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Haitian Wedding
Risline, who works at the guest house, got married yesterday! She has been a part of Heartline for a long time. We have enjoyed getting to know her. She can be quiet, but get Melissa joking around with her and she will laugh more than anyone! The wedding yesterday was beautiful. I would love to…
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Life on Steriods
Season of Lifetree Groups June is the month of Lifetree groups. We just finished up our first week of 33 people. During one night this past week, the power at the Guest House was going off and tripping the inverter even though we had EDH (city power). As an aside, we have this happen pretty…
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Homeless in Haiti
At the guesthouse, we have many extra suitcases sitting around that people leave behind after emptying them. A while back, Judithe, one of our workers, asked if she could have one to keep her belongings in. Yes, one suitcase for everything she owned. So we said, sure, no problem. A couple weeks later she reluctantly came up…
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Closing Chapter – After 2 Years in Haiti
It’s the time I have been dreading. So to just rip off the band-aid: We are leaving Haiti at the end of July. It’s so hard to figure out how to explain that we are leaving Haiti. It’s difficult to even know what to write. Delete, delete, delete. Everything I write seems to be awkward or…
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My First Somewhat Scary Pregnancy Moment with Melissa
We are obviously entering into new territory, as Melissa put in our last blog. Yesterday, I had my first tense moment when I learned what happened to Melissa, especially because she is pregnant. Maybe this happens to many others during pregnancy… I have no idea. One of the workers found Melissa on the hallway floor…
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Last Week (w/ Towing Vehicles & Replacing Water Tanks)
It’s been busy at the Guest House. I have been enjoying the repeat groups we currently have staying at the house. It’s a chance to get to know them on a deeper level. We had a mess of car things happen this past week. I was going to write about it but then noticed that…
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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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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…