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Seven Reasons to Run

Everyone who joins us for the Run d’Haiti (January 9-13) will have their own reasons for going. Yours might be to say you’ve run a 10K in Haiti. Or it might be to go on your first vision trip […]

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The Far Side of the Desert

There are only two dirt roads that will lead you to the northwest tip of Haiti. The first road takes you west along the northern coast, over a couple of river crossings and through a near lunar landscape. The […]

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The GO Mosaic Project: Shaping Broken Pieces

Before beginning her graduate studies at Yale University this fall, artist Megan Mitchell led a team of eight women to Haiti earlier this month to create a beautiful, wall-sized tile mosaic for a children’s community in Croix des […]

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Notes from Kabale, Uganda: The Eyes of Jesus

Our scouting team for the 2014 Tour d’Uganda has spent the past two days in the area around the beautiful mountain town of Kabale, just a few kilometers north of the border of Rwanda. We are staying at a […]

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Peaks and Valleys

Early last April, Nate Krumsig, John Maynard and I were scouting a section of road in northwest Haiti between the mountain town of Mare Rouge and Jean Rabel. It was a fast, seven-mile descent down a wide, rock-strewn road, […]

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The Rain on Marozeau

Last Tuesday, ten of us rode donkeys for two and a half hours up a narrow, rocky trail to a network of ten mountain villages called Marozeau (“mah-roh-zoh”). The only way to get there is by either the donkey […]

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Put Love on the List

Last Friday afternoon, my yellow legal pad was a 38-item “to do” list with a 5 pm deadline. Items ranged from finalizing GO Adventures clothing orders to designing Run d’Haiti medals for our events next month. The list went […]

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Tour d'Haiti North Scouting Retreat: Mole St. Nicolas

Scouting retreats are bite-sized portions of a GO Adventure experience. By assessing the terrain, the food, the weather and our on-the-ground partners, they are necessary “tests” that help us understand the realities and challenges of any location where we […]

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Caving in to God: Reflections on the Men's Retreat

When I was a kid, maybe 12-years-old, my best friend and I looked for places to push the limits. We would find storm drains to crawl through, trees to climb and new trails to blaze around our lake. When […]

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Scouting Notes from Haiti: The Road to Marmelade

Gonaives to Marmelade—In parts of Haiti, distance is measured in time, not kilometers. An easy drive of 45 kilometers may consume hours. Roads erode and form into wash boards that will shake out your teeth. Pot holes run deep […]

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