Mission Journal

Squinting a little, to blur the focus and see the big picture is often a good idea. Here in Haiti, it helps me to enjoy the beautiful natural scenery and to ignore the less savory parts of the landscape.  It's a strategy that I need to remember to use every day.Here's...

  For those of you who don't know Jakmel, also spelled Jacmel, it's a formerly lovely town on the south coast of Haiti.  It's basic "fabric" is spectacular, reminding US visitors of New Orleans, but it's suffered terribly over the years, economically and from the...

We've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It's cloud illusions we recall with apologies to Joni Mitchell

    What would make Sister Simone (left above) of Fondwa smile this broadly?   Those of you who know her know that she's quite stoic.  But we saw more smiles today than any of us can remember.   Because - the new Fondwa school is open, almost...

Servicing the generator Known in Kreyol as the "dèlko" regardless of the brand Some things DO eventually happen - Valerio Canez came at last to service the generator.  It's supposed to be serviced every 300 hours.  Jeff has been calling them and emailing them almost...

  We are getting to the point that our Kreyol is good enough that we are communicating pretty well with the staff here at the guesthouse.  This means we can begin to tell some of their stories, too. One of the treasures here Leogane is Yvette Joassaint, our cook. She...

Starting today, we're in the home stretch for our volunteer experience in Haiti.  Here's what we've done recently: Framed one of the paintings that Bob and Claudia Lempp bought for us in Jakmel.  We're waiting for Michael Anello to return to Haiti to frame the other...

When you hang out with Building Goodness Foundation staff as we have done, you hear a lot about "Delaney Bay."  We thought you'd be interested in one of the very cool things that is going on there. Michael's ti kay Last week, Michael Anello, BGF's Haiti Field Manager,...