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Walking 4 Miles in the Rain
The beginning of the rainy season has brought on many challenges for Haitians who are trying to get anywhere. Most of them take tap-taps to get around, but now that it’s raining more and the roads are becoming flooded, it’s a lot harder to find one. People in Haiti don’t like to come out when…
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Haiti Police on Strike, Protests, Rumors, and a Very Cloudy Dark Day
I can not even pretend to understand what happened today. The longer we are here in Haiti the more complex these situations seem. Before you start reading… we are all safe and their was no problems around the guest house. On top of everything that happened today – it has been the first dark day…
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Haitian Creations Video
Here is a fantastic video of expressing what the Haitian Creations program is really about: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXDaSh1_aBE&feature=youtu.be Ladies showing off clothes they made at the Heartline Ministries Sewing School: I saw this posted somewhere. Thought I would re-post it for kicks…
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Haiti Happenings in Pictures & Video
A number of things have been happening around Heartline and with us: Men’s Bakery The cement pad has been poured and we are getting ready for the shop to be built. I will try to get a picture of this the next time I am out at the property. Only in Haiti Haiti is a…
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The Simple Easter
What do you think about when someone says, “Easter.” So many thoughts come to my mind … Easter eggs… Easter candy (yummm!)… Easter church service… family… fantastic food… Many great memories run through my mind when thinking about this day. Easter… the day that Christ rose from the dead… this day is a BIG DEAL. Churches,…
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Lifetree Group Helping Heartline
We have a group working with Heartline! We are grateful for this group! They have done a fantastic job! It has been fun getting to know them. They have come with different ages and different abilities. There are some older and then some from a youth group. The team was split up between the different…
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4 Highlights – Movie, Cooking Test, UN Signs & more…
There have been a lot of random things happening recently. We have been preparing for a team that will be working specifically with Heartline. We have lot’s of projects for them to do! The team will be made up of people of all different ages. They will mostly be working out at the new property…
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Meeting Spot
It is always an honor to see groups of people meet at the guest house. I traditionally rationalize in my mind that it is coincidence or some sort of stroke of luck that people end up connecting with others while visiting the guest house. My logical mind has a hard time comprehending that other forces are at…
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MIRACLE – Synonyms: Supernatural Occurrence, Revelation, Wonder
Recently we had a group at the guesthouse who was fleeing from a city several hours away. At 3:00 in the morning, they were awakened to several armed robbers trying to enter their house. Thankfully there was a backdoor, so the group ran – barefoot – into the woods behind the house. Pitch black everywhere.…
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HOT water
I just had to write a quick post to say that my husband is the best. As you may have read, he has been working hard on installing a solar water heating system. He got the idea from a guest, but then figured all the rest out by himself. After many weeks of trial and…