Mar 1620 minHaiti LifeRetreat in HincheDisclaimer: This is long, and I sincerely hope it doesn't read like Great Aunt Agnes' family trip report where she includes every fast...
Mar 73 minFaith, Hope & ImperfectnessNumbingUkraine is suffering. The streets are full of gangsters. The house is dirty. My little yard seems so small. The people around me need...
Feb 103 minHaiti LifeThe Storied Recipe Podcast - Plantain CupsOne 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...
Jan 108 minFaith, Hope & ImperfectnessDeliveranceDeliverance. It often comes from nowhere, just about the time you have given up hope. Deliverance is finding a couple 1,000 goudes -...
Jan 23 minHaiti LifeHappy New YearWhere 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...
Dec 25, 20216 minHaiti LifeJwaye NowèlMy 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...
Dec 20, 20215 minHaiti LifeFive Things Needed for a Perfect Haitian Bridal ShowerIf 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...
Nov 29, 20212 minHaiti LifeThe Privileged StrangerHow 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.”...
Nov 25, 20217 minFaith, Hope & ImperfectnessGratitude and GenerosityYou can get used to living far away from the country where you were born. Strange things become normal. But today, Thanksgiving Day, I...
Nov 11, 20216 minHaiti LifeThe Journey Thru LockdownI'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...
Nov 3, 20218 minHaiti LifeDiscouragementDiscouragement 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,...
Oct 20, 20216 minFaith, Hope & ImperfectnessAre 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...
Oct 18, 20216 minHaiti LifeDear Haiti, We Still Love YouI 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...
Oct 16, 20212 minHaiti LifeNot So Good NewsWell, 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...
Sep 20, 20215 minHaiti LifeThe Birthday of the StrangerThis 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...