Author Archives: Leslie

It feels good to have the keys of my keyboard under my fingers. I feel like we’ve been separated for too long and we needed some quality time. It’s been a crazy, hectic week, but a good one. Just over an hour ago the kids and I stood in the driveway and waved at the [...]

I had all these great plans about blogging post trip, but alas it has not come to pass. While I was away Chris was sick and he thought it was just bowel issues so handled it accordingly, but all his energy was sapped right out of him. Then his symptoms started to come back. After [...]

Elsie and I had a great time of seeing what we wanted to see at a pace that wasn’t too fast, or too slow. I know there are going to be questions from Haiti people and non-Haiti people alike about the trip, so consider this my version of how to do it. Getting There: From [...]

Oh, the blog has been a quiet, quiet place in the last couple weeks. There will, however, be no apologies. The week before last we had a Vision Tripper here, and I probably would have written while she was here, but the day after she arrived a friend who was over visiting asked if I [...]

It’s spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Haiti is just on the border of that, so spring here isn’t as noticeable as in some places. I keep thinking that in Canada the snow is melting, the grass is peeking out, and new flowers will soon be making their appearance. I always looked forward to spring when [...]

I was thinking about the organizing blogs I read, and all the homemaker chat that goes on. There’s a lot of it out there. I think as wives and mothers in today’s world, there’s a lot more to balance. And, in some cases, I think our days are busier. I would be classified as a [...]

WordPress has re-vamped their stats we can actually see where people are reading from and how often. Would you believe that in the last month we’ve had readers from 67 different countries. Now, granted, I know some of those are trolling but, still! So, whoever you are and wherever you’re from, welcome to our little [...]

I feel like I just gave birth. Not experiencing any physical pain, but I am sort of feeling empty. I’ve been working, literally for months, on revamping all of the mission’s promo materials. I’ve been excited about it for a while as ideas have formulated and I’ve learned a new program to make those ideas become [...]

I was thinking about some things that bug me the other day, and then how those things came to bug me and put a couple of things together in my brain. Frequently we talk amongst ourselves, and with other friends about how opinionated outsiders (def: those who do not live here full time) seem to [...]