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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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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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Quick Updates – Irresponsible Guests, Peanut, Creole Class
Guests We have been encouraged by some wonderful guests recently. Steve and Carol. They brought their whole family to Haiti – a set of triplets in 6th grade, two 9th grade girls, and themselves. They had such a refreshing passion for living out our faith. One night he was talking and he said, “It’s…
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4 Highlights – Movie, Cooking Test, UN Signs & more…
There have been a lot of random things happening recently. We have been preparing for a team that will be working specifically with Heartline. We have lot’s of projects for them to do! The team will be made up of people of all different ages. They will mostly be working out at the new property…
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Meeting Spot
It is always an honor to see groups of people meet at the guest house. I traditionally rationalize in my mind that it is coincidence or some sort of stroke of luck that people end up connecting with others while visiting the guest house. My logical mind has a hard time comprehending that other forces are at…