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God likes to poke at things while you’re on a mission trip.
One of the more exciting parts of the trip is our re-introduction day at Zanglas, the retreat center on the ocean that belongs to RMI. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. After hours of travel we finally made it there (after a brief stop at the guest home…
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Haiti is mountainous—this is important to remember.
There is an old man who seems to be the church handyman. He is a tiny guy-0maybe 110 pounds of muscle, skin and bones. Today we really got into a rhythm with the water filters. Each is a blue cylindrical container about 4ft. high and 12 inches in diameter. We prepare the filters before we…
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The first day of the “real work”
After an early breakfast, we split into 4 teams. One team taught the leaders of 9 other churches in the district health practices and how to disperse the medication for intestinal parasites. We learned this week that there is a saying in Haiti that everyone has worms. The work those two teams in our group…
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They Turned the Music Down
This trip has been a bit different than the last. Many of the things that always happen (like a big greeting at the entrance to town, food from the airport to Las Cayes, some of the food we were able to eat) have changed. I can sense a level of frustration in the team. Today…
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The Road is Better
At least the road is better between Las Cayes and Jeramie. What had taken us three hours of travel last year only took us an hour and fifteen minutes. We made it to Jeramie in record time. The road was funded by the United States and a Brazilian company did the construction. When the construction…
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Embracing the Process
Haiti Day 1 We are a results-riven culture. This afternoon we wound our way out of Port-Au-Prince, and I found myself wondering what it would take to “improve Haiti.” Not much has changed since I was here a little over a year ago (save the airport—that was vastly improved!). The same tent cities are here,…
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Haiti- final day
Haiti- Day 6/7 6:20am I’m on the road again. I can’t believe the amount of travel this trip has required. Because Dame-Marie is so remote, travel has been one of the biggest features of this week. Thankfully, our road today is relatively smooth. Instead of cramming into several pickup trucks, we are all in a…
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Haiti- Day 5
Haiti- Day 5 I am currently sitting in one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been, but getting here was miserable. We needed to leave Dame-Marie at 6 in the morning. The road across southern Haiti is under quite a bit of construction, and one section near our destination was going to be closed…
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Haiti- Day 4
Don Juan is gone. Yesterday we were laughing at a male goat we named Don Juan. We ate him tonight for dinner. That was a weird experience. At least he was tasty! Today we woke up early again, although it seems like I’m the last person awake every morning. No surprise there! After breakfast, we…
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Haiti- Day 3
I need to make a confession–I struggle with one of the core tenants of our faith. I get it right some times, with some people; however, my practice of it is limited. From the moment we drove down the mountain into Dame-Marie I have been unable to escape it. Every person I come into contact…
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Pastor Jeremy Stephens 