From May 30, 2022 This was the largest fish I’ve ever seen that was caught on the Jetty. It was caught on Friday evening. It was very windy and the water was choppy.

From May 29, 2022 On early Friday afternoon, around 2:00pm, Steph called me via WhatsApp video. She breathlessly told me that they were in the cyclone. She was on the upstairs back porch; she pointed the camera phone toward the yard. I could she it was windy and raining very hard. But a cyclone? She wasn’t sure. I wasn’t worried.

From May 28, 2022 After seven years of my giving out cookies at 5:00pm every day, “Mr. Cookie” resigned from his position. Bency Clare Straub was named the new Executive in Charge of Cookie Distribution, and assumed the title of Miss Cookie. Her first day of her new job was on Wednesday.

From May 27, 2022 Fr. Tom and I exchanged emails just before left Haiti. It was hard to read that one of his driver’s that I knew was killed, shot to death. He occasionally drove Fr. Tom to the MC sisters for early morning Mass. Fr. Tom said at least five students from his schools in Cité Soleil were killed…

From May 26, 2022 Finding signs of resurrection among the miracles of the natural world are easy to spot if our eyes are truly opened and our minds are present and not distracted. There is solace to be found in the inexhaustible world of nature.

From May 25, 2022 I mentioned at the end of yesterday’s Journal. that Michel was sick as a result of eating some bad street food. While it was obvious he was pretty sick, the consensus was it would pass in due course. He spent most of the day in the clinic, resting on an exam table. By late afternoon, the…

From May 24, 2022 Thanks to a generous donation from husband and wife journal readers, payday on June 1st will be a happy day for 36 members of the staff. Each received a raise in the range of $20 to $30 per month. A few of our staff are only paid $130 a month. With the dramatic increase in the…

From May 23, 2022 Yesterday morning I pulled a small, thin book from my bookshelf. Inside the cover, I had signed my name, under which I wrote: 14 Dec 99, Roma, Italy. I recalled buying it at bookstore near the Vatican. I opened it randomly and read…

From May 22, 2022 Woke up this morning at 4:10am. Did not want to get up. But the bedroom was so hot, I draggedmyself out of bed. The first this I do every day is to send the Journal. As I entered the bathroomin my office, I realized that I never wrote a Journal for today. This has never happened…

From May 21, 2022 The Caribbean Island of Hispaniola is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Haiti was controlledby the French, while the Dominican Republic was controlled by the Spanish. Both the French and theSpanish used extreme violence to control the natives living on the island when they seized and occupiedthe land. Both nations inflicted harsh injuries on the…