Johnny and Lovely’s mother
There was a knock at the gate this afternoon. Two smiling little faces and an empty bottle of Clorox greeted me behind the barrier. Bam Ti Dlo? Give me a little water?.. they asked. These two beautiful children are familiar faces as their mother has been over to the house before asking me if I […]
Finally, about the zombie….
Those of you who are familiar with Haitian culture and Voodoo know that Zombies are among the many cryptozoological specters that Haitians believe in, including shape-shifters, “Lougarou” (flying people that remove their skin or make themselves invisible, often compared to wear-wolves and vampires), and other “jab” (evil beings / demons). The majority of our Haitian […]
Another day
Today was just strange and very long.Here are some things that happened. 1. We decided to fill the kiddy pool on the roof and were not willing to bucket the water up one bucket at a time as that would clearly take half of the morning, so Richard actually got into the water tank on […]
Top 10 ways you know you are a white missionary in Haiti.
The top ten ways you know you are a white missionary in Haiti 10. You exchange currency with Syrians in the back of a mini mart on a regular basis 9. You have spiritual moments that revolve around the electricity coming on. “Thank you Jesus! The lights are on… wait… awe, crap.” 8. You know […]
Haiti wants some sweat shops
Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today! Sweat shops get a bad rap. Now, I’m not saying unfair wages and crappy working conditions are a great thing, but they certainly beat starvation. I know many Haitians who would love to have a chance to work at a sweatshop, even for one day. This little Jib Jab cartoon […]
How did this become normal?
I remember a few months back when “little Richard” first came to live with us at the orphanage. We had been through a handful of new additions and were getting used to the drill: “Here’s the toilet, here’s where we eat together, if you are scared, or hurt, or lonely, or bored, here’s where to […]
Another crazy couple days..
Another crazy week. Ember’s family told me that her dad was really sick on Thursday. I went down to see him and he looked terrible. He was sitting in a hole of a house (if you can call them that) in 105 degree heat and sweating with a temperature in the 100’s now for two […]
April showers..
It’s raining right now. Which means two things.. tomorrow will be a mosquito festival and right now my internet connection via satellite is slow as molasses. I keep wanting to post more pictures, but the upload speed makes it near to impossible.So here’s a little update:Ronald.. the day after I posted last about praying for […]
All kinds of fasting….
Haiti is, in itself, a kind of a fast. We fast warm showers, privacy, movies, TV, privacy, restaurants, DQ blizzards, privacy etc.. etc..But we feel we are called to more. I look down from my balcony at the ravines that the people live in with tin roofs and flash floods. Those people are starving. It […]
Today I am excited. In the last two weeks, we have secured a place for us to live for next year, found out that the Apparent Project is approved as an official 501c3, managed to not add more children to our family, and think we may have just gotten a puppy.Many of you might wonder […]
