September 27, 2014. The morning was beautiful. Day just breaking, backlighting the eastern mountains, with a steaming cup of coffee and a prayer to the Maker of all good things for the success of the mission, that the gift of love, the hope of the gospel would be sown in …
With the breaking day, a hint of the sun rising in the east, a gentle wafting of the trade winds that have been tamed in the night, and the sound of the sea breaking on the shore, we rise. From a hot cup of coffee early in the morning to …
First week of June. Early morning. Time to take the food for the schools up the mountain. Sometimes we have the children come down and carry the many cases of food up. 24 cases for the Pelerin school alone. So many people are hungry that if they break a box …
Six a.m. on November 21st came early enough! Couldn’t seem to get out the door and I was already late. Tolkein said, “It’s a dangerous business going out your door.” I’m finding this more and more true! Our intention was to take the truck up the mountain since there is a …
Bill returned to Haiti on Aug. 15th along with our friend, Jim Hulstedt, who came to help for the third time in the last three years. After checking in at Fonds-Parisien with Clenold and Nono, we headed to Ile a Vache with several work projects in mind for the new base. We wanted to try to get the water catchment system in and a latrine/shower built to improve the sanitary conditions at the base. But while all this work was going on the next three weeks, “life” constantly stopped the work with people showing up with medical problems and other needs. Interspersed with it all are the opportunities to share God’s love with the people in different ways. As Bill recounts ….
JUST MERCY