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By Sarah Joy 11/9/18 A later start, but a later finish today. It’s almost 9 p.m. and I’m only now sitting down to write. Typically I’m working on my blog at around 5. It’s been a full and good and productive day! We had our breakfast of bouillon and an egg. And I may have snuck in a little bit of avocado! Then we headed out for a day of meetings. By day of meetings, I mean 2 meetings, but they took the entire day. The Haiti Project has supported one parish for years. One parish = one priest to […]

December 5, 2018 Sarah Joy 11/7/18 I woke up completely rested this morning. I slept about 9.5 hours, which I haven’t done since before I left my ex. Last night I sprayed myself with Off, opened my window and crawled into bed before 9. And I woke this morning to the sounds of a rooster crowing. Crushing that “what if” around not being able to sleep in Haiti! That was a little less than 12 hours ago. And I’m exhausted again! But I’m happy. After a breakfast of bouillon (brothy, salty soup of potatoes and carrots) and a hard boiled

Advent Sales Its that time of year again. The Haiti Project’s annual Advent Sale. When I was in Haiti this fall I restocked with new and original gift items, from $4 and up. Many under $20. This weekend, December 1st and 2nd we will be at St Thomas in Cookeville Tennessee. Next weekend, December 8th and 9th we will be at St Joe in Huntsville Alabama. The following weekend, December 15th and 16th we will return to Tennessee to be at St Andrew in Sparta. If these locations and times are not convenient for you, please contact us. We look

Having time to reflect November 26, 2018 Many of you already know about my bout with cancer this fall that prevented me from going to Haiti as planned in September. I am recovering from having the upper lobe of my right lung removed. I get tired faster than before and can get out of breath but for the most part am recovering very well. Each week I feel stronger. Bob went to Haiti one month after my surgery; I was not strong enough to make the trip. I have not lived alone for three weeks maybe ever. It gave me

Great Haiti Adventure: Day One November 21, 2018 | Sarah Joy For the next few months, I will be sharing the daily posts I wrote while in Haiti. 11 days, 11 posts. 11/5/18 I made it through several of the what ifs today. I didn’t miss my flight. I remembered my passport. My luggage arrived on time. My phone works! My flight was scheduled for around 8 a.m. When I got through security and headed toward my gate, I discovered my flight was delayed due to weather in Atlanta. Uh oh. This could very well mean a missed connection for

These three pictures tell the success story of how when Denise shared the children\’s need for shoes last year, YOU, responded generously! This is just one of the five schools receiving shoes. The school children say “M`eci Anpil”!!!!!.

What Happened to All Those What Ifs? November 16, 2018 | Sarah Joy Now that I’m back from Haiti, I REALLY want to review my list of what ifs. I didn’t look at it again after I posted it, and I’m excited to reread it. I know that some, really most, of my fears were totally BS. I’m excited to find that, once again, my life is unfolding according to a bigger plan. Worrying is just a waste of my heart energy. So, I’m gonna jump right in. One by one, let’s see what really happened…. What if I miss

I did not share a detail from last week Friday, I needed some time to reflect and process the events. Last Friday we organized the different Items sent on the sea container and separated them into two piles: one to go to the parish of Riviere Mancell, and one to the parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This was a big job and we only accomplished it with help from many people, however, I had to initially handle each box so that I could read the label so we could decide where it should go. This was done fairly quickly

I have been back in Haiti for 11 days now for a very short trip; 11 more to go. This trip I am traveling alone because Denise is in recovery from her recent cancer surgery. She went to our family doctor on Friday because she felt a respiratory infection coming on. He diagnosed it as bronchitis and is treating it with anti-biotic. All is well. This is the first time she has seen him since the surgery. He told her he had been constantly updated on her condition and told her that the type of cancer she had was “small

Earthquake report: Sunday afternoon there was an aftershock of 5.2 magnitudes. It did not cause additional loss of life or significant additional damage. It has taken several days for information to come down from the mountains. The good news is that there was no loss of life in the countryside. Most all of the block and mortar buildings have been compromised. We will not know the extent until we can do an on-site evaluation. The photos I have seen show stress cracks as well as some crumbling of stucco. Our apartment is intact, but it has shifted enough that the