Mission to Haiti
Tom McKinley is not new to mission trips. His travels have taken him to the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Cuba, New Orleans for Katrina Relief, Colombia and Mexico.
Explanation & Promise
In early May when I started thinking about running the marathon with my sister and tried to decide if that was a horrible idea, I thought, "Huh, I wonder if I could raise some money somehow?" S0, I let that simmer a while.Then I decided that $2,600 would be a good goal. That I could probably pull off running it even if it looked/felt sort of ugly and un-athletic. Then the matching donor idea
Surely We Can Change
Surely We Can ChangeDavid Crowder BandAnd the problem is thisWe were bought with a kissBut the cheek still turnedEven when it wasn’t hitAnd I don’t knowWhat to do with a love like thatAnd I don’t knowHow to be a love like thatWhen all the love in the worldIs right here among usAnd hatred tooAnd so we must chooseWhat our hands will doWhere there is painLet there be graceWhere there is
Week Ahead, Run Report
This week -We have an OB Doctor in town who has agreed to see all of our women for the full nine yards exam. Paige will spend a lot of her week interpreting and helping with that. They start Monday at 10am, appointments scheduled all weekEnglish Camp for kids in the neighborhood begins on Monday. Runs for six weeks. The Tlucek Family head up / lead that effort. Pray for them and the many
McCallister: 13 years later, group’s work pays off in Haiti
While many reminisced about what Haiti once was and others only dreamed about what Haiti could become, SIMACT has been working.
Haiti and the environment
The first thing that anyone learns about Haiti and the environment is that Haiti is the most deforested country in the world, having shifted from 60% forest cover to less than 2% forest cover.
A musical tribute to Fr. Jean-Juste by Rosemond Jolissaint
This musical tribute to the towering hero of Haiti, Father Gerard Jean-Juste – or Pe Jan Jis in Kreyol – who joined the ancestors May 27, 2009, is sung by Rosemond Jolissaint, the Haitian sensation who won Haiti’s version of American Idol in 2007, when he was only 16, the youngest competitor.
Boca Raton’s Jozy Altidore, U.S. soccer hero, is enjoying the American Dream
A few days after Christmas in 1975, a man named Joseph boarded a plane from Port-au-Prince to New York.
U.S. ambassador to Haiti steps down – Haiti & Caribbean
Mideast expert and career diplomat Janet Sanderson landed in a deeply polarized Haiti 3 ½ years ago to dizzying curiosity: Some in this highly machismo culture, puzzled by the appointment, doubted whether she would succeed.
Group B: Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, United States
Haiti will try to improve upon its last performance in Gold Cup, when the Caribbean team failed to past the first round. The squad led by Colombian coach Jairo Ríos tied Panama 1-1 in Port-Au-Prince on Friday, June 22.