To our Christian friends..
A note to our Christian audience: A phone call rang in at the AP office USA like it does many times a day. It was a church secretary wanting to know our statement of faith. It was a pastor wanting to know our shipping company’s stance on Calvin. It would be important to donate boxes […]
Photographs and Memories
I wish I was a better blogger. I have so many things to say, to share, of my time here in Haiti. And most of all, I wish I would write it all down as a record. I feel like I have lived 4 lifetimes in the last 4 years, and when I look at […]
Last week we were broken into. I can’t tell you how discouraging it is to spend so much time and energy on self protection. I feel like every other week we are adding a wall, a security camera, a new security employee, a gate, a lock. I can imagine how much more we would be […]
Sandals that grow on Trees
I wish I had a tree that grew sandals. And tennis shoes. Everyday as I walk the streets in my neighborhood (been trying to get out and exercise more) a host of street kids greet me and usually walk with me. They show me their shoes. Day after day, their sandals are broken, their shoes have […]
What would you do with all of your power?
As I work and drive and wander and sweat around Haiti, I often find myself with the same song stuck in my head. Every time this happens, I have the same response; I know exactly why the song has come to mind and I immediately think, “I really need to write a blog about this…” […]
Apparent Project in the U.S.A.
The Apparent Project has not only created jobs in Haiti but also in the U.S. This is a great blog by Cami Franklin about our wonderful team in the U.S. and the work they do to keep all of our Haitian artisan friends going. Thanks Cami for a great blog! Thanks Marilyn and team for […]
A note from Shelley
So much has been going on that I don’t have time to blog.So much has been going on that I need to make time to blog. This is the dance that I dance. Trying to keep room for the things that keep us connected, keep us known, keep people excited about amazing people changing their […]
Death threats, getting this blog rolling again, and Oprah.
The votes are in! According to the poll from our last blog you are far more interested in our recent brush with Haiti’s criminal element than all of the other potential topics combined. I would love to tell that story, but as I’ve hesitated for two months now, I think I should just move on. […]
Next blog: Your vote
It’s been a while. Sorry blog-stalkers. The peanut butter blog led to more conversations, phone calls, and action than I could ever have imagined. It has also, unfortunately, given Shelley and I reputations as people who care deeply about peanut butter. I think the point was that we cared deeply about Haitians, but since peanut […]
Peanut Butter and Shelley
This blog is inspired by my wife Shelley’s passionate facebook plea with a Wisconsin church to not send peanut butter to Haiti. I thought a more in depth explanation might be helpful, interesting, and possibly motivational, so here goes… http://www.wqow.com/story/15278291/church-to-send-more-than-20000-jars-of-peanut-butter-to-haiti Now that Haiti has dropped from fad-disaster-charity-icon status, it is good to see a few […]
