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Dec 4, 2018
1 min

Advent Calendar For Writers Giveaway

From December 1st through December 19th, the good folks at Writers Helping Writers are holding an amazing Advent Calendar For Writers giveaw

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Michael Dunne

Oct 17, 2017
6 min

Haiti 2017 - The Final Day

Every trip to Haiti comes with its share of challenges, lessons learned, epiphanies, stumbles and joy… pretty much like everyday life. As I’

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Michael Dunne

Oct 5, 2017
5 min

Haiti 2017 - The Seventh Day

We arrived, parked at the base of the mountain, and carried our materials up to the house we would be working on that day. The folks from th

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Michael Dunne

Aug 25, 2017
8 min

Haiti 2017 - The Sixth Day

Young men with rusty hand saws and rickety ladders, not Blancs with power tools, work gloves and safety glasses, were the key to success.

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Michael Dunne

Aug 12, 2017
11 min

Haiti 2017 - The Fifth Day

One question I am frequently asked is, “Is it any better?” Inquirers want to know if, seven years on from a devastating earthquake, I’ve se

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Michael Dunne

Aug 9, 2017
5 min

Haiti 2017 - The Fourth Day

If this is your first visit to this blog, welcome! The last few posts, this one, and the next four of five chronicle my recent trip to Maria

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Michael Dunne

Aug 5, 2017
8 min

Haiti 2017 - The Third Day

Whenever I travel to Haiti, my thoughts turn to the differences between short-term missions (what I referred to as missioneering on the firs

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Michael Dunne

Jul 31, 2017
8 min

Haiti 2017 - The Second Day

You could say the genesis of our work in Marianie this year began in October, 2010, the year I first set foot in Haiti. I believe its beginn

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Michael Dunne

Jul 29, 2017
5 min

Haiti 2017 - The First Day

In years past, missions to Haiti sometimes involved intricate travel plans. In 2010, we had to spend the night in Miami. This may not seem l

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Michael Dunne

Mar 8, 2017
2 min

National Proofreading Day

I suspect many of you won't realize this, but today is National Proofreading Day. Proofreading is defined as, "(t)o read printers&

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Michael Dunne

Jan 14, 2017
4 min

Looking Behind; Gazing Ahead

If you read my Haiti blogs, it won't be long before you come across the Haitian proverb: Dèyè mòn gen mòn. In short, this proverb reflec

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Michael Dunne

Jan 14, 2017
2 min

Ark - A Review

If you identify as a Christian or Jew, it's likely that you believe, in some measure, that the biblical flood occurred. Creationists ten

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