Searching for Josephs
[one_half] We know you are there! So many Josephs! People like Joseph who God has prepared to help care for many other people during times of famine. People whose hearts are determined to honor God in the midst of any and all circumstances. Because you honored God during your personal journey, you have been entrusted […]
Apparent Project Continues Its Work After Covid-19 is Found in Haiti
Apparent Project Continues Its Work After Covid-19 is Found in Haiti Coronavirus Causes Peyi Lok (lockdown) in Haiti This is a crazy time that we are living in right now! In the US, schools have been canceled indefinitely with online learning being figured out by teachers. Most events have been canceled at least through […]
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day A mother’s love for her child is what began the journey of Apparent Project. From the humble beginnings of an adoptive mother realizing that so many children in Haitian orphanages actually have living parents who love them, to praying for a way to help mothers keep their children. The focus has grown organically over the […]
Carnival as Comic Relief
…the AP School decided to hold their own fun Carnival celebration. Complete with masks made by the students, dressing up in fun party clothes, banana fritters, and dancing up a storm.
Daddy’s Little Girl
“Being a daddy’s girl is like having a permanent armor around the rest of your life.” ~Marinela Reka So often stories are told of absent fathers, or single moms without support, and the challenges that this situation creates. But that is not always the reality, and a large percentage of the children who are part […]
And for a moment, we pause
After more than a week of increasingly violent protests that left Port-au-Prince on lockdown, there is a pause. A moment to breathe. Mache owners set out their items for sale, women go to the market to try and purchase food for their families, children go to school. But it is far from back to normal […]
Haiti, we love you
Hearts are breaking, stress is rising, resources are dwindling. Political resistance grows, currency values continue to drop, and the vulnerable become more exposed. It is the perfect combination for a humanitarian crisis in the making.
Sales Makes the World go Around?
The idea of sales brings mixed emotions in the US. We all have experienced the slick or pushy salesperson that simply wouldn’t take no for an answer, and then we felt ick afterwards. Yet at the end of the day, sales of different sorts are what makes many things happen. Sales of electricity, houses, cable, […]
Back to School – Back to Basics
Back to school seems like the perfect season to revamp the AP blog and start with going back to the basics. Who are we, what do we do, how are we making an impact in Haiti, and some of the challenges that are part of working in Haiti. Let’s start by sharing our mission statement, […]
Education in Haiti + What is Apparent Project Doing Differently
15 months! It has been 15 months since we’ve posted on the blog. My how time flies with active ministry and transitions occurring. In the process, our blog took a step back from priority. Over the course of this time, we expanded our school from Preschool, to include Kindergarten, and 1st grade beginning this fall. […]