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  • When You Get Back

    When you get back we will go… When you get back we will have… When you get back we will start… When you get back we will talk… How those words have made my heart jump these last few weeks. …

  • At the Gates of Uncertainty

    For reasons I’m still not completely certain of God would have me land in Haiti, my first international trip, just two hours before the massive 7.4 earthquake January 12, 2010. To say it was life altering doesn’t even begin to touch on…

  • Flying Solo

    I did it! For those of you who fly solo all the time you probably think it’s infantile to be so proud of myself, but this trip, this flight is so significant to me. Perhaps it is less the flying…

  • Pregnant with grief, God birthed mercy and compassion

    As we celebrate Nathaniel’s 4th birthday this week my mind and heart have gone back to his pregnancy and birth again and again. In January 2011 I had returned to Haïti for the first time after experience the earthquake in…

  • Haitian Earthquake Jan 12, 2010

    Wednesday: The First 24 Hours Sitting under the shade of an almond tree I struggle to put words to all I am seeing and hearing.  It strikes me that when I left Fredericton I was praying “God: your heart, your…

  • You Give Me a Dream

    The day dawns with nervous excitement for the team.  Today we will meet our sponsor children. We begin with a short road trip to the Centre of Hope.  This is a beautiful facility, with a gorgeous view donated primarily by…

  • “Love Has No Frontier”

    A convoy of motorbikes ushered us to our first destination, the first flying the Canadian and Hatiain flags. This morning began at a school in the UDICC ADP. Rows and rows of blue uniforms lined the school grounds awaiting our…

  • ” You put Haiti in your heart”

    I may actually be too tired to make myself stay up and write about the day today, but what a great day it was! Morose met us in the parking lot today.  It is always so wonderful to  spend time…

  • to the central plateau!

    A great day, filled with lots of laughter and hope. Unfortunately my phone clock and alarm were not accurate this morning making me think I had an extra hour of prep time I didn’t have before we left the hotel.…

  • Travel to Port au Prince

    What a full day.  It always amazes me how quickly one can adapt to a new environment, “ …and now I’m here.”  It was an early start with a 3:45am alarm sounding and a 6am flight out of Fredericton.  I…