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“Sitting in a Chair in the Sky” Hilarious Clip & Fantastic Documentary of Haiti
In my opinion, I found this documentary to be fairly accurate and well done. He ends up asking the hard questions which I liked. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSShFk3N0M4&feature=share&list=PL77OfUR2QolQwHVx57Sj-HjQ1wwvN8BLl This next clip is just hilarious 🙂 Don’t mind the subtitles. http://youtu.be/LsOWGG2p1FQ
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Macaroni au Gratin
This recipe is brought to you by our cook Marjory. When she was one year old, her mother died, and so she was taken in by another Haitian woman. This woman was an incredible cook, and taught Marjory most everything she knows, including this recipe. It has become a guesthouse favorite! Ingredients: For chicken (From…
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Last Week (w/ Towing Vehicles & Replacing Water Tanks)
It’s been busy at the Guest House. I have been enjoying the repeat groups we currently have staying at the house. It’s a chance to get to know them on a deeper level. We had a mess of car things happen this past week. I was going to write about it but then noticed that…
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Emphasis on Learning
From my little experience here in Haiti, there are no easy answers. We enjoy the teams that come wrestling with ideas. They often foster an atmosphere of sharing and discussing. The difference between teams having the attitude of I am going to fix Haiti and I want to learn about Haiti is huge. It cannot be understated. The idea of…
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Top 10 Qualities of Effective Mission Trip Teams
Running the Guest House has allowed us the opportunity to see hundreds of missions teams come and go. As part of Heartline, we have hosted many short-term missions (STMs) teams. I am definitively no expert. I don’t promise to have all the answers on this subject because, well, I don’t. To be honest, the few STMs trips…
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Recent Happenings
Nick, the heartline driver / available for all things, recently said the following which I find true… Rarely before have I been in a situation where the line between My Life and My Work has been so blurry. This week we’re hosting a team of 30. If I counted the number of hours…
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RFL: The Untold Story of the Most Dangerous Day during Run For Life – Day 9
The run is finished. This untold story happened during the run. Our camera’s were not on and our social media sites were almost silent. We shared what little we could but with the intensity of the moment, it was the last thing on our mind. — Rewind a few months. I am just getting to…
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Guest House Website *New*
I have been working away on a new website for the guest house. Your feedback would be welcomed! Current website: It’s been a great help and has all the information nicely condensed. New website: This new website is now moved to http://heartlineguesthouse.com. Since it’s on it’s own, I was able to add more details about…
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Bakery Update
It has been a while since my last post about the bakery. It’s been hard to post about because it’s been such a p-r-o-c-e-s-s, but what isn’t, right :-D. Recently I had someone asking me about the bakery. I am super excited to go eat my first piece of bread *hopefully soon*! What will be even more exciting is seeing…
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3 Mind-Blowing Learnings About Haitians
These are some points I recently read in African Friends and Money Matters by David Maranz. The 3 bullet points are a summary of about 10 pages. I also replaced African with Haitian since we are in the mindset of Haiti. The Haitians here today were originally brought over as slaves from Africa and you…