From January 24, 2022 The Notre Dame Magazine asked Joe Heil to get a group photo of the kids at Santa Chiara to accompany his article which will be published in the Spring edition of the magazine. I sent Joe four photos from the kids performing at the Christmas Party. He nixed them all. He said the photo had to…
From January 23, 2022 I hesitated for days to share something that dominated this past week and made me extremely angry to the point of negatively impacting my health. I was concerned that some readers might be shocked by the frankness of what you are about to read. In the end, I felt it was better that this was out…
From January 22, 2022 Yesterday, Dr. Stephanie prepared a special meal for five of the older girls. She loves to cook. I was busy and not up to eating a spicy Haitian meal. Teenage girls can be difficult. But the love Steph and these special lunches are important.
From January 21, 2022 The roots of the tree in on of the kid’s bathroom have been removed. Now the guys are creating a new bathroom. The homemade “tub” is used to bath the little kids.
From January 20, 2022 Before Steph, I had two desks in my office. The main desk is metal and has seven drawers that can be locked. I use it for Santa Chiara business, especially the daily Journal. My older computer is hooked up to the internet cable box on the desk. I had a simple wooden desk with no drawers…
From January 19, 2022 Gabens and the lawyer showed up for the hearing about the claim raised by the disgruntled former employee. There was some kind of chaos going on and they were told to wait. After waiting for over an hour they were told that the employees were on strike and all arbitration cases were canceled. They must return…
From January 18, 2022 Yesterday, Dr. Stéphanie and I finally had the meeting with the immigration lawyer. The office is near downtown and the drive should take 30 minutes. The meeting was scheduled for 10:00am. We left at 9:00am…because you never know what kind of trouble or traffic you will encounter. We were six or seven minutes into the drive…
From January 17, 2022 Life here in our neighborhood in Delmas had been fairly calm and stable. Gas is available. No major interruptions in daily life. Yet, we still feel like prisoners, unable travel outside of Port-au-Prince for a day the countryside or the beach. The roads outside the city are controlled by the gangs and are too dangerous.
From January 16, 2022 We live in a world that is filled with pain. The planet is covered with people who are overwhelmed by suffering. Wars, monstrous acts of terrorism, famines, economic injustice, chronic poverty, drug addiction, diseases, and natural disasters are killing people every day. We are impotent when it comes to making the pain go away. Life is…
From January 15, 2022 In the spiritual life we struggle to learn how to hear the deeper sounds beneath the ordinary noise of the day, how to see the interconnectedness of life in the chaos of the day. How is God speaking to us in the ordinary events of our own unique life? So many speak of knowing or doing…