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Christ Has Rank Among World’s Great Thinkers
I know lots of people have different opinions of Bono. I haven’t really followed him at all but I came across this link posted on Facebook. I thought it was an interesting short read. Link provided to the full transcript below. Enjoy! Clip from a recent interview with Bono (Michka) …Christ has his rank among…
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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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Kicking and Screaming
Haiti is a totally unpredictable place, and you never know what will happen in a day. We constantly have guests who freak out when plans change, or their driver arrives late, or the toilets won’t flush immediately due to water pressure. I get a bit too much pleasure telling them to calm down, this is…
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Hiking the Mountains of Haiti from Furcy to Jacmel
Recently, a group of six of us here had the opportunity to make an amazing pilgrimage. We took a trek across the southern mountain range of Haiti, descending back down to sea level at the coast. The hike is well traveled by Haitians, yet only a few courageous outsiders (or uninformed outsiders, like us!) have truly endeavored this trek.…
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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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Surprise!
If you know Ryan or me very well, you’d know that we’re not the first people to want to hold someone else’s baby at a gathering, or to volunteer for nursery duty at church. I’ve always said that I’m either having zero kids or four, leaning more towards zero. In Haiti, literally everywhere you go, when…
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Defined Purpose
On every night we serve dinner at 6pm. At the long dinner table we get to hear stories from the guests and teams on what their day was like. Many times, it’s a great chance to talk with other groups or just process and reflect on the day. We love seeing many teams who have…
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How to Learn Haitian Creole
Why learn Creole? One thing I here from missionaries is that, I wish I took more time to learn the language when I first came to Haiti. I was reminded of this again when I read a popular article by Laura Parker describing her number one mistake was not learning the language first and only. Here…
Memorable Moments
- Using GPS to Track Our Stolen iPad in Haiti
- Used to Seeing… Now Seeing…
- Hiking the Mountains of Haiti from Furcy to Jacmel
- Haitian Wedding
- The Untold Story of the Most Dangerous Day during Run For Life
- Homeless in Haiti
- Ever seen someone show up at the dentist wearing only a shirt?