Saturday Noon: Joel finished his teaching today with the men and women. There were over 100 people and he said that the teaching was well received. He taught on spiritual growth and was greatly encouraged. These pastors and leaders in Haiti will forever be grateful for Joel Madson and his years of teaching here in […]
Wednesday morning: We all met up in Miami this morning to board flight to Port au Prince. A special delight for me was to unexpectedly see Asher, my son, on our same plane out of Seattle. We ate breakfast with him in Miami before he flew on to Costa Rica to do some work with […]
The team is assembling, and the time has come. Tuesday morning, teachers and leaders from across the United States are joining Hope in Haiti for a week of training, encouragement, and outreach in Dessalines, Haiti. This team from California, Washington, and Pennsylvania will meet up in Miami on January 8th and fly together into Haiti […]
It must seem like a silly holiday to people outside the United States… people rushing to stores and buying, preparing, and serving huge amounts of food, then going out early the next morning to eagerly buy more and more things. And we call it Thanksgiving. Perhaps from an outsider’s perspective, we don’t properly know the […]
Dear friends, We arrived back to our homes late Wednesday night last week. I know that when I fell into bed I had been up for 23 hours making my way home. Thank you so much for your prayers. We definitely felt covered in prayer and are so thankful for each one of you. We took […]
Thursday 11/01 3:05 PM Cj and Aaron did a little painting, put on a door that had fallen off, and fixed a toilet. Things continually break here in Haiti, and with few resources of their own, the people are often forced to “live with it” until someone comes along able to fix it. It rained […]
Wednesday 10/31 6:45 AM The team arrived safely in Miami. We had a long painful night trying to catch some sleep while flying economy on the red-eye and then briefly camping in a cold, hard airport terminal. But, after a much-needed Starbucks, we’re ready to board our plane to Port au Prince. Please be in […]
At long last it’s time to rejoin our precious Haitian family in Nan wo in person again! After being away for too long, I and five others are packing our bags tonight for an “updating adventure!” On Tuesday, Oct. 30th this veteran group of volunteers will be taking flight to Haiti on a mission: to […]
Well, I’m not really sure what day this is, but we are packed and leaving for the airport for Seattle in a couple of hours. Yesterday we made if back to Port au Prince just fine, seeing only a couple of Rah-rah bands in the road and one detour around them. Thank you for your […]
Dear Friends, Last night as we slept I listened to the beat of the rah-rah drums and rhythm of the music all night long. Rah-rah is part of the spiritual darkness that hangs like a fog over Haiti. It is a vodou (voodoo) musical rite that coincides with the Catholic Easter traditions. People gather in […]