Country Haiti

Last week I tagged along on a trip up the mountain to Vielo where a parent meeting was scheduled before school starts the first week of September. The visit served several purposes for me, one being to talk to an…

        “Bonjou!” Good morning! “Bonjou!” Good morning! “Koman ou ye?” How are you? “M’ byen! N’ap monte!” I’m well! We’re climging! “Wi! N’ap mounte!” Yes! We’re climbing! One thing I’ve learned in my time abroad is that…

This past weekend while roaming around Port au Price running errands, we (Bill- founder and President of Disciples’ Village, Jennifer- his sweet wife, and myself) got a little turned around when trying to get back to the main road from…

Bonswa tout moun! Good afternoon everyone! What an exciting past 10 days in the beautiful country of Haiti it has been! My first successful bartering experience in Creole went down, in which I acquired four avocados and four limes for…

In roughly 24 hours my plane will be landing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. What?! It feels like just a few weeks ago I joyfully (and slightly naively) agreed to oversee the development and implementation of Disciples’ Village’s microfinance initiative in August/September…there…

In August of 2013 I was fresh of the plane from a short term trip to Haiti and ready to conquer the world, knowing of my desire to work internationally but clueless to what that would look like. In fact, I…