When we first started working with the Institution Mixte Scolair de Lafferonnay, we sat down with the Director and had a conversation about the greatest needs and the dreams for the school. A couple days later we ended up with an information packet in both English and French explaining who they are, what they do, and a list (which has become more like a check list for us) of their needs. Between three teams that have come earlier this year, they were able to build 20 of the 8

Simone. If you've been following our work, you've seen her name. You've seen her face. You've read about how much we absolutely adore this woman. But other than that, you probably don't know much else about her. Allow us a moment to introduce you to her and her situation. Rachael first met Simone after Hurricane Matthew passed through Haiti this past October when she was out checking on her neighbors. From that first meeting, Rachael and Simone became friends, visited often a

MEET MICHEL. If you've been following our work for some time, you've heard us mention and post about the spiritual giant we adore named Simone. But let us introduce you to her friend and neighbor, Michel. Michel has always been around and would hang out in the background whenever we visited Simone. He always had a solemn look on his face until a word was spoken to him and then his face would light up and he would draw near to us. His quiet demeanor reflects the quiet life he

We recently shared about Ailine and the opportunity we had to partner with her and help her provide better care for chickens. You can read more about Ailine, her story and why we wanted to partner here. The beginning of March rolled around and we were fortunate to have two carpenters, Curt Oakley and Jim Mathieu join us who wanted to serve and do whatever they could/was needed to be done. With the funds they raised, they were able to help us complete a konbit and get Ailine t

Ailine was born into a chicken raising family and she proudly continues the work of her youth. She doesn't sell your run-of-the-mill chickens that you see freely roaming the streets in Haiti though. She sells high quality, specialty chickens that gross more of an income when sold in the market and require a strict diet as they're being raised. ​ Every week Ailine travels back and forth from Port-au-Prince caring for chickens and toting them in huge crates to be sold in the st

Meet Osner Dieuvil aka Limba Osner is a man we've come to love. That may be in part to the fact that when we first met him he told us he was blind because a coconut fell from a tree and landed on his head and he lost a little toe. As funny as it sounds, there is some truth to it...just not in that order. When he was a kid a coconut fell from a tree and did indeed land on his head but he didn't lose sight then. In 2010, when the massive earthquake struck Haiti, a block fell an