On March 12, 2012, the Graves family landed in Haiti for the first time. Little did we know how this one trip would change our lives in so many ways.
One of the first photos we took after we landed. Mountains upon mountains.
We have learned so much, and we still have so much to learn. Perhaps the most important thing we've learned is summed up in this quote from the book, Overrated:
“We need to do away with the “I can change the whole world” mentality and language because it’s impossible, and actually unhelpful.
But we can impact the worlds of some. And some may be many. Some may be just a few. Some may be just one family or one person, but we can make an impact and in the process, be changed ourselves. This, in my opinion, is the best part of wanting to change the world. Inevitably, we will be changed in the process.”
There are so many people in Haiti. So many. We'll never know them all.
But . . . we're incredibly thankful for the few we are privileged to call friends. Because their story has become part of our story.
And, si Dye vle, there are many chapters still to write.
“ Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.”