Holding On To Hope 3-22-24

For now, everything has been rescheduled. Again for the 4th time! Now set for the trip Saturday (March 30th) to travel to Cap Haitien up north, then a flight on Easter Sunday south to Port-au-Prince, with an American Airlines flight to Miami set for April 3rd, though we are not...

Left Behind 3-26-24

Milhoury, the 18 year old sister, does not have her travel papers as of today. Though she attempts to be brave, the anguish spills out as we text (thank the Lord for Google Translate!). It doesn't make sense to her why everyone else received papers, and I cannot explain it...

A Little Humor 3-27-24

Despite the weight and seriousness of all of this, there are also many funny and some sweet times along the way. Thought I would share a text I received this morning. Milhoury had asked what I would do today, and after reporting I would visit my sisters and mom as well...

Bandits in Mirebalais 3-30-2024

Our flights have again been cancelled. Today, I received a text from Milhoury that I translate & quote here: It is worse in Mirebalais. Yesterday people from Mirebalais caught a car with bandits who were going to buy guns and bullets and the people took money from the bandits and...

One More Attempt 4-9-24

On Friday gangs hijacked a ship headed to the northern port of Cap Haitian, kidnapped everyone aboard and stole 10,000 sacks of rice out of the 60,000 it was carrying. Police also confiscated a "significant" number of weapons & ammunition in Cap-Haitien en route from Miami. Though it has been...

Hurry Up & Wait - AMERICA! 4-10-24

They spent the night last night in Cap Haitien and headed to the airport by 9 am for the 2:30 pm flight. (I have attached a bad video, but it will give you an idea of what the "international" airport is like in a major city in Haiti.) The first...