Quiara
- Mar 16, 2022
- 20 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 8 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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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