AP misrepresents reality of Lavalas exclusion in Haiti elections – November 29, 2009

The Associated Press provides information that Haitian President Preval’s LESPWA party was also banned from participation in the next parliamentary elections scheduled for early 2010.

Haitian Toddler in Minn. to Have Tumor Removed

A 3-year-old girl from Haiti is in Minnesota for a surgery to save hey eyesight.

A Brief History of Freedom

This time last year I was in the throes of preparing to dispatch a petition to the then president-elect of the United States.

Happy Birthday Paige Noelle

We will take this down after a day – so the song won’t keep coming on.

For now – we celebrate Paige and the beauty and grace that grows in her each day. We are so privileged to know and enjoy this young woman.

May God protect her, provide for her, pull her near to Him and surround her with prayers and people that love her in the year ahead. Amen.

P.S. Paige got to see Renald on Thanksgiving morning. He still weighed 25 pounds and was running a little fever. He will be back for another check in mid December. Thanks for praying for him, please don’t stop.

School club’s bio diesel project going global

Some time ago, Brian Sievers picked up a crazy notion that one simple idea might just change the world.

Haiti to join CME in 2010

Renowned Caribbean historian CLR James told the story of Haiti’s struggle for Independence from France in 1804 in The Black Jacobins.

Report: Inequalities Fueling AIDS Pandemic In Latin America

A new report released ahead of World AIDS Day says social and economic inequalities are fueling the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.

At 83, still on a mission to help poor Haitian town

At 83, Sarah Hackett could have spent Thanksgiving with her great-grandchildren in the gracious Annisquam village home her family has owned since 1829, overlooking placid Lobster Cove.

Weekend Linkage

• There is a ginormous relief having zero sales, zero advertisements for said sales, and zero stores to go to this next month. Nobody opened at 4am in our area. ‘Black Friday’ in Haiti is a market day like any other day – goats and chickens and rice sold at market price – just like last week. Lots of Western practices make their way here eventually, so who knows … maybe next year we can get up at 3am to go get reduced price dead animals.
• Beth shared a sad and beautiful story about Natacha on the other blog.
• Our Christmas production has hit a major snag. The USPS lost the package with the things we need – Britt mailed it a long time ago, but it is still missing – the main day of filming waits on the arrival of that package.
• I read this article this morning. We have friends that have experienced similar situations. Many times they went to the USA as young children and grew up assuming they had all the legal rights and paperwork to be in America. Later in life they learn that some paper was not filed (by their parents) and their worlds are turned upside down. In my opinion, it is terribly sad and often unjustly dealt with by the government. Even more sad to me were the comments on this article. The lack of compassion is astounding.
• 2010 is an election year in Haiti. We moved here on election week four years ago. That was timing that required a little extra faith. It will be an interesting year for Haiti.
• Only 40 days left until the Marathon. I am not so encouraged with the training but keep plugging along. This week marked over 600 miles logged since June 1st. (616 to be exact) If you are a person that regularly visits stores that sell running shoes, let me know if I can have you search for my shoe for me. I have exhausted all on line options and need some seasoned searchers to help locate a running shoe that is no longer being made – but likely still sits on running-store shelves. I am looking for an Asics shoe that they retired last year (the new model is not good) … if you are willing to look please write me. It is possible that only runners will understand how important a specific shoe is — in that case, RUNNERS – I need you.
• This is a good read if you have time.

Local youth teams donate soccer balls to kids in Haiti – Westborough, MA

Westborough residents Trish Reske and Tom Slicklen visited the Caribbean nation of Haiti earlier this month with a precious cargo: Soccer balls.