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Welcome back!
Welcome to Port-au-Prince!
Welcome to Port-au-Prince!
I'm Travis Nipple. I'm the founder, director of F1 Engineering.
Our goal as an organization is to provide technical assistance.
We're honestly even just manually reconstruction help to third world missions groups.
Basically, sort of an independent contractor that we just want to come in and help with projects for these groups around the world.
We just need the short term help.
Travis, you know, I support him completely. I've been completely behind him and blown away by everything he's done.
He comes home and talks about everything going on in Haiti.
And talks about people here and the differences.
And it gets him where I really want to see it firsthand.
I want to experience it firsthand.
To really understand what he does, to be able to encourage him when he comes home and support him and really see the world from a different perspective.
It's very good.
I don't know, so what do you say, Travis? Give me an overview of what we got going on this week.
Well, building bunk beds for the hands and feet project's newest orphanage. And on Saturday we're going to move block for another local missionary to do some help.
Because he's got a bad back and I figured we should have a couple good ones here.
I think one or two. So, yeah, it should just be a good week of work getting things set up for this new orphanage to bring in kids as soon as they can.
Excellent.
Thanks for the guy running on top.
Did you bring your pliers with you?
This week the guys got in and honestly, it took us a little bit just to get materials together.
They found out quickly there's a lot of hurry up and wait down in Haiti.
Picked them up at the airport, went to the hardware store, took a little while to get out of the hardware store, took a little while to get home.
But once we got settled in and honestly after their first good night's sleep, because they got here pretty exhausted from overnight travel, anything that came up, we were able to charge at it head on.
So we did pick up Jude from CHI to help us out. So Jude, Tyler, Josh, Sean, and Eve started their own bunk beds.
I pretty much, I loved it because they were willing to look for work to do.
They kind of kept getting more materials and they just kept working.
Also I think that's the day we finished our kitchen sink and vanity and stuff downstairs.
The cabinets had completely been water damaged and we basically had to cut them apart and reinforce the whole thing.
And now we've got to work the kitchen inside the house.
So we're going to take a look at the kitchen.
We're going to take a look at the kitchen.
The kitchen.
The kitchen.
The kitchen.
The kitchen.
The kitchen.
The kitchen.
The kitchen.
The kitchen.
Well, we're on our way to get more lumber right now.
How many bunk beds have we built right now?
We've got 15 beds built right now.
We're trying to build some more. The 15 we've got built for the orphans.
We'll be staying downstairs for where their room is.
We've got about five sets of three beds.
And we're going to be building more today.
Building bunk beds for, I guess, volunteers to come in.
That's what we're doing.
Upstairs.
Upstairs, building bunk beds.
Trav's working on more electrical at the house.
Josh is downstairs.
There's a cabinet work right now.
But yeah, been working pretty hard doing stuff.
Who do we got back there?
Say hi.
Hello.
This is Jude.
How'd you get here? What brought you here?
I come here just to help Travis do some electrical stuff.
Where are you from?
I'm from Kai.
So how'd you meet Travis?
I am working with MIA, Mission International of America, in Kai's.
Jude was on Travis's first trip in March.
And he was also on mine and Travis's on F1 Engineering's maiden voyage in May.
So it's cool to have Jude come down here from Kai's the whole way to Port-au-Prince and help us out.
So it's definitely good to see this guy.
Yeah.
It's nothing like driving in the States.
I mean, you see gridlock like New York City couldn't even pull the candle to.
And then you can turn off onto a side street.
And then you see, it's like off-roading in the middle of the city.
You know, little cars don't survive down here.
Rows are not in good shape.
There are no real rules and regulations.
Basically, roads the size of two lanes being used is four lanes past when we want to.
There's scooters sipping in and out of like in between cars, you know, threading the needle.
It's a whole different world. It really is.
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Then when we go back, we go straight back there, right?
No.
Oh, we go that way?
Yeah.
I'm lost.
You think we have Jude?
Yeah.
It's open from outside.
That's my spot, sir.
Thank you.
The guy just walking in Haiti.
We just go to buy some woods and to make it brown bread for the kids.
I like that, guys.
God bless you.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Hold on.
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Hold on.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Good?
Hopefully.
That's fine. Whatever.
Thanks, Jude.
There we go.
Now, this is my seat.
I can see you.
You can see me.
In January, my mind started getting pushed towards Haiti.
I thought God was calling me this direction after the earthquake.
And since then, I've taken five trips, including the one we're currently on,
to assist on different projects down there.
Two of the projects were solar power installations for school complexes.
Two of them were solar-powered water pumps at a couple different orphanages.
And now this last trip has been a month long, working in Delma 75, part of Port-au-Prince,
trying to get a new orphanage set up for the Hands-in-Heat project.
Thursday, Bob Erdman got in here, and we have to talk to him a little bit.
Got a little better direction on where to go with other projects that can be done around the house.
All right.
My name is Bob Erdman, and I am the director for the Hands-in-Heat project.
And we operate orphanages here in Haiti.
We currently have a orphanage in Jackmelt, Greenwald,
and where we are right now is a house we just rented in Port-au-Prince.
I was part of the Christian Band audio adrenaline.
And in 2004, we started a non-profit organization called the Hands-in-Heat Project.
And as a band, we had always been interested in missions as a band and individually.
But our goal lately is to not judge ourselves on the standard of other orphanages in Haiti,
but to judge ourselves on what would happen for my own child.
Sometimes we can't attain what we may be able to in the States,
but that's what we try to do.
To give them what we want to give our own children.
It's time to test it.
All right.
This is his.
All right.
This is what happens to Tyler Rollo when he sleeps on the top bunk.
And then you fall to the floor.
All right.
Look at this sweat.
Look at the sweat on them.
It's like when you're in a terrible zone.
We have a vacant lot that's adjacent to our property,
and we actually have rented that as well.
And there's just a wall surrounding it,
and it's going to go over grown with weeds.
So I told Bob, hey, we should get a goat and put over there.
So then on Friday while I was working on getting some of the other electrical work done,
all of a sudden, I hear Sean and Tyler getting together,
and Bob's giving them money and sending them out with the task of come back with a goat.
Some of the wild antics with these guys.
But we were working the other day when I was here,
and somebody, I don't know who it was, said something about,
well, we should get a goat.
And I'm like, oh, cool.
Yeah, let's go buy a goat.
So I had a little extra money in my pockets.
I gave it to him.
I said, go buy a goat.
All right, Sean.
What?
Tell us what we're doing here.
We're going to buy a goat.
That's all you need to know, I guess.
Hi, Teves.
I'm Sean.
This is me.
That's Rolo.
We're on a mission for a goat.
Hey, how do you say goat in, uh,
Caprice.
Caprice?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah, because I had head.
Yeah.
We saw a goat head at the market.
It was ugly.
I'm Justin.
I said, what's going to take you forever to buy a goat?
Because everything does take forever here.
But a couple of guys are like, oh, no, we'll just go find a goat.
Because you see goats everywhere.
What?
Yeah.
Where?
Go.
Go up the road?
Yeah.
I'm on gear.
I'm on gear.
Where did that guy say to go?
He, our interpreter, is like, no, there's no goats here.
You have to go far away.
These guys did not believe me.
So they got in one of our vehicles and they took off driving.
Perfect.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Gracias.
Gracias.
How about this guy, see if he goes?
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Bonjour.
It's my friend Ronnie.
It's an open world.
Thank you.
You got this.
It's very good for me to come here.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
No.
We're imagine about the old.
Yeah.
Are we going to wait for him?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
We're going to wait for him.
We're going to talk to someone.
Okay.
It's all right.
Go ahead.
Okay.
And just one more.
Okay.
Hey, you're alone.
You're always alone.
We're going to pitch over here to buy a goat.
On the hunt for goat.
Goat hunt.
Street?
Yeah.
What?
Where are you going?
You can't come right out of me.
I can't help you with a little tiny car driving this road.
This is a huge city.
We come to Port-au-Prince every time we come to Haiti.
We have to fly into this city.
It takes us about an hour to drive out of it.
I'm literally out of the city part.
So it's kind of one of those places.
It's just dirty and nasty.
There's trash everywhere.
There's people everywhere.
So there's a lot of people here.
There's a lot of needs.
The traffic is horrible.
There's no traffic signs, no traffic signals.
It's just a free brawl.
So it's pretty crazy.
Roads are full of potholes and washed out.
It's just really dirty.
All right.
We just walked out into the market.
Didn't find a goat there.
We're in Paytionville, by the way.
However, we got another lead.
So still on our wild goat chase.
Currently on a wild goat chase.
Goat hunt.
Oh, I see.
I see.
I got to say, Sean.
I'm just trying to go.
I feel like I'm stuck.
I feel like I'm stuck.
We're trying to leave this house that we're in.
We have gates and we have locks and we have more locks and more gates.
So you feel safe once you're in here.
But to go out, out on the street and to do things,
you have to be cautious.
You have to pay attention to what you're doing.
Good.
Are you good?
You have to cut it.
You have to cut it.
It's a little bit.
All right.
You're good.
That's crazy.
Oh my goodness.
Goat.
Goat.
We need a goat.
Is that park over here?
Yeah, it is.
Do I need to park?
I think we just found the goat.
Yeah.
I'm buying a goat right now.
We got it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We got a goat.
All right.
Good buddy.
All right, don't eat everything.
All right.
Here, goat.
Can we take two goats?
We got a goat.
Yeah, you got a little bit of room.
Taking mirrors now and whatnot.
I'll take this couple of beats.
Just pick the other ball a little bit.
All right.
So, this is what happened.
We drove for light years.
We started in Delmos.
Delmos.
We found nothing there.
Nothing.
We drove the entire way to Patienville, which is north.
Or at least up the hill.
We don't know if it's north or not, but it's up the hill.
We'll take that.
We found dead goat.
Non-weave.
We're not trying to eat goat.
We're trying to have the goat eat stuff for us, actually.
Exactly.
So, we drove back down the mountain to...
What was this called?
Quale buque.
Quale buque, what he said.
Went to the market, which was absolute insanity.
So, I got walking a goat on a leash.
And we said, we want your goat.
Guess what?
We got it.
So, we got a goat for $17.50, which is about...
What's that about?
About $25.
About $42, something like that.
So, we bought a goat for $42.
American.
American.
We named a peanut.
It's in the back.
And now, we're driving back.
And that's our goat story.
Four hours later, they came back with a goat.
And just about four hours later, they came back.
And they had a goat in the back of our truck.
I was actually here working.
While they went out on the goat trip for hours on end.
They said, it'll be a quick trip.
We'll be right back.
Eve's doesn't like where our goat's at.
We'll be right back.
Four hours later, Eve's sets a bunk bed filled.
They show back up where they go.
It is an awesome goat.
Peanut is really cool.
So, we have a lot next to us.
And it's a lot we rented with the house.
But there's no way to get into the life.
It's probably a quarter of an acre lot.
It's weeds about five foot tall.
We'll repeat up over the wall into the lot on Saturday.
It's a game plan.
Um, no.
Lower the goat into the promised land.
That's about all we got right now.
Why are we doing this?
We needed a lawn power.
So, we had to tie the goat up in, I think, a sheet or something.
And lower him over the wall.
And we put him into his own lot.
He's all by himself.
Our sheet, I guess it is.
So, we told Eve who's going to be here to lower water over to Mayor David.
We were kind of taking the best to see the seat.
We'll see how long it takes him to eat that.
Or how long it takes him to get stolen.
Or how long it takes him to die.
So, our sheet.
So, we'll see.
We'll get back to that.
Hopefully, no one was stealing and hoping he won't die.
She'll get back happy.
I mean, we'll eat her someday.
What's the worst that can happen?
I fade your paint up all the way I eat until she gets her fill.
And clears that point on one heck of a feast.
Well, it seems like a win-win situation to me.
These guys are all like college age.
Or maybe older than college.
Like mid-twenties.
And I'm a little older.
So, the other night, you know, we're done working.
And they're all goofing around.
And they're taping the little bags.
They sell these little bags of water here.
They have a plastic.
Plastic water bottles.
I mean, like a plastic bag that has water in it.
And you just tear off the end and drink it.
So, we got bunches of them.
So, they start taping them on their chest.
Daring each other to hit them and see who can bust them.
I videotaped it and put it on Facebook.
Hold on.
Looks like we got a phone coming out here.
Don't record this, too.
Bob said he feels like he's at a frat house.
Yeah.
I felt like I was at a frat house.
It was hilarious.
So, I had a great time just hanging out with these guys.
And you feel like I was younger and back in college.
Man, they got up and worked hard.
And they played hard.
Good guys.
And they have great hearts.
Just everything you can ever want.
A bunch of guys.
And I guess that would bring us to Saturday.
Well, first and foremost, I need to straight forward to say that I am not a morning person
by any means.
And so, Saturday we got up at five in the morning.
I mean, I saw it two hours before the sun even came up.
So, we just come in to walk.
It's a great day.
I'm feeling free.
What are you working on?
Digging the ditch.
What's that?
What are you up to?
We're bending steel.
We're bending steel.
Hey.
What are you doing?
What are you working on?
We're bending steel.
With who?
With Sean.
Oh, give me a red table to go like this.
You almost took her out.
Hey.
What's your name?
Anne.
Anne.
And you're from here?
Where are you from?
Originally.
Canada.
And this is your place.
What are we doing here?
What are you doing?
You're giving me a stack of encouragement because you're finally helping us.
Helping us get our hopes back to what we call normal.
What do you guys do here?
My husband is an IT guy with computers.
Okay.
And I've been a teacher for the last 24 years.
I'm working in a sponsorship program for children.
Working with a pastor in Villo in the mountains behind us.
Okay.
Awesome.
Hey, well, thank you for letting us come in to help you guys out.
Oh.
Oh.
It's me that says thank you.
It's a great day.
We want that.
We don't have something wrong with that.
Take a look at what we got here.
What happened here?
I don't know.
I've got lost in the rubble.
Work stuff here.
Work that.
I need a break.
I need a break.
What, did you do jackhammer?
Sorry.
Jackhammer.
The jackhammer.
The jackhammer.
The jackhammer.
The jackhammer.
The jackhammer for itself.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm not going to say what you're doing.
Travis you're up.
Alright.
Thanks.
towers or just cell phone towers of some sort. It's a pretty sweet view up here, at least.
Pretty amazing up there. Yeah. So, it's nice.
Trav, what do we do this morning? Um, got up way too early. Way too early.
Way too early. And, uh, yeah, when, I don't know, helped get ready to build some walls,
rebuild some walls that broke in the earthquake.
You're helping, I guess, two vegetables. David and Ann from Canada.
And they've been here 24 years. Yeah, something like that.
Ann was a teacher and David works IT stuff now.
Um, but yeah, it's just cool being able to help them out and move some rock and get them going.
But yeah, check out what we're seeing.
And then we started our road trip to Grand Blob. It's not there on Saturday night.
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