Returning to Haiti, the smells are stronger, the roosters seem to crow more, the mud in market seems stickier, but my room is more peaceful and the hugs of friends I haven’t seen are full of more force than before. The emotions I felt coming back were numerous and complex. Haiti very much felt like [...]
As we sat in the shade, enjoying unhurried gulps of water, we felt the flutter of excitement in our hearts as we came to a closing of a passion-filled conversation. We sat on our tiled steps outside my screened bedroom windows, with eagerness from our renewed remembrance of His power, the things we ourselves have experienced, [...]
The Place From November 23rd till our Haiti team flew back to the States I was pumped! I was excited, full of anticipation, and ready to see my parents. Everything that I wanted to do while being back I was able to do. I even got to see some of my siblings, which I did [...]
The Purpose of Jesus We all know the story of Baby Jesus. We tell it every year at Christmas time. We teach it to our kids before they know how to write their own names. We use the story to tell the gospel. None of these things are bad, but I think that too often [...]
The Final Whistle... Last November, when the buzzer sounded as the clock hit zero, my thought as I walked off of the turf field was that soccer was over. This reality broke my heart. The sport that I played since I was a little girl all the way through college would no longer be a [...]
The Sun Rise This morning as I watched the sun rise over the mountains in the beautiful country that I get to call home I was overwhelmed with thankfulness. Before moving to Haiti, I had no idea how blessed I was (and still am). I realized how many things I took for granted and never [...]
59. Friendships, experiences, tears, joy, fear, baptisms, growth, and finally, time. This figure symbolizes much to me. Could you guess it? This is the number of people that I have lived with since starting this life with Breathe. Other than my faithful friend Stephanie, who has more years here in Haiti than I do, this [...]
