Some things are better left unknown...

So we drove the same route to the CTC every day. But it was funny how every day you would see something different that you had never seen before. We would comment how it seemed the ride got longer every day. On a particular stretch, there was always a distinct sulfur smell that hung in the air. Never really thought much about it...Haiti is full of very distinct smells! Well toward the end of the trip we switched team coordinators, a new perspective. As we would drive we would talk and ask questions on the ride to work. On prior trips to Haiti, I had driven this stretch of road and knew that there was a large memorial site for earthquake victims as well as a burial ground for thousands. (picture compliments of my lovely new friend - Nicole!) I had just never put 2 and 2 together to realize THAT was what was causing the smell. The rest of the week as we would drive that stretch and I would catch that smell a lump would form in my throat. Almost wished I never found out that piece of information, except that it puts the Haitian life in greater perspective...I leave and have the memories of the things I've seen there. Might be uncomfortable at the time for me, but they have constant day in and day out reminders of the last year and a half. My prayers for the people of Haiti continue...