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Reflections On a Rocky Year

Haiti is broken. It is starving, sometimes quite literally. The entire government is corrupt, and this past year the population finally grew weary and began an uprising. Sadly, even this uprising has been wrought with corruption. It has left the … Continue reading

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Support your friends in Haiti

This article had some good insight as to what is going on all around Haiti these days. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/world/americas/Haiti-crisis-violence.html But for me, I wanted to focus a little more local. We are in our sixth week of protests down here. I … Continue reading

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Current Situation in Haiti

It’s been 16 days since protests kicked up in Haiti and shut down travel throughout the country. Last weekend, the protests took a break for the weekend and never really kicked back up. The government made an announcement that they … Continue reading

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Prayers for Healing

Hi all, Today I want to focus on a topic that we don’t often discuss on the F1 site, health and safety. Haiti’s healthcare situation is rather rough. The hospitals exist, but often times lack equipment, organization, power, and even … Continue reading

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Haiti’s Fuel Shortage and Potential Crisis

28Jan19 My resolution for 2019 is to write more updates, so I’ll start today. However, I think one of the hardest things for me to encapsulate in a blog post is the complexity of life here. As such, I’m going … Continue reading

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We Need Help

Hi all, We need help, so please pray for us, that God would meet our needs however He sees fit. This last 2 months has been crazy busy. It’s been good, but I am becoming more and more aware of … Continue reading

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Mid Summer Update

Hi all, If anyone ever wondered, 2 kids is enough to keep anyone busy 😉 Mara is now 2 years and 2 months old, and Aiden is 5 1/2 months. They are such a joy and blessing in our lives. … Continue reading

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2017 Year End Newsletter, Looking forward to a better 2018!

Thank you for all of your support of our ministry in Haiti. This year had more than it’s share of ups and downs. In fact, it was probably the hardest year that I’ve spent in Haiti to date. But, we … Continue reading

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10Oct17 – Murphy’s Law of Haitian Vehicles

10Oct17 – Murphy’s Law As mentioned in my previous post, I decided to get active on the blog again, starting with my last 2 weeks down here. You may find a trend in these posts. We’ll go through some great … Continue reading

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Barbrey Installation

The last 2 weeks have been pretty exciting down here. I will try to put up several posts in the next few days, but here is the start of that. Back on Monday, the 8th, our crew was able to … Continue reading

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