We had a busy week. A wedding, a job interview, a funeral, multiple car problems, and the country is out of gas and diesel. I just got home from a Haitian wedding And when I try to compare it to the weddings I've always known, I just think of the word more. More work for sure. More work for the group of dedicated ladies that stays at church all night, cooking chicken, cleaning rice, while still finding time for telling jokes and braiding each other's hair. More work for the l

I was feeling a bit nervous and alone that day... sitting all alone on the sidewalk waiting on the chaos inside the office to subside. It had been closed for months and there were so many people waiting. Later I would be pulled up forcibly through the noisy, shoving crowd and marched in to finally get my picture taken for a Haitian driver's license. I was the last one in, and the gate was chained behind me. I was sure glad my husband had a policeman friend! But right then, as