I had been visiting &/or working alongside Haitians, in Haiti, for several years. The people we love and worked alongside were my people and I was their people. I felt as though I belonged, so to speak. I very vividly remember the first time it happened. A Haitian friend and I were walking down a […]
My thoughts are firing so quickly they exhaust me. It was only a matter of time, we knew Coronavirus would eventually arrive in Haiti. Amid prayers for the world and the U.S., prayers for medical personnel making unfathomably difficult decisions, prayers for our families and for our own strength and courage we braced ourselves for […]
Thank you to these 44 students, Principal Jerry Brown, Teachers and all support staff of Trinity for coming together for CLIMB. We look forward to telling the program participants and staff of Accolade for Saving Lives in Haiti all about your school and your hard work for them!
I used to play piano with the children before Sunday School, when my kids were young. My favorite song book became worn, losing its cover over time as it was carried back and forth. It all started there, really. There were two songs I flipped past on Sunday mornings but played through when home at […]
I have always wanted to be a good dancer. For my entire life I have FELT music. Rhythm reaches deep into my being. Watching others dance enthralls me. Shortly after my arrival to Haiti a local guy started a group in dance lessons. I eagerly joined in. Being 30 years senior to all students (and […]
He had me at the Preface. Don’t you love books like that?! I had read Craig Greenfield’s book “The Urban Halo”, in which he tells the story of he and his family living in the slums of Cambodia. Read that again, please. LIVING in the slums of Cambodia. Not SERVING in, not MINISTERING in, but […]
Forty-two days remain until our transition to life in Haiti begins. I would like to be open with you. I would like to take you on this journey with us in a sort of “raw” manner for the good and the bad. Choosing where to begin in the midst of this thought salad I have […]
Can you sit with me a spell? Can you take it all in? Land had been purchased by Accolade for Saving Lives shortly after Hurricane Matthew struck last fall. Prayers continued. In January of this year I stood on that ground with a team of faithful young servants. Goats that didn’t belong to us ate […]
Like an unwelcome guest it arrives and knows not its limits. As the news of it sinks in and its reality begins to settle upon us it becomes the unwelcome proof of need. Our vulnerability reveals our need for love. Our mistakes reveal our need for forgiveness. Our fear reveals our need for protection. Our […]
Yesterday was a “bad” day. We all have them regardless of our aspirations to hold true to ourselves and our convictions. My “bad” day didn’t likely look like anyone else’s most recent regret and it didn’t hold any life altering diagnosis, death or tragedy. However, it was rotten and left a horrible taste in my […]
