Category Archives: Humanitarian Well, there’s just no getting around it: I’m in love. Ya know those early, giddy days of “can’t get him outta my head” – when little else in the day makes sense and all you want to do is be together, again? Yep. I’m there. A little boy in Haiti has stolen my heart. Well, […] I tried to write a blog on Monday, but was too full of our day in Haiti to write about it. Even now, with nearly the entire week Lived and done, I’m still at a loss for words. Sometimes, they just have to incubate.Everything in Haiti is infused – with joy, struggle, purpose, obstacles… it […] Ever had your heart so full that you couldn’t write about it? Expressing the jumble inside me seems impossible right now. In two days, I will step onto a plane & head toward the rest of my Life. That’s how it feels, anyway. Those who know me well understand how much this trip to Haiti […] In exactly four weeks, I will step onto a plane to head back to Haiti. Along with my backpack, DEET and passport, I’ll carry with me an assortment of shoeboxes, lovingly filled by individuals who have agreed to pray for particular children in a particular slum called Carrefour. I’ll also have within me a host […] The roads in Haiti are lousy. Picture what that might mean. Potholes, filth, chaos. Now picture worse. And worse, again. See the people milling around, aimless without industry, seething with hunger. Imagine the poverty. And sickness. Dilapidated tarps and tents for homes. Fear. Anger. OK. Forget about trying to get this stark reality into your […]  I’m having a tough time writing this update. I never realized, until now, that it’s tough to grin from ear to ear and type at the same time. I keep giggling and that, to be quite candid, is a real distraction. There are just some things that can’t be put into words and, while that’s […] 
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