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Big Decisions Ahead for the Future of Haitian Creations
In Haiti, we have encountered situations in which we have never come across before. For me, difficult situations. All varying degrees of difficulty. Stories Here are some other stories I have read/heard recently from other Heartliners: A pregnant woman is being abused by her husband. She has no one to go live with and she understands…
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Last June Group Departs Haiti (lots of pictures!)
As mentioned earlier we had four groups back-to-back this June. This last group had a youth group that had been preparing to come to Haiti for over two years. They had done a camp back home where they all stayed in tents, had a limited supply of water, and other projects which showed a little…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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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 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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Quick Updates – Irresponsible Guests, Peanut, Creole Class
Guests We have been encouraged by some wonderful guests recently. Steve and Carol. They brought their whole family to Haiti – a set of triplets in 6th grade, two 9th grade girls, and themselves. They had such a refreshing passion for living out our faith. One night he was talking and he said, “It’s…