Auberge du Quebec Port-au-Prince

Message de Richard:

Pour vous donner un aperçu de la situation en Haïti et du bien-fondé du projet Better Work Haïti voici un petit vidéo tourné lors de 1er forum des acheteurs internationaux et des partenaires haïtiens tenu le 30 sept, 1er et 2 oct dernier organisé par nul autre que moi-m ...

... off those damn flickering lights! What the hell is the matter with her!

But my brain, of course, imagined far worse things, akin to Jack Nicholson in The Shining or the knife scene in Psycho. I’ve not seen either movie in its entirety, but pop culture has filled my brain with enough images of the both of them for it to take the story off into terrifying directions. I eventually gave up and ...

... fier de son métal pesant, blindé et noirci des lettres « UN » sur fond uniforme blanc (pour faire pur???).

La deuxième rencontre se fait sous un gros arbre, à l’entrée d’un village, dans le milieu de champs de canne à sucre. La pauvreté en campagne n’est jamais aussi laide qu’en ville. On y voit des sourires, des rires, des amis complices, des enfants joueurs. Oui, aussi, un bébé malnutri. Mais mon kodak n’arrête pas de prendre des ...

... is off to Colorado on a different flight. Soon we are boarding the plane. Not learning from Tom's experience however, Laurie has left her duty free behind and has to run and retrieve it. Our leaders truly have the patience of saints.

Fantasies of food run rampant especially as we come close to landing in Fort Lauderdale. The dreaded reality, there is only a food court and it is a bad food court at that. We manage to ...

... new hotel up in Petionville. The hotel is nice, but more expensive than the one I had planned on staying in so I need to do something about that eventually. We then headed to a book fair at la Parc National de la Canne a Sucre. (http://www.pbase.com/kesler/parc_histo rique_de_la_canne_a_sucre_habitation_ch ateaublond).

Friday I was picked up by a driver from L'Archives and had my first practice speaking French. By mid-day I was doing much ...

I woke up early this morning to take one last walk on the beach and watch the beautiful blue ocean waves come in. We ate breakfast consisting of eggs and bread toasted on one side???? We never really figured out why they only toasted the bread on one side but never the less it was still good. We packed up the trucks and the guys secured the PVC pipe one final time before we made the long drive back to Port Au Prince. We still had ...

... from donors like the EU may be keeping the country from plummeting into complete anarchy, but those forces also help to maintain the current status quo to some degree. I arrived in Haiti apprehensive because of the well known security concerns, lack of infrastructure or fully functioning government. I have found some of those concerns to be silly but, I also find that many of these concerns are real. I have felt safe at all times, but I am ...

... doctors" throughout the mountain) and have grown infected. Scabs have grown over the gauze in places and the whole mess is a deep yellow color. After receiving shots for pain, the wounds are cleaned and patched up correctly. They decide to keep her overnight so they can rebandage her in the morning. JR leads us down the mountain. Much easier going down although I can feel the sun burning my neck. The boys have ...

... airport in Port au Prince. The airport is now air conditioned. These improvements may not seem like much but they represent a huge leap in the infrastructure. The mountain road has been receiving major work in the last two years and while it would not be an acceptable road here, it is 100 times better than 2 years ago. Thank you Father Don for introducing us to this opportunity. See the pictures in the album.

... you. Though I have a deep love for my people and country, and though I may draw from memories and friends, I have always dreamed of living and working in a different culture - though it is possible to do so within my own country. I have always dreamed of living in a cultural setting other than my own, in learning another language and live Gospel inculturation elsewhere - and, thanks be to God, I am doing that in Haiti. I have always dreamed of living ...