Ryan and Melissa Alberts

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  • One-Click To Help Heartline

    Help Heartline help others by clicking to vote for Heartline to receive a giving of life grant. The grant will be for the Maternity Center.  Read more and vote by clicking vote for Heartline. Thank you in advance and please share the link with others.

  • You Gotta Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive…

    Life is full of ups and downs as you all know.  I, myself, tend to dwell on the downs, getting easily discouraged and focusing on obstacles rather than opportunities.  Being in Haiti has magnified this problem, as there are so many challenges and daily struggles.  Everything here is so much more complicated and takes five…

  • Haiti Protest in My Neighborhood

    When I think of protesting, I think of doing it for a major cause.  Maybe like the march on Washington for jobs and freedom where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech.  Maybe a more local protest like what happened earlier this year with the teacher’s in Wisconsin. In Haiti, I…

  • Is it Worth It?

    Yesterday was the sickest I (Ryan) have felt in many years.  I woke up in the morning with a massive stomach ache.  Then almost right away I proceeded to jettisoning the chunky cargo.  During the next four hours I hurled another few times.  Stayed in bed with my stomach turning.  Then the rest of the…

  • Blinding Flash of Reality

    Ever since moving to Haiti, we have noticed that our Haitian staff has been eating rice, beans, and a small chicken drumstick for lunch every day.  Literally every day.  They are very kind and offer to make extra for us whenever we want it.  Sometimes we say yes, and it is actually pretty tasty.  But…

  • First Drops of Water From Well

    The well pump is now installed and the first water has been pumped from the well!  This is a huge blessing for the community and for Heartline.  Why Heartline?  Heartline built five houses for families on this land and were looking to complete it with building a community well (for all around the area) and…

  • Daily Activities in Haiti

    Just about every aspect of life in Haiti is different and more complicated than at home.  I thought I’d share with you a few activities of daily life here to help you get a feel for the culture. Electricity – In Haiti there is city power, but someone (nobody really knows who) decides when to…

  • Water is Found

    Water was found!  This is near the five Heartline houses that were built in an area now being called “Jerusalem 7”.  Before this well was drilled by Living Water the community would need to walk over a mile away for a well.  This will be a huge help for this community.

  • Driving on Haiti Roads

    This is a quick video showing us driving in Port Au Prince on the roads.  The video shows how close people are accustom to getting to other vehicles. Just shows how bumpy some of the roads can be!

  • Pictures of Port Au Prince

    This was probably the most shocking and overwhelming part of our journey.  As described in a previous post, it was much worse than we expected.  I should preface this post by saying that we visited Haiti for a week. We have tried our best to recall and repeat the information as accurately as possible. Haiti…

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