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 […]
Random thoughts from the day
All joking aside, Zebedee has officially transformed into Troy from High School Musical now. He refuses to wear anything except for a basketball jersey. And runs around the house yelling, “gotta get my head in the game.” Keziah still thinks that Charpei ( is that really her name?) is more attractive than Gabriella and really […]
Where are we headed?
Many late night talks have gone into what exactly we want to do here, what long term goals do we have, where do we want to be in five years, and what would we like to have accomplished. Our debate usually revolves around narrowing down our passions and ambitions as there is just so much […]
Ronald
Today Ronald was able to finally apply for his new passport. This is a big deal to us as Ronald has a heart condition that has already needed open heart surgery three years ago in the states. Over the last few months, we have seen Ronald deteriorating, not being able to walk very far, losing […]