So it begins...

This blog is part of my New Year’s Resolution to keep up with my family while I am living in Haiti. I’ve been living in Montrouis, Artbonite, Haiti since August in a place known as Canaan Christian Community. I am leaving this blog public in case any friends of Canaan or mine are curious about the goings on. Hopefully, it will be entertaining, but I admit to being a horrific writer so I don’t want to hear any complaints about my grammar! Just suck it up OCD people. Count yourselves lucky if I reread for typos☺
Moving right along, Canaan is 90 acres of beautiful land just outside Montrouis, Haiti. I think we might technically be in Augier, but since this means nothing to most of you I won’t worry about being accurate. If you look us up on Google Earth, we’re the spot with trees between Montrouis and St. Marc. We have a free clinic at the bottom of the property near the highway and an orphanage and school further up. There were ten Americans teaching/working at Canaan last semester and our number will grow to thirteen this semester.

Me

If you do not know me this is a brief account of myself. My name is Heather Gail Walker. I am 23 years old and I recently graduated from Harding University with a bachelor’s degree in biology. I have a lovely family, most of which is currently located in Texas. My favorite color is purple, but I hate pink. I do not talk a whole lot in crowds and I often forget to filter my words, which has lead to many awkward moments. I am terribly messy, but I enjoy cleaning. I will do dishes, but not laundry. My favorite books are histories of disease (The Coming Plague, The Fever, Demon in the Freezer). My favorite movie is V for Vendetta and I strongly dislike Romantic Comedies. Mainly because they have given Haitian men the impression that “blanc” women are promiscuous. I cannot tell you how many of them have given me the “kissy” face. I laugh a lot and loudly. I love dogs and despise cats. I own more scarves than any other article of clothing. I love my car his name is Guber. I am a HUGE people pleaser, which often causes me unnecessary amounts of stress. And most importantly: I love Jesus. A lot.

I will try desperately to be faithful to this blog, but Internet at Canaan is not exactly consistent. I will also try to post pictures, but Haitians do not enjoy having photographs taken of them so it will probably be mostly of scenery and my students☺