It’s becoming clear to me that waste disposal is a major issue in Haiti. The roads are littered with discarded plastic, metal, and organic waste. Besides causing an eyesore, sharp pieces of debris pose serious hazards to motorists and pedestrians. In some heavily populated areas, vast piles of garbage
We were able to carry in a little generator since it was under the fifty pound limit imposed by the airlines. It’s a tiny little thing as generators go but it has already been found useful on its arrival. The airlines had sent it to JFK by mistake so
This young mother of a little girl, living in the village of Santo, now lives in a new house. She was living in a tent when we last visited her village in June. Wow, is she happy for this upgrade in living conditions! The little house will have a
There is so much need all around here. We are only able to touch a limited amount of people with the resources available. It becomes challenging to choose who to help when, if resources were there, we’d help so many more. One thing we notice is that there are
We arrived in Haiti today. From the plane we could see the mountainous terrain divided into irregular farming plots, cut by dirty rivers, and spotted with crowded villages. The drive through Port-au-Prince overwhelmed my senses. There is a distinct smell of rotting vegetables, human and animal waste, and burning
So we made it into Haiti again! It is exciting to be here and see so many dear friends. Our flight plan took us through San Juan, Puerto Rico and from there on a small plane to P-A-P, Haiti. The nice thing about that is the much smaller amount
Wow… talk about last minute… We leave around 5:15 AM tomorrow and the package from Joe Hurston (Air Mobile Ministries) just arrived! This water purifier is a big portion of our trip tomorrow…bringing fresh water to the village of Cabois! We are so excited about this project, as having
As you well know, it’s difficult, and sometimes impossible, to work in the dark. Well in many parts of Haiti they can’t rely on electricity to power up lights, or other devices…it’s often just unavailable! The last time we were there the electricity was off more than it was
One of our goals is to help bring communities to a place where they’re self-sustaining. Part of this effort is creating business. Just going and passing things out to people isn’t the objective here. That just creates reliance. Of course there are many types of businesses and we’ll probably
We are really feeling the good hearted benevolence of so many of you today! After several email communications, some calls and visits we’re seeing some tangible evidence of heart felt compassion. We have thoughtful contributions to take on our trip to Haiti on Friday. We have a small generator
