Category: Haiti Relief 2010

I wrote this for a new magazine starting up on the West Coast called Loaf. The title was borrowed from Rollins and his post about his new tour coming up. Haiti. Two months ago I…

Before I jump into Rachel’s post, here is a good story about the pastor that Chris sent me. Pastor and I went to the bank today and we bypassed the lineup outside and went straight…

The last two days we have pulled ourselves out of bed at 3am to continue the journey to Haiti. No delays with flights and we arrived in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic around 3:30 Monday afternoon….

I will keep this collection of photos updated constantly here. A nurse here was telling a story of when she went grocery shopping with pastor, and how she was going from aisle to aisle picking…

nurse: we have a conference call with an organization tonight, is that ok for you to talk to them tonight? pastor: i still have my mouth, so i will talk to them. aid worker: what…

us: we have to be to the airport for 10pm (it is currently 9:30 and takes 30 minutes to get there) pastor: (he calls over a third party) Bob, did we get these guys to…

us: so pastor, what is the plan for tomorrow pastor: tomorrow? it’s today now. tomorrow will take care of itself. it’s in the bible, i’m not going to add to that. us: so should we…

Humanitarian aid is something that has been going on for a long time.  Everyone seems to be involved with it for some reason or another.  Many people are involved in it for selfish reasons, and…

Chris is blogging occasionally here if you want to read some from his perspective, he’s much more eloquent than I. Nurse: “How is Johnny.” Pastor #1: “Johnny is dead.” Pastor #2: “God is good.”  I…

I’m fascinated with their optimism, as you might be able to tell by the titles of my last few posts.  I just can’t even fathom it.  I consider myself to be mostly optimistic, but this…

“God saved those two houses over there” says Pastor Martinez has he points to what looks like every other heap of ruble through Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti, as we drive through its…

An opportunity has presented itself to go to Haiti for a few weeks to work with Emmanuel International.  I am going alongside of my friend Chris Lewis who has been working closely with them over…