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Continue reading →: Diri ak Pwa (Red Beans & Rice)
In response to yesterday’s post (“This Is the Way We Do It“), I received a request from one of our supporting pastors for two recipes. One was for our traditional rice and beans (diri ak pwa). The other was for Chicken with Creole Sauce. Today, I’m posting the recette (recipe)…
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Continue reading →: This Is the Way We Do It
After thirty years in Haiti, we have grown accustomed to the differences between the American and the Haitian culture. We thought you might be interested in, and perhaps amused as well, to learn some of the idiosyncrasies we find here in Haiti. These idiosyncrasies have often evoked the response, “This…
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Continue reading →: “Do You Know Where We Put The…?”
After weeks of asking each other, “Do you know where we put the …..?”, our house is slowly taking shape. Actually, we are still asking each other that question, but some things are a little easier to find. Thought you might enjoy watching the progress of turning our new little…
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Continue reading →: Assist: Montreal
The school children of our third school plant want to say a big ”thank you” for all the soccer balls and basketballs that came from our friends in Montreal, Quebec. We had enough to share with the children of all three schools as well as some extras to give away…
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Continue reading →: A Good Problem
I counted close to twenty people in our new little old house today. Three men were laying tile in our two guest bedrooms. Two electricians were working to put another line in the house. Three men were out in the yard doing woodwork. Two musicians came to listen to two…
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Continue reading →: This New, Old House
Since we have returned from the States from Christmas vacation, Prit and I have expended a lot of energy trying to get our new, little, old house in shape, both for us and for forthcoming visitors. Now that we have left our house of 16 1/2 years behind, we are…
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Continue reading →: $5,000 Gift!
A very generous couple who prefer to remain anonymous have donated a $5,000 gift to Rehoboth Ministries. They specified that the money be used towards our feeding program. We wish to sincerely thank this couple for remembering the needs of our students here in Haiti. It takes $4,000 a month…
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Continue reading →: Happy Anniversary, Rehoboth Ministries!
Thirty years ago today we left Tarboro, N.C., to move to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.The sum total our possessions consisted of two suitcases, two footlockers, and a classical guitar. We sold our trailer and Prit’s pickup. My Maverick had already “kicked the bucket” and we left the United States having no idea…
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Continue reading →: Visitors from MFI (Ministers’ Fellowship International)
Prit and I returned to Haiti last Wednesday. Two days later, two pastors from MFI joined us for the weekend. We held a two-day conference for our leaders and past Bible school graduates. Pastor Bob MacGregor from Vancouver, WA, and Pastor Phil Jaquith who is a missionary to Mexico left…
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Continue reading →: Trinity Kids
Trinity Church is at it again! This time it’s the Trinity Kids that are involved. We have received a check for $164.73 from the kids’ group for our feeding program. Kids feeding kids — what a beautiful Christmas gift! Would you like to help us by starting off the New…
