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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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“Excuse me, but I don’t own any chairs for you to sit on.”
One of our Haitian workers, Edphort, invited us over to his house last Sunday to see his wife and six-month old daughter. We felt very honored, as he was the first Haitian to invite us to his house. We were a bit nervous, as we had no idea what to expect. Edphort took a tap-tap…
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Pineapple & Barbequed *Cat* Pizza, Anyone?
Ryan and I got a kitten about a month ago, thinking, great it will be so fun to have a pet. Well, we had no idea how challenging it would be to “raise” a cat in Haiti. First of all, we didn’t know that in Haiti, most people consider cats food – just like chicken…
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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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Protests End, Haitian Graffiti Art, Other Haiti News
Protests End near Heartline Property There were two protests that happened near the property. The first one described here was originally because some police officers have been killed under questionable circumstances and had planned a strike. The strike included all traffic police. As far as we know roadblocks and barricades were put in place around town by…
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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 Police on Strike, Protests, Rumors, and a Very Cloudy Dark Day
I can not even pretend to understand what happened today. The longer we are here in Haiti the more complex these situations seem. Before you start reading… we are all safe and their was no problems around the guest house. On top of everything that happened today – it has been the first dark day…
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Haitian Creations Video
Here is a fantastic video of expressing what the Haitian Creations program is really about: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXDaSh1_aBE&feature=youtu.be Ladies showing off clothes they made at the Heartline Ministries Sewing School: I saw this posted somewhere. Thought I would re-post it for kicks…
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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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The Simple Easter
What do you think about when someone says, “Easter.” So many thoughts come to my mind … Easter eggs… Easter candy (yummm!)… Easter church service… family… fantastic food… Many great memories run through my mind when thinking about this day. Easter… the day that Christ rose from the dead… this day is a BIG DEAL. Churches,…
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?