Quiara
Mar 16, 202220 min read
Retreat in Hinche
Disclaimer: This is long, and I sincerely hope it doesn't read like Great Aunt Agnes' family trip report where she includes every fast...
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Quiara
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Numbing
Ukraine is suffering. The streets are full of gangsters. The house is dirty. My little yard seems so small. The people around me need...
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Quiara
Feb 10, 20223 min read
The Storied Recipe Podcast - Plantain Cups
One day, towards the beginning of the Cafe au Lait cookbook project, I came across a super cool podcast! I think I listened to all the...
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Quiara
Jan 10, 20228 min read
Deliverance
Deliverance. It often comes from nowhere, just about the time you have given up hope. Deliverance is finding a couple 1,000 goudes -...
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Quiara
Jan 2, 20223 min read
Happy New Year
Where did you welcome in 2022? I was at my yellow house on Tabarre 16. We let our cousin host her little girl's birthday party here, and...
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Quiara
Dec 25, 20216 min read
Jwaye Nowèl
My husband should win an award for Knowing How to Deal with a Foreign Spouse. He really has a lot of insight, or maybe just a lot of love...
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Quiara
Dec 20, 20215 min read
Five Things Needed for a Perfect Haitian Bridal Shower
If you have known me for awhile, you will know that I love people, but I have a strange tendency to poke fun at "perfectly traditional...
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Quiara
Nov 29, 20212 min read
The Privileged Stranger
How can I bear it? To give her a ride – this lady who raised her family and controls them still with just a look and a disgruntled, “Oh.”...
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Quiara
Nov 25, 20217 min read
Gratitude and Generosity
You can get used to living far away from the country where you were born. Strange things become normal. But today, Thanksgiving Day, I...
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Quiara
Nov 11, 20216 min read
The Journey Thru Lockdown
I've had people texting me in the last few days, wondering if anything in Haiti has changed, and how we are. I feel like have nothing to...
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Quiara
Nov 3, 20218 min read
Discouragement
Discouragement can look like a lot of things. It is a sink full of dirty dishes while I take the third nap of the day. It is a sunflower,...
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Quiara
Oct 20, 20216 min read
Are Christians Safe?
I've been thinking a lot about this word - safety. Does being a Christian keep you safe? Does the Bible promise safety? I have a lot of...
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Quiara
Oct 18, 20216 min read
Dear Haiti, We Still Love You
I stand in the kitchen of my yellow house. My home. My perfect home. Even tho the sink drain leaks so bad that I wash my dishes in a big...
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Quiara
Oct 15, 20212 min read
Not So Good News
Well, tonight I guess one of my great big fears came true. Eliezer's brother Etzer, who is about 20, took out the tap tap. We have done...
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Quiara
Sep 20, 20215 min read
The Birthday of the Stranger
This last week started with an ill-fated mission trip. Group D'homme was asked to help sing at a funeral clear in the north part of...
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Quiara
Sep 12, 20215 min read
It's All Normal
It's Saturday morning and I'm in the car, eating a spicy chicken pate from a blue and white plastic bag. I am going to Delmas all by...
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Quiara
Sep 8, 20218 min read
Boiled Eggs and Baby Chicks: A Folktale
A boy was playing with his two friends one day, and he decided to give them each a gift before they went home. He reached under a...
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Quiara
Aug 24, 20215 min read
The House of the Witch
One evening, while giving some neighbors a ride home from a church party, I hear drumbeats in the distance, then a faint, “Oooo, looo,...
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Quiara
Aug 22, 20217 min read
We Stayed Smiling
This last week was so full. Revivals in Haiti are a lot of work. The tropical storm messed up our plans for Monday night. No one can walk...
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Quiara
Aug 15, 20214 min read
Are We Trembling?
I feel like I should write something today as a person that is "in the know." This very small island had a large natural disaster...
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