Another Mountain to Climb
February 2017 Every time I come to visit Haiti I am reminded of how wonderful the Haitian people truly are. At the same time I am also reminded that every joy in Haiti is tinged with sadness. There could not be [...]
Senseless Death
July 2016 A couple of weeks ago, Joseph and I had to take our new Aslan truck into Dajabon, D.R. to have the horn repaired. One would think a simple horn might last longer than a few months, but not in [...]
Maranatha
July 7, 2016 The last week has been a joyous time of celebration for Aslan’s Legliz Maranatha (Maranatha Church) in L’Acajou, Haiti. Barely a year old, our fellowship is growing daily and now numbers over 200 people! A wonderful part of [...]
No Small Thing
February 13, 2016 Growing up in Portales, New Mexico, our family was far from wealthy. My mother waited to begin teaching until I was in high school, so our family pinched a lot of pennies to make ends meet on my [...]
The Road Taken – Part 4
7:00 PM, Wednesday, February 3, 2016 We just crested Goat Mountain, slowly but surely. As we came around a sharp curve to the left, we passed by a large dump truck that just crashed and is lying on its side in [...]
The Road Taken – Part 3
3:00 PM on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 We’re in AutoPlex speaking with a nice young man and woman about purchasing a truck. They have two brands – Jac and Hino – so the choices are somewhat limited. Jac is a relatively new [...]
The Road Taken – Part 2
12:00 PM, Wednesday, February 3, 2016 We’re on the road again, but for how long nobody knows. We have no spare tire, and these are dangerous times on dangerous roads. I have never been shaken to the core like this while [...]
The Road Taken
4 AM, Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Joseph and I are heading for San Rafael – deep in the Haitian mountains southwest of Cap-Haitien. We’re been on a paved road for about an hour, but we just moved onto hardscrabble rock. I [...]