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Projects Focused on the Guest House
What a couple weeks! Melissa and I are working fully on Heartline projects. Thankfully we have had the help of close friends! Barry, Nick and Josh have helped out so so much! At the guest house: – This week we were focused on stocking the gift shop… which was getting empty! We headed to the…
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Thoughts on Haiti from Melissa’s Daddio
A Parents’ Second Perspective of Haiti Written by John Mortier Several weeks ago Cathy and I (Melissa’s parents) had an opportunity to revisit Haiti. We previously spent a week in this incredible country last Christmas. During our first trip we experienced only the city of Port au Prince, witnessing the effects of two million people…
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Melissa’s Parents Visit Haiti
Go back in time a couple weeks… We had Melissa’s parents here with us. ————— Before we went OUT of Port we rode IN Port 😀 Not a typical adventure for most visitors but we went on a motorcycle ride to the Heartline property. On the way we stopped at a small market and bought…
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Break-in Update
What a week! We had Melissa’s parents here this last week. We are thankful that months prior to the break-in, Melissa’s parents had scheduled to come this last week. They came at a time which helped us take our mind off of the recent break-in. We were so grateful for all of your prayers, words…
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The Thief Comes To …
Before this all happened, I was typing up our final conclusions of the Run For Life event. Attempting to muster up enough energy to give a decent conclusion of the event. It was the day after Barry finished the 315 mile run, and we had finally arrived back home after 17 days on the…
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RFL: Ending Day 8
Over half way done! 183.4 miles Barry has crossed Haiti. We now travel North up the mountains of Haiti through to Cap-Haitien. Lots has happened along this journey. Barry has continued to run across Haiti. We have been working hard to support him along the way. Our accommodations have been wonderful. We have stayed with different organizations…
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RFL: Ending Day 3
The run continues! Yesterday, during the evening, we took a moment of silence as it has been 3 years since the earthquake. Our place was by the ocean – so we went down to gather as a group. It’s hard to put into words what this is about. It’s obviously much more then Barry running.…
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Run For Life Series: RFL
This will be the first of a series. As you may or may not know, we are on a two week journey through Haiti. It is to support my best Australian friend, Barry. I must confess, he might be the only Australian I know :-). He will run 315 miles – coast to coast – through Haiti.…
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Christmas Party in Haiti 2013
We were in Haiti again this year for Christmas. Technically we had two Christmas parties. One with some guests and friends and the other with our guest house staff. On Christmas, we had a progressive dinner with our friends who live around us. We stopped at one house for appetizers, then the next for the…
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A Social Network Christmas
Enjoy the Christmas story via Facebook… On another note… I read the following this morning from John’s blog. Thought I would re-post a part of it below: God didn’t send an Abraham, a Joshua, an Elisha, a Moses, no He sent a baby. How crazy or better put, how like God that is, to do what would never occur…