Sunday, March 6, 2005

Almost immediately upon my arrival, the kids began showing up at Lakay Fondasyon (photo), hoping for food, mattresses and clothes ...

Sunday, March 13, 2005

I'm still cooking for 8-10 children each day. We've had rice and beans, soup, and one of the NGOs gave ...

Sunday, March 20, 2005

There are still problems with the satellite downlink in the internet cafes, so I am using the owner's machine. I ...

Sunday, March 27, 2005

Happy Easter, everyone! Schools were closed for Holy Week, so the principal came from St. Raphael to bring me the ...

Saturday, April 2, 2005

Had a productive week here (relatively speaking). I found a cybercafe at our corner and it actually works well -- ...

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Good news -- Soeur Ginette (the nurse who has been running a clinic here for 30 + years) has agreed ...

Monday, April 18, 2005

Mud, mud and more mud -- it's been raining since Friday. Laundry that was done then is still not dry, ...

Sunday, April 24, 2005

Hello! This is the first internet service in about two weeks, and yesterday was the first day in two weeks ...

Thursday, July 7, 2005

I arrived in Cap-Haitien on July 1, and I am busy getting the house organized for visitors in early August, ...

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Hello everyone, Today is the first working internet service since I arrived. There's still no phone or hydro. Gas costs ...

Friday, July 22, 2005

There's still no hydro, no phone, though we had hydro for about 2 hours on Monday night, but only 2 ...

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Hello! The students and Pat [Materiuk] have come, and gone -- they should all be home in Ontario today. We've ...

Monday, September 12, 2005

Hello everyone, The hydro and phone service continue to be sporadic and virtually non-existant, so it is hard to keep ...

Friday, December 16, 2005

Hello allI arrived on Saturday, December 3, and began to clean, as the house has been vacant for several months ...

Friday, December 23, 2005

Hello Everyone,When I left the internet cafe last week, I turned the corner on 12th Street and nearly walked into ...