We at Children Mending Hearts wanted purposefully to wait a full calendar year since the earthquake to plan our first trip to Haiti. We had hoped to wait until reality had finally nested. Sadly, that reality is just as ugly as the devastating quake and very little has actually been accomplished over the past 12 months. Only a mere 5% of the rubble has been cleared, and more than a million remain homeless and hopeless. This is why we are heading to the island nation.