Monthly Archives - September 2010

Creation Creativity

Your creativity to help orphaned and abandoned children often amazes us. Moise and I spent some time this morning with the McElyeas. Kevin and Janet McElyea have seven children and run an engineering business, but in their […]

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BIG Gratitude

700 people from 12 states descended upon the Uptown Theater Saturday night. The energy, anticipation, and expectation leading up to The BIG Event was almost palpable.
Two days later, we are grateful. Grateful for the work of 90 […]

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What poor people want

In the book Mountains Beyond Mountains, Dr. Paul Farmer says that poor people don’t want someone to come visit them, put on peasants’ clothing, and sit in their poverty. They’d rather someone put on a suit, […]

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More than meets the eye

Tate Williams, our Director of Operations in Haiti, recently wrote a report about construction materials. He evaluated a number of options across various factors like earthquake resistance, availability, and install-ability. His final recommendation: we […]

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Not a starfish

Many know the story: a boy walks a beach littered with starfish stranded by low tide. A man at a distance watches the boy throw one starfish after another back into the water and sneers, “Boy, what does […]

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The Inaugural Tour d'Haiti

Every now and then Mike Fox comes up with a good idea. This January’s Tour d Haiti is another example: 1-year after the earthquake over 5 days, 25 riders will cover 200-miles and give away 200 bicycles while […]

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"God gives, but He doesn't share." — Haitian proverb

Paul Farmer shared this Haitian proverb in the book Mountains Beyond Mountains, a fascinating read on life in Haiti. The point is not to paint God as a miser. God has provided more resources than we need as […]

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Taking the Lead

For many years, the Third World model of ministry has been Americans must lead. Over time, that approach fostered feelings of frustration for many Americans (Not getting any help here) and a sense of entitlement for many locals […]

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Stunned by Grace

Recently Joe Knittig and I had an important meeting with a valued partner. Our project with them experienced difficulties at the field level. Taking responsibility and trusting God to move, Joe explained that despite the challenges, we […]

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