 | A stop off in new orleans
2009-07-29, Vianier, Haiti. By: clcojai | | We had to stop n new Orleans due to a mechanical problem on our plane. Concord 31 has looked like a mini refugee camp as we waited for a new plane to fly us the rest of the way. Plane just arrived and... |
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 | Monday
2009-07-29, vignier, Haiti. By: epic | | monday saw an optional trip back to the compound for half the group. we loaded our backpacks and the truck with bags of rice and beans and walked the area around the compound to deliver to needy peop... |
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| Goodbye Haiti :(
2009-07-27, Vianier, Haiti. By: clcojai | | Hello Everyone!
Kayanna and Haley here because Ryan made us write our team's final goodbye. We have had such a blast here these past few days that the week has gone by so quickly. Today was our day ... |
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| Sunday
2009-07-27, vignier, Haiti. By: epic | | sunday in haiti started with our group heading to church dressed up in ties for the boys. its obvious the youth don't wear ties much! church was another three hour service with lots of singing and t... |
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| saturday
2009-07-26, vignier, Haiti. By: epic | | today was day 2 of our vbs and night 3 of the youth convention. the vbs went well as we were constantly coming against challenges and with God's wisdom and help, overcoming them. following the progr... |
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 | Friday
2009-07-25, vignier, Haiti. By: epic | | Wow! what a day! Friday we had our first day of vbs and Benite told us to plan on about 150 to 200 kids. when we arrived at the site there were more than 300 kids! The team got right to work setti... |
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 | Jesus is our Healer...
2009-07-25, Vianier, Haiti. By: clcojai | | Just left Briana's room and I'm so excited to pass on that she's back to complete health. She was laughing with us just like the Briana we all love and prayer for. Thank you for your prayers there is ... |
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| Team Update...
2009-07-25, Vianier, Haiti. By: clcojai | | Hey team of supporters pray you are all well. We had another full day of ministry. 14 hours to be specific with an hour break of much needed rest. Team is well, but several of us are feeling the effec... |
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| thursday
2009-07-24, vignier, Haiti. By: epic | | what a day! thursday was a really full day. we were up and in personal/team devotions by 7am, then breakfast. after brekfast we worked on our skits and sorted all the supplies we brought for vbs an... |
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| Team is doing great!
2009-07-23, Vianier, Haiti. By: clcojai | | We had an amazing day yesterday. Finished most of our construction projects... Lifted nearly 800 cinder blocks up two stories an amazing chain of 30plus people...
We cleaned rooms and created places... |
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| wednesday
2009-07-22, Port Au Prince, Haiti. By: epic | | today the team is split in two. one group went to the prison for an outreach where they will distribute food and toiletries, play some music and preach. the other group is at the compound doing vari... |
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| God's word is alive...
2009-07-22, Vianier, Haiti. By: clcojai | | Right before we left from LAX Rachel, my wife called with a scripture for our team to meditate on. WOW is it for us at such a time as this! Thank you for your obedience Rachel!
Would you agree wit... |
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| We made it!
2009-07-22, Vianier, Haiti. By: clcojai | | With airline restriction so tight these days with luggage weight and size we were a little nervous about all our luggage getting through. We had large boxes, oversized golf club bags to carry our tent... |
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| we have arrived!
2009-07-21, Port Au Prince, Haiti. By: epic | | Both groups are now on the ground in Haiti. The first group is putting up the VBS tents and the second group is clearing customs at the airport. we will have team orientation tonight, officially gree... |
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 | What day is it again?
2008-04-01, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | This morning there was a bit of commotion as a small group prepared to leave in front of the house. I was up already so I stepped out onto my balcony to say good morning. As I waved them goodbye my fr... |
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| They're here!
2008-03-31, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | The kids have arrived and their lives will never be the same.
Never again will they worry about where their next meal will come from.
Never again will they be neglected and alone.
Never again wi... |
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| Gardens!
2008-03-20, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | It’s 6:11 in the morning and I am wide awake. How can that be possible? Well when you go to bed every night at 9:30 waking up at 6:00 means you’ve had a good eight and a half hours of sleep!
The k... |
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| Broken
2008-03-30, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | I am not easily broken, but every once in a while my heart slips, falls and shatters into a million pieces.
This morning I held a four year old child who was nothing more than skin and bones. Bare... |
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| Chickpea Curry
2008-04-01, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Chickpea Curry
2 onions
4 cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon of oil
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon tumeric
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon cumin
1 tablespoon of ground corrian... |
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| Merry almost Christmas
2007-12-12, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Greetings friends,
The Christmas season is upon us once again. There is something about Christmas that just makes my heart feel all warm and gushy. It is something about the smells and the songs, ... |
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| All I want for Christmas is a little HELP!
2007-11-22, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | As scary as this sounds Christmas is just around the corner. Somehow it still feels like summer to me. The year round sunshine and constant heat might have something to do with that, but I’m not tryin... |
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| Things I have only experienced in Haiti.
2007-11-22, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Things I have only experienced in Haiti.
An extremely large insect can land on my space bar and I will simply flick it off without flinching.
A trip to the grocery store literally can take the... |
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| A thing called life.
2007-11-14, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | There are certain things that, no matter what is going on, will light me up from the inside out. Do you ever feel so completely content you feel like your floating? Like you’re sitting on top of the w... |
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| Flash Flooding
2007-10-14, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Hurricanes. Mud slides. Tornadoes. Earth quakes. Flash Flooding.
Natural Disasters. We’ve all heard of them before but I have never seen a natural disaster first hand.
Until now.
Thursday ni... |
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| The haitian countdown
2007-10-14, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | 2445 - Sponsorship pictures taken
98 - Degrees
80 - Boxes of emergency relief food handed out
11 – Dead mice
6 - Suitcases still needing to be emptied in the Depot
4 - New bulletin boards in Hop... |
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| You never know...
2007-09-27, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | You never know what tomorrow will bring.
I might be:
- shaving heads at the Hope House.
- pulling a piece of wood out from between a child’s teeth.
- finding strange small cat sized orange sl... |
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| You never know
2007-09-11, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | You never know what tomorrow will bring.
I might be:
- shaving heads at the Hope House.
- pulling a piece of wood out from between a child’s teeth.
- finding strange small cat sized orange sl... |
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| Bouncing around
2007-09-11, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Our first trip was so much fun!
Ed came and picked us up with his truck, the one the Canadian team painted last year. The kids were pretty excited when they saw that one side of the truck has two l... |
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| My first week...wow!
2007-09-04, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Wow, it’s amazing to think that I have not even been back a full week! So much has happened already. It has been a truly amazing week.
With the help of a few of the older girls in the Hope House we... |
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| My big welcome back!
2007-08-29, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Wow, what an amazing welcome home. When we pulled up to the gate Welby was peeking through and saw me coming. He quickly shouted out “Rachelle is here.” I so wish I had a video camera so I could have ... |
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| My welcome home!
2007-08-29, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Wow, what an amazing welcome home. When we pulled up to the gate Welby was peeking through and saw me coming. He quickly shouted out “Rachelle is here” I so wish I had a video camera so I could have c... |
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| sweet deliciousness
2007-06-11, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Fruit.
I love fruit.
This seems to be the season of giving fruit and I love every minute of it. In the past four days I have been given: a pineapple, two watermelons, five mangoes and three cocon... |
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| Swimming and eating
2007-06-03, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Yesterday we had so much fun! As an end of the year trip we’re taking all the kids in the Hope House to Kaliko Beach for the day. We took all the girls yesterday and will be taking the boys next week.... |
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| Explosive showers and sand paper.
2007-05-22, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Greetings friends!
I just had what I will lovingly call an explosive shower. I’m not entirely sure how an explosive shower comes to be, but my blond female understanding of it goes like this; (This... |
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| Form Coca
2007-05-14, Titanyen, Haiti. By: rachelle | | Greetings friends, sorry for the late email. I was uber tired last night and knew that writing an email with my brain half asleep would not be a pretty thing! Here we go....
Saturday, Elisha and I ... |
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