July 3, 2011 Comments Off
Poverty: (n) – deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities. Scantiness; insufficiency. Amy Todd, the 410 Bridge staff member that has traveled with us and served alongside of us here in Haiti, made an great observation last night as we shared our stories with one another about the day. I’ve asked her if I can [...]
July 1, 2011 Comments Off
Today’s return ride up the mountain seemed much smoother than yesterday’s. Perhaps it was just one degree more familiar. Perhaps it was the eagerness to get back to those we had left 18 hours before, and pick up where we had left off. Regardless, this time, as we came around the last few bends, many [...]
July 1, 2011 Comments Off
How can a little bean change the course of a generation? That is the question whose answer became very real in a tremendously visual way today. As our drivers stopped on the dirt road about 30 minutes out of Saint Marc and shifted our 4 wheel drive vehicles into low, we knew we were about [...]
June 30, 2011 Comments Off
This blog post was intended to be posted yesterday, Wednesday, but due to internet connections, could not be posted until now. Sorry, but here is part one! One of the specific challenges we have charged each member of our team with on this trip is to look for a specific story within each day that [...]
June 27, 2011 Comments Off
It’s 11:30 at night on Monday June 27th. In about 4 hours, Amy and I will be headed with a team of 10 of our friends from Shannon Oaks Church in Sulphur Springs, TX and a staff member from the 410 Bridge into “unknown territory”. We will be only the third or fourth team to [...]