16 June 2009 ~ 1 Comment

June 6-13, 2009: Haiti reflections/journal (days 4-6)

Continued… DAY 4 – JUNE 9, 2009: 2ND DAY OF WORK AT DROUIN Day 2 was harder than Day 1, as far as the work goes. Time seems to draaaaaaaaag on when we’re working – minutes seem like hours – and it’s frustrating this American boy. On the way to the job site, we encountered [...]

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16 June 2009 ~ 0 Comments

June 6-13, 2009: Haiti reflections/journal – days 1-3

Since my recent trip to Haiti with Hope for the Hungry was a missions and a ministry first for me, I wrote down some thoughts and events from the week in Drouin (pronounced “doo-way”). Please keep in mind as your reading, these are the thoughts of an Christ-following American and are not meant to reflect [...]

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16 June 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Coming soon…Haiti reflections/journal

I’ll be posting some of my reflections and journals from this past week’s trip to the Arbonite Region of Haiti this afternoon. I would do it now, but I left my journal at home. Awessome! It was an amazing week of service opportunities, humility on display, and Christian fellowship. We were able to accomplish everything [...]

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03 June 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Ain’t no Sunshine (or Joy Bug) when she’s gone…

I love my family. Really, they are my world. Being a husband and a father are two of the greatest joys of my life as a 29-year-old man.  I consider these two “hats” that I wear to be two of the greatest accomplishments of my lifetime, and I’m a child-hood cancer survivor! My wife, Mary [...]

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01 June 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Haiti, here I come!

Many months of planning and watching God’s provision take over has come down to this week. I fly out of DFW airport Saturday morning for a week in the Arbonite Region of Haiti, and the anticipation is mounting in my head and my heart. I *think* I finally fell asleep about 3:00am last night after [...]

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