chet105Feb 152 minAdvancing our CurriculumA recent boon to our program is the introduction of new material which instructs principled living. In the material we have been blessed...
chet105Feb 151 minMore than NourishmentOur refugee kids get to eat everyday and that prospect is good. The meal they receive is not just a space filler but it’s a hot cooked...
chet105Feb 151 minSuccess in entrepreneurshipWith an eye toward developing families so they can support themselves, we promote and facilitate small business as appropriate. A recent...
chet105Feb 151 min10 year old Miguelito writes his name for the first timeMiguelito has been attending the local Dominican school for two years. Due to his inability to speak Spanish, some of the fundamentals...
simmons808Nov 18, 20201 minOne of a Kind Larimar Jewlery is up for sale. Stone: Larimar (can only be found on the island of Haiti and the Dominican) Also called “Stefilia’s Stone” It is a rare blue variety of...
chet105Oct 12, 20201 minBanking updateOur community banking initiative is thriving!!! It’s so awesome. A couple things to report back on. Simeon says that he has seen people...
chet105Oct 12, 20201 minA bath whether we needed it or not!It’s been 3 days and Lance was getting a little ripe so I insisted that it was time to visit the all natural bath house. Though the water...
chet105Oct 12, 20202 mina vision of Mercy, UnderstandingWe don't always understand why things are hard in life but fortunately, yesterday we were brought to understand why our trip to the top...
chet105Oct 12, 20202 mina less favorable section of the routeWe are finally out of the jungle and oh man was it a trek. It ended up being a lot longer than we expected. We were told it would be...
chet105Oct 12, 20202 minPath Laid out by Angels from HeavenI need to give a shout out to Juan Sevoya and Ishmael...Ishmael got us back on track when we were heading the wrong way and Sevoya got us...
chet105Oct 12, 20203 minAlways Ready for the Sun to RiseWe spent the night there in our hammocks (crashed at dark/7pm). It dumped rain which I loved but I got the sense that it did this every...
chet105Oct 12, 20202 minToil of the Trail lessened by lightWe are back on our own. Juan and Viejo’s parting words were, “You won’t get lost from here. Just stay on this trail. You’ll know you’re...
chet105Oct 12, 20203 minDivine TimingWith every trip there are details that we just don’t have time to share. I’m sharing this detail now because it has relevance to...
chet105Oct 12, 20204 minComing out of the woodsThe last 10 miles had some ups and downs but was completely on a mountain road so though the ups were exhausting it was not technical at...
chet105Oct 12, 20201 minBuilding Local BanksSoaking up Simeon’s report on community togetherness brought me great joy today. He summarized, “We are showing people how to live well...
chet105Oct 12, 20201 minBack and Bent on Finding the TrackCOVID-19 has kept us away from personally being with the communities that we’ve been working with in our efforts fighting against child...
chet105Oct 12, 20201 minThe Change is beginning to flowIt’s not easy to abolish child trafficking. In this instance the parents need a healthy way to support their families. God provided the...
Lance MergensJan 12, 20201 minThe perfect ending to one tough day:hike to the waterfall to take a shower, then continue up the mountain to where the spring flows (literally the river flows) out of the...
Lance MergensJan 12, 20202 minOur clouds have a silver lining We made it to the emergency room and got him the stitches he needed. The Dominicans and the Haitians don’t really like each other all...
Lance MergensJan 12, 20202 minUnofficial EMTWe went to check on the guy that was in the clinic that had gotten hit in the head with a rock and had gotten stabbed in the leg. The...