Ryan and Melissa Alberts

Category: Haiti

  • Ever seen someone show up at the dentist wearing only a shirt?

    On Wednesday Ryan and I had the opportunity to go with a dental team to a small village way out in the middle of nowhere. In order to get there, we had to drive about an hour and a half, then turn off the main road onto a bumpy, rocky dirt road and go several…

  • Welcome Evan & Dentist Team

    Welcome Evan We welcome Evan (the new driver)!  He has been doing a great job jumping in and driving! It can be pretty intense driving on the roads in Port Au Prince so we always welcome the next victim student 😀         Teams Serving with Heartline This week we have been priviledged to have…

  • Wergsy’s Birthday

    Yesterday was a pretty tough day today with everything going on.  It seemed like everyone was stretched.  We had basically zero people left to call upon if something happened! In the midst of the day we celebrated Wergsy’s birthday. Melissa worked hard to make sure the day was special for her.  Melissa has done this…

  • Moto Ride Turned Dangerous at Rebel Army’s Barricade

    The story begins… with the guys at Heartline (John McHoul, Asher, “P”, and myself) visiting a small village outside of Port-Au-Prince.  In a few weeks, we will be having a group of dentists come down to Haiti, and we were hoping to bring them to this village.  With all the rain, we weren’t sure if…

  • Haiti Flag Day – Haiti Libere

    Today is flag day. Haiti Libere – Haiti free! The Haitian flag is a symbol of pride for many Haitians. You will see the flag on TapTap’s, painted on walls, tattooed on bodies. From this article, “One of the primary symbols of Haitian freedom is the Haitian flag created in Arcahaie, a town located outside…

  • Packed Guest House / Construction / Painting / Pictures

    The last few weeks have been a whirlwind at the guest house: We had an over-packed house with 41 people at the guest house.  We just keep trying to break records here 🙂  There were enough cots for the groups and everyone had such a great spirits.  To God’s credit, it went very smoothly! Adopting:…

  • “Excuse me, but I don’t own any chairs for you to sit on.”

    One of our Haitian workers, Edphort, invited us over to his house last Sunday to see his wife and six-month old daughter.  We felt very honored, as he was the first Haitian to invite us to his house.  We were a bit nervous, as we had no idea what to expect. Edphort took a tap-tap…

  • Pineapple & Barbequed *Cat* Pizza, Anyone?

    Ryan and I got a kitten about a month ago, thinking, great it will be so fun to have a pet.  Well, we had no idea how challenging it would be to “raise” a cat in Haiti. First of all, we didn’t know that in Haiti, most people consider cats food – just like chicken…

  • Men’s Bakery

    The men’s bakery is taking shape!  This is a prefab building that was donated by a company in the Netherlands.  They are working to possibly do more construction of this kind in Haiti so shipped over two demo houses.  Maxima was kind enough to donate the one to Heartline. Eventually, this building will be filled…

  • Protests End, Haitian Graffiti Art, Other Haiti News

    Protests End near Heartline Property There were two protests that happened near the property.  The first one described here was originally because some police officers have been killed under questionable circumstances and had planned a strike.  The strike included all traffic police.  As far as we know roadblocks and barricades were put in place around town by…

With Google+ plugin by Geoff Janes and Thorsten Hake