruble out of cinder blocks with the aid of a very nice sledge hammer. Then i spent the remainder of the day removing large stumps out of ground with the help of an axe. During the second day I continued the removal of stumps with an axe. But I spent the majority of the day burning stuff. We had four burn piles going on throughout the day. Sean the fireman and I kept them all going and it made the 100+ degree weather even hotter. The third day though we went to a developing village where we were helping to build a shed over the water pump. While we were there we filled sacks with mud to build a shelter that looked like a sand bag house and while i was loosening up the dirt with a pick axe to be used to put into the bags, i accidentally caught a low hanging line with the axe and managed to rip it down it was the day that i was probably not gonna get to destroy anything but i ended up destroying that too. Oh well the line actually didn't have a purpose it was just a place where they put their metal wire, and everyone laughed at the big white man and all was good. All in all its been good so far and other than destroying things it actually has been a very good trip so far the few limited conversations that i have had with the Haitians have been good. The language barrier is interesting to try and get around like today we were working with the Haitians to fill bags with mud and tie them off i have never done anything like it and i learned how to with the help of a Haitian man who did not speak a shred of english. It was very good and humbling to work with the Haitians and to get laughed at by them when i have no idea what I am doing. The kids here are interesting to say the least all of the little kids are just adorable and of course know no english. Then the older kids or at least just the older boys always are asking for you to give them stuff. I quickly learned on the first day not to wear a watch or a bracelet because the boys who can reach it will very nicely ask you to give while tugging at your watch. They are just kids though and they have to fight everyday to be able to live so I don't feel anger or any bad feelings for the kids I only feel blessed for what I have. That is all I have thank you for reading my post, and i hope you have a good day.