Ryan and Melissa Alberts

Memorable Moments

3 Humorous Sightings in Haiti

1. Painted around the UN base walls Photo by: Jimmy Burton Sign Reads – “No trespassing risk to be molested and put in jail” Not sure what happened but I am pretty sure they didn’t mean molested – something is lost in translation 🙂 This sign appears by the UN base near the Port Au…

February 27, 2012
Caught Between Two Worlds

Ryan and I have now been home in Minnesota and Wisconsin for about two weeks and are preparing to travel back to Haiti on Thursday. We have had a great time visiting family and friends, going to our favorite restaurants, shopping for items we need in Haiti, and maybe relaxing a little bit. It is…

February 23, 2012
Heartline Ministries on the News

Heartline Ministries was recently featured on the Denver channel 9 news. Although the news anchor said Heartland instead of Heartline in one of the videos – it is still fun to watch ;-). Helping Haiti Recover Helping Mothers in Haiti One Source of Water Education More videos can be found on the channel…

February 21, 2012
Visiting the United States

We are currently in the US for a quick visit. We are visiting with family, friends, and doing attempting to do our taxes. Talk about complicated – closing down the piano studio, selling of our assets and blah blah. Fun stuff 😀 Our plan is to take the first week in WI and then the second week…

February 12, 2012
Dinner Time Reflection

As Melissa mentioned before, January was a crazy, crazy month. I decided to investigate some statistics for the month! Guest Stats 221 Individual guests 441 Beds taken during the month 14 Average number of people staying on a given night 39 The max number of people we had stay for one night As you can…

February 8, 2012
Sex-Trafficking at the Super Bowl & in Haiti

This was going to be a short post with a quote and link to an article I read on sex-trafficking at the super bowl. Then I realized it would be good to gather together some thoughts about the issues with sex-trafficking here in Haiti. I wish I could say sex-trafficking didn’t happen in Haiti. It…

February 4, 2012
Espwa Fè Viv – Hope Makes Us Live

Espwa fè viv – hope makes us live It’s a Haitian proverb with a lot of meaning. It could also be translated, “hope creates life”. Hope that tomorrow can be different. There are stories after stories of devastating and sad situations in Haiti. You don’t have to look far. For example, the following: Lucienne is one of…

January 31, 2012
January

This month has been quite the whirlwind. We’ve literally had hundreds of guests come in and out of our doors, thousands of pounds of loaded suitcases hauled in and out, prepared enough food to feed several armies, and answered the same questions over and over and over… I’m not going to lie – it’s been…

January 28, 2012
Haitian Disaster Relief Conference

We have had a group staying at the GH with a slightly different purpose then most. They are here studying disaster relief. Asking what went well, what didn’t do well, how to help effectively, and pretty much anything and everything was on the table. I thought this group had some interesting insights as they gathered…

January 23, 2012
What day is it?

Verse of the day on the GH whiteboard: Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you. – Galations 5:1 A few pictures… We…

January 16, 2012