Ryan and Melissa Alberts

Category: Heartline

  • 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…

  • Christmas Party in Haiti 2013

    We were in Haiti again this year for Christmas.  Technically we had two Christmas parties.  One with some guests and friends and the other with our guest house staff. On Christmas, we had a progressive dinner with our friends who live around us.  We stopped at one house for appetizers, then the next for the…

  • Highlights From the Past Month

    Merry Christmas to you!  We miss you and hope you are getting to enjoy the winter!  Let us know how things are going – we would love to hear from you! A lot has happened this last month from leaks coming from strange areas to… well… Finding a time portal in Haiti: Let’s take a…

  • 3 Things I Can’t Get Off My Mind – Toilets, Cell Phones, and Second Hand Laptops

    Recently I’ve had a few conversations with different workers at the guesthouse that I can’t seem to comprehend.  Even after being here for a bit of time, there are some things as Americans we just can’t relate to or understand – ever. One of our workers is trying to fix up her house.  It’s just a little…

  • Pumpkin Carving – Haiti Style

    For whatever reason, I love Halloween.  Maybe it’s the beautiful fall colors, cooler weather, dressing up in goofy clothing, memories of trick-or-treating…  I also love carving pumpkins.  We were in the states in September this year and had a chance to do that with our friends one evening.  Now back in Haiti, I wanted to…

  • Run For Life Haiti .org

    Would you please take 4 minutes and watch this video I first met Barry when we came to visit Haiti for the first time.  Barry & his wife Bec were running the Guest House and were looking for someone to take over.  We felt called to the Guest House before ever stepping foot in Haiti.…

  • Detailed Look at Today in Haiti

    A day in Haiti is always difficult to explain.  It’s a question we get asked a surprising number of times.  Life here is different everyday. I often think, what is the most important thing I need to be doing here in Haiti.  Is it running the Guest House?  Is it helping with Haitian Creations?  Is it talking with…

  • “Run For Life Haiti” Reconnaissance Trip

    Over the last week, Barry, Troy, John McHoul, John Meadth, Pierre, Junior, and I have traveled on two separate occasions from the southern part of Port Salut, Haiti up to the  northernmost part of Cap-Haitien, Haiti.  It has been quite an adventure seeing the countryside of Haiti. You might be asking what the “Run For Life…

  • Beware Fake $100 Bills, Isaac Update and Other Things

    Around Clercine, the broken branches and debris have been cleaned up.  Shoe and second-hand clothes vendors are out, the tap-tap stations are bumping, and the normal (but exciting) drive of dodging bikers, stray dogs, pot-holes, people, (oh yea) and cars… are back in full swing!  The street market is bustling and supermarkets and restaurants are open.…

  • Guest House Orientation *Video*

    I have thought about making a video we can show to first time guests and groups that give an introduction of the guest house.  I have failed to put the idea into action the idea.  What really motivated me was the fact that Evan has a nice camera we could use for the filming.  I figured…

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