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

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

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

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

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

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

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