Tag Archives: Mission of Hope

One for the Record Book

Posted on 07/01/2012 by paulefallon

This morning at 1 am we completed pouring the first floor of MoHI School; MoHI’s largest concrete pour to date, perhaps the largest ever in Grand Goave.  We started pouring at 10 am on Friday and thirty-nine hours later had … Continue reading →

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When I Grow Old I Want to be Like Pastor Beauvais

Posted on 05/07/2012 by paulefallon

Pastor Beauvais is a twig of a man.  Five feet tall and one hundred pounds, maybe; a 36’ belt would surely ring his waist twice.  In a country where the average life expectancy at birth is just over 62 (Index … Continue reading →

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! CONCRETE !

Posted on 04/02/2012 by paulefallon

We finished pouring the foundation at the MoHI School today.  I hope that you enjoy this photo essay of the days work. Here is the site at 7:00 am Monday morning.  The last area to be poured is the upper … Continue reading →

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Concrete Night

Posted on 02/02/2012 by paulefallon

I am sitting at a picnic table under a bare bulb in the middle of Mission of Hope.  It is 6:45 pm, which in Haiti means it is black as midnight.  I will try to describe the scene, but it … Continue reading →

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Waiting Around

Posted on 01/02/2012 by paulefallon

Waiting around in Haiti is a national pasttime.  I always have a book or magazine with me because you never know whenever the ‘plan’ will be derailed.  Today was a good example, representative rather than extreme. This morning Gama dropped … Continue reading →

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What Am I Doing Here?

Posted on 01/01/2012 by paulefallon

It’s Sunday, New Year’s Day in Haiti. I have the day off.  People have wondered what am I doing here, so perhaps this is a good time to lay out a day in the life of Mister Paul, l’architect, which … Continue reading →

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2011 – The Year of Living Consicously

Posted on 01/01/2012 by paulefallon

If Socrates’ maxim “an unexamined life is not worth living” rings true, I lived 2011 with a vengeance. January Abby and I visit Haiti for a week to lay out the foundations of the Be Like Brit orphanage.  We stop … Continue reading →

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Jenison 3

Posted on 12/31/2011 by paulefallon

The first person I saw in Grand Goave, of course, was Jenison, standing outside the gate at Mission of Hope as casually as if he had just happened by, as purposefully as if he had not moved a muscle since … Continue reading →

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