by John Engle Several months ago someone broke into the church near where I live when I’m in Haiti and stole the sound system—a speaker and a microphone. Of course, my immediate reaction was [...]
by Kent Annan They brought children to Jesus hoping he might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus was irate and let them know it: “Don’t push these children away. Don’t ever get [...]
By Shelly Satran Sunday worship at our local church is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m., yet we never know when the service will actually begin. Sometimes my husband and I show up on time…and [...]
By Kent Annan Ten young men and women, all in their twenties and thirties, arrive on foot or by bike and sit in a circle of chairs arranged on the dirt floor of a pink elementary school building [...]
By Shelly Satran As political tensions here rise, I have been asked a few times whether I live in a compound in Haiti. It isn’t a bad question; many government and nonprofit organizations here [...]
by Kent Annan The recent scene started harmlessly enough. A woman visiting Haiti from North America brought a small bag of inexpensive gifts (candy, key chains, etc.) to hand out to those she [...]
by Kent Annan Kent Annan and Berlin August, one of the children of his host family, share the work of washing clothes together. Giving in Haiti is complicated. As one small example, on birthdays [...]
by Shelly Satran Several Beyond Borders and Limye Lavi staff and board members meet around the round table at the Limye Lavi office in Haiti. In our office here in Haiti, there is a large table [...]
by John Engle Joy springs up in unexpected places. One Sunday morning several weeks ago about seventy people were gathered in a large circle at the end of a three-day leadership retreat that I [...]