I hope you don’t mind settling in at the poor house for a while, because we’re not done. I hadn’t talked to cried with Phida yet. My heart’s aflame, my stomach is twisted with a whole new burden, and it’s not the poor. She told me everything everyone else did. They are truly abandoned. They are truly in...Read More
I came to Haiti, the first time, because someone in the Dominican told me that Haiti was poorer. I couldn’t even begin to imagine that. And that was it. My heart had a huge soft spot for a huge soft spot Jesus seemed to have, too…the poor. the orphan. the widow. So I went. Came....Read More
Sunday morning, Matt preached at Fev. I finally got to go. As we headed home a few hours later, I was incredibly touched and proud, overwhelminglyproud of our staff and students who have been faithfully faithful to making Him known in Fev. Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t incredibly proud because Fev was awesome. I was...Read More
A few months ago, I was talking to someone in the States about the pressing needs of those around us, heavy on my heart. I talked to them about trying to get Micheline’s kids in school, and how impossible that is for her at $100 per kid times five kids…on her $120/month salary, which is...Read More
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Emmaus means SOCCER tournaments. Yesterday we kicked it off with the annual staff vs. student game. Unfortunately, are staff are a bit older and heavier than our students :), but this year we played really well… Rosa’s winning penalty kick! The first staff victory in at least...Read More
I was right in the middle of a post when something happened I want to share worse. With Christmas right around the corner, lots of students have been submitting project assistance reports to throw small group parties, cook for Sunday school classes, buy t-shirts for their soccer teams, all good stuff. But this morning a...Read More
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