Greetings from the Artibonite Valley again
Rainy season is here. If not raining I start my night in my mosquito tent on the grass. Most nights...
Rainy season is here. If not raining I start my night in my mosquito tent on the grass. Most nights...
Here is some information on Haiti at present. Most of this is from my friend in PAP and the info is...
Too long again between blog postings. I agree. Thank you for contacting me and reminding me you are missing the...
Saturday – An extremely busy day!!!! Thank you, God, it finally happened. The cement roof was poured on the water tower...
I originally wrote this for Epicure’s facebook page where they were asking consultants to write about their Mom’s. The original...
Hot and hotter. Humid and more humid. Yikes. It is 7:00 a.m. and my body is soaked. My hair and...
Another week gone. Is it really a week since I blogged?? Yikes. As the days and weeks pass the...
Weekend is here again. That does not mean much here as one day runs into the next with the same...
Sonia leaves to return to Calgary tomorrow. We leave the compound at 3:30 a.m. to drive her to the airport...
To reach Karen at the HATS-Haiti Mission via e-mail please use the following address: hats.haiti@gmail.com Nothing sent to the Starband...
Some of you have been asking me where is the blog. Sorry. I am too busy during the days and too...
Another ‘Never a dull moment’ day at HATS. It started with an early morning call from the orphanage house mother,...
Hello again from Karen and gang at HATS. I wrote a short blog to go up on Monday but obviously...
Easter Blessings Everyone. How time flies when one is having fun! Or so the expression goes. Time seems to pass...
Thank you to the team from Karen, Luckner and the HATS gang. Bob, Mike, Brian De, Aimee, Rich, Josh – thank...
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We have so enjoyed our time here. The work we have done has been fulfilling, the fellowship has been memorable and our hearts are forever impacted by the sweet, sweet children. A piece of HATS will always stay with each of us and who knows, maybe a few will return!
One thing that has impacted me on this trip is seeing the children and all the dedication in this orphanage. There is so much going on behind the scenes to keep the HATS orphanage and school running.
I’m not sure what we’re doing here, just showing up for a week – it’s not like it’s sustainable. And I don’t want to become depressed by some of the harsh realities that Karen has to deal with every day. You know it’s ONE thing to start an orphanage and school (Yes, Karen has done things that are beeeeyond me), but it’s ANOTHER thing to raise the 20 babies that become YOUR kids!!! Not only are they a big family, but they are a big family containing individual stories that got them all to where they are in the orphanage. I don’t even know how to describe it…I have never seen a woman her age with this much energy…fun loving energy that is. She so inspired me today and really is a wonderful mother to all these children.
They call Karen “the helicopter ” and after spending three days by her side I know why. She propels through life!!! If you want to get on the ride you better start running. It is an amazing work that the Lord is doing here through so many many dedicated workers…literally hundreds of children impacted every day with the love of Christ…but the task to do so is enormous. The dedication of staff is invaluable…they NEED US ALL!!
Culture shock for this Canadian team at first, but a ride through busy, vibrant streets proved terrifically interesting; busy markets, vendors selling exotic fruits, clothing and shoes, used tires and rusty metal… and then the gorgeous countryside: banana plants, mangoes, cows and goats and pigs and dogs, the Golfe de La Gonave by our side. Rice patties indicated we were close to our home for the next week. We were greeted by Magalie, a house mother, with hugs for all and, of course, the children themselves, so gorgeous and endearing. A beautiful meal was followed by a sharing of impressions: there is a lot of poverty but so much potential and hope. We are already in love with Haiti.
I am so thankful to God for allowing me the opportunity to be here and experience his splendor. This day will forever be in my heart and mind. The scripture that resonates with me today is “…whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matt 25:40. I am so happy I decided to come to HATS, this experience will stay with me for my life time.
Thank you Karen for everything you do, all the hard work and dedication that you put into this place, all of the work behind the scenes. Thank you for putting up with all the craziness that we bring when we come to your house for the week, just thank you times a million and one for everything Karen. I can write about my week until I am blue in the face (maybe not write that long but if you know me I can definitely talk for that long), and can sing about kit kat bars until my voice gives out, but I cannot even begin to try and articulate in song, dance, or other random art forms how thankful and blessed I am to have been given this experience not only once but twice! Thank you – thank you – thank you – thank you!!!!!!!
I have learned much about Haiti in my short stay here, much about generational, entrenched poverty, and much about hope. We can only be part of the bringing of hope if we become one small actor on the huge stage that is poverty. Thank you, Lynn Clark, for inviting me to share this life changing experience with you, and thank-you, Karen Huxter, for investing so much of your life in a work designed to bring hope to those who need it more than any Canadian could ever imagine.
It’s my hope that I manage to touch their hearts in some small way, the way that they have touched mine – in a major way.
Such important work done with LOVE and commitment!
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