Forging friendships across cultures

By Trip Manager Stephanie Mutert
One of my favorite things to do in Haiti is travel with an American church that has chosen to partner with a local Haitian church. When each church is willing to pray for, support, and […]

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Ohio Churches Collaborate to Meet Need

Fairfield County, Ohio – A need was posted to CarePortal on February 24, with a requisite response date of February 29 in order to allow the family to stay together. By February 26, two churches had responded: Pickerington Church […]

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Lap space

By Trip Manager Stephanie Mutert
Many times, it is common to wish you had more lap space when hanging out with the Pastor’s kids. The giggles and young energy that manifests in wiggles are abundant when visitors are hanging out.
This […]

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Community based on trust and acceptance

By Trip Manager Stephanie Mutert
It’s always fun when paper and pens come out and the kids get to use their imaginations. One never knows what will manifest on that piece of paper, or what it might turn into. During […]

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A beautiful smile

By Trip Manager Stephanie Mutert
Who isn’t a sucker for a beautiful smile? These two kept playing hide and seek behind a wall with those who were walking around the village to see the agriculture in the back part of […]

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A valued and trusted friendship

By Trip Manager Stephanie Mutert
There are many cultural intricacies of Haiti that we are constantly learning as we gain deeper relationships with the local church partners. One of the things a Haitian might do when they are talking to […]

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Waiting for Mondays

By Trip Manager Stephanie Mutert
One of the things I love seeing at the villages during the school day are the younger kids who have so much excitement to be in school. They wait through the entire weekend for school […]

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Education and Reunification

By Trip Manager Stephanie Mutert
I met this young fellow in March of 2014 on my very first weekend after moving to Haiti. It was one of those unexplainable, supernatural connections in the first moments of stepping off of the […]

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Local Texas church shares about Hope disguised as Furniture

Pastor Tommy Estes from Williamson County, Texas, recently shared his church’s story about meeting the needs of two CarePortal requests.  As part of meeting these needs, Pastor Tommy assisted in the delivery of the items.  His story – along […]

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Simply talking

By Trip Manager Stephanie Mutert
There are lots of ideas about what to do with the time once you are hanging out with the kids in the pastor’s care at the villages. Soccer is always popular and jump ropes will […]

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