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Top 10 Qualities of Effective Mission Trip Teams
Running the Guest House has allowed us the opportunity to see hundreds of missions teams come and go. As part of Heartline, we have hosted many short-term missions (STMs) teams. I am definitively no expert. I don’t promise to have all the answers on this subject because, well, I don’t. To be honest, the few STMs trips…
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Recent Happenings
Nick, the heartline driver / available for all things, recently said the following which I find true… Rarely before have I been in a situation where the line between My Life and My Work has been so blurry. This week we’re hosting a team of 30. If I counted the number of hours…
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RFL: The Untold Story of the Most Dangerous Day during Run For Life – Day 9
The run is finished. This untold story happened during the run. Our camera’s were not on and our social media sites were almost silent. We shared what little we could but with the intensity of the moment, it was the last thing on our mind. — Rewind a few months. I am just getting to…
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Guest House Website *New*
I have been working away on a new website for the guest house. Your feedback would be welcomed! Current website: It’s been a great help and has all the information nicely condensed. New website: This new website is now moved to http://heartlineguesthouse.com. Since it’s on it’s own, I was able to add more details about…
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Bakery Update
It has been a while since my last post about the bakery. It’s been hard to post about because it’s been such a p-r-o-c-e-s-s, but what isn’t, right :-D. Recently I had someone asking me about the bakery. I am super excited to go eat my first piece of bread *hopefully soon*! What will be even more exciting is seeing…
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3 Mind-Blowing Learnings About Haitians
These are some points I recently read in African Friends and Money Matters by David Maranz. The 3 bullet points are a summary of about 10 pages. I also replaced African with Haitian since we are in the mindset of Haiti. The Haitians here today were originally brought over as slaves from Africa and you…
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Projects Focused on the Guest House
What a couple weeks! Melissa and I are working fully on Heartline projects. Thankfully we have had the help of close friends! Barry, Nick and Josh have helped out so so much! At the guest house: – This week we were focused on stocking the gift shop… which was getting empty! We headed to the…
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Thoughts on Haiti from Melissa’s Daddio
A Parents’ Second Perspective of Haiti Written by John Mortier Several weeks ago Cathy and I (Melissa’s parents) had an opportunity to revisit Haiti. We previously spent a week in this incredible country last Christmas. During our first trip we experienced only the city of Port au Prince, witnessing the effects of two million people…
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Melissa’s Parents Visit Haiti
Go back in time a couple weeks… We had Melissa’s parents here with us. ————— Before we went OUT of Port we rode IN Port 😀 Not a typical adventure for most visitors but we went on a motorcycle ride to the Heartline property. On the way we stopped at a small market and bought…
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Break-in Update
What a week! We had Melissa’s parents here this last week. We are thankful that months prior to the break-in, Melissa’s parents had scheduled to come this last week. They came at a time which helped us take our mind off of the recent break-in. We were so grateful for all of your prayers, words…