Who is your Boss Man?
Every time I get to the Haiti airport, at baggage claim area there is the one question I get asked over and over. For some reason they come up to me and ask me directly, “Who is your boss man?” … Read More
Every time I get to the Haiti airport, at baggage claim area there is the one question I get asked over and over. For some reason they come up to me and ask me directly, “Who is your boss man?” … Read More
Never sit in the front seat of a vehicle in Haiti if you can help it Sit with your elbow on the suitcase next to you. It might cushion the blows from driving through potholes. Observe activities outside your car … Read More
Guest house living has its ups and downs. Meeting other teams who come to work in Haiti can provide unexpected benefits, like learning about other resources in Haiti, other organizations which grapple with similar problems. It can also be annoying, … Read More
With plans changing suddenly last Friday, as they often do in Haiti, several of us found ourselves with 4 extra days in Haiti. I decided to contact Voyages Lumière (VL) and see if we could arrange an overnight trip to … Read More
Dinner at the guest house last night, we had Fried sweet potatoes. Fried plantains. Fried chicken. Small bits of fried something which tasted like fried bread. Rice. For the brave souls among us we could top it all with … Read More
Communication in Haiti is always a challenge, and leads to occasionally hilarious outcomes. Gregory is our sign language interpreter for the week and has been running from doctor to doctor to intake desk to pharmacy to help us … Read More
It has been a week of laughs and tears as always. Life has such a different perspective here. What’s precious, what is unnecessary, where do we find wisdom and beauty? As I sit here on the patio at the … Read More
The rest of our team arrived today. Andy and Ferris Andrews were supposed to arrive Monday, but due to some unexplainable airline craziness they weren’t able to leave Memphis until this morning. Sonya and Cindy came from Ohio and … Read More
Today we had a wonderful and successful day. We held clinic outdoors in an open air pavilion. Jean Robert managed to mount two fans on wooden posts, one for me and Dr Jim and one for John and his crew. … Read More
Guest house living is one of the shared experiences our team has on our Haiti trips. There is some screwy system with City Power and Generator Power that I’ve never been able to figure out. It goes something like this: … Read More