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The Things We Carried
A week or so before I return to Haiti I send a ‘Mule to Haiti’ email to my connections asking what they want me to bring down. I am allowed one 50 pound bag in coach, a second costs forty … Continue reading
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Tagged Be Like Brit, BLB, Granite City Electric, Haiti, Logan airport, MoHI
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In A Country of Teenagers, A Young Man Grows Up
Haiti is a country of teenagers. I did not originate that saying, Renee did, but it is the best single description of the place I’ve heard. Teenagers are unformed yet egotistical, lack competence yet are overconfident, wound others recklessly yet … Continue reading
A Map of the World
What does the world look like to man who has never traveled more than forty miles from home? He lived in a quiet place among his own kind. There were missionaries, of course, earnest white people who dispensed clothing and … Continue reading
Hoola for Happiness
With seven billion people in the world I should have guessed that one would be a hula fairy, but who knew I would be fortunate enough to fall under her spell beneath the thatched chaconne at Mirlitone? Any adjective short … Continue reading
When I Grow Old I Want to be Like Pastor Beauvais
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
Four Guys from La Gonave
There’s a group of laborers that have taken to having English / Creole conversations with me. We talk at lunch, but sometimes also at the end of the work day. We use my Phrasebook as a starting point; pick a … Continue reading
Twin Construction of Different Fathers
I am spending more time at the Mission of Hope School site this trip to Haiti. The Be Like Brit orphanage is moving along very well; there is so much repetition now the crews need less supervision while some work … Continue reading
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Tagged Be Like Brit, BLB, construction, Grand Goave, Haiti, Len Gengal, Lex Edme, MoHI
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Descent into Eerie Chaos
The pilot of American Airlines Flight 1291 into Port au Prince made the craziest descent today. He remained high in the air until the city came into view, then made two complete arcs, 720 degrees of centrifugal pull, to reach … Continue reading
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Tagged American Airlines, Haiti, Lex Edme, Misison of Hope, MoHI, Port Au Prince
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! CONCRETE !
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
Christlove
Somewhere along their path of benevolent deeds, Lex and Renee picked up Clara and her two children, Makenlove and Christlove. I cannot imagine what possessed the single mother to tack ‘love’ on the end of her children’s names, but it … Continue reading
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