Lots of people have asked me what my house is like. So, here it is!!! This and the following pictures will give you an idea of my living conditions. The house is built of plastered soft limestone and has a galvanized metal roof painted white. The hybiscus hedge in front and the bougainvilla on the front porch attract humming birds and honey creepers. The 2 ornamental almond trees in the front yard make lots of nice shade.
Below the photos of my house is a photo of students in the school yard. Then there is a photo of the school yard and an article about HAFF. Then there is an introduction to this web log. So keep scrolling down and see what all is there. And keep checking the site -- I'll add more photos about HAFF's ministries and more articles about HAFF's history, my history with HAFF and my role here.
God bless you all and thanks for visiting!!! 
My cat, is more frequently called just Morgan. He is 2 years old now and has been with me since February last year. He has proven to be a loyal and loving companion. He is a good hunter and he LOVES laps!
Just inside the frint door to the left is my guest room. The living room is to the right. The door just to the right by the back door is my bedroom and the kitchen is to the left beyond the dining room table. The closest table on the left is my work table -- in its usual state of many partially done projects! These photos were taken at Christmas time with all my Haitian decorations in place!!!
This is part of the HAFF school campus with the new
gazebo that was built in the spring. HAFF is the Haitian American Friendship Foundation. For detailed information about HAFF and all its ministries, click on the HAFF website link to the right. But, in short, HAFF is a Christian Educational Foundation committed to bringing Glory to God on the Central Plateau of Haiti through all the many aspects of Education. HAFF does whatever it can under the umbrella of Education limited only to the time and resourses available in and through the Haitian and American staff.
HAFF's ministries include Formal Education, Non-Formal Education, Mercy Ministries and an Agricultural program in colaboration with ECHO, Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization. For more about ECHO, click on the ECHO website link at the right.
HAFF's Formal Education is the secondary school Bohoc Training Institute, BTI. Part of the BTI campus is pictured above. The school teaches students in the 7th through 12 grades. The students are in their late teens and early twenties and have already had 8 to 9 years of schooling before they come to BTI. This year we have close to 250 students.
HAFF's Non-Formal Education takes place in several programs both at the BTI campus and off campus in communities around Bohoc. Project Healthy Family works in many communities training Haitians to teach those in their home areas about health, nutrition and sanitation. There is also training for literacy teachers and training in Community Health Evangelism. Primary School Teacher Training also works with some of the poorer schools in a number of communities. These schools might have a few to several hundred students. Many of them are in churches. The teachers and school directors are taught how to make the best use of the Haitian National Curriculum and how to incorporate some creative teaching techniques into that curriculum. Agricultural Extention work is accomplished in the surrounding communities. Farmer groups are taught soil and water conservation techniques and introduced to other new techniques and to new plants. The Godly Woman class is based on Proverbs 31 and is open to women from all over the area. The women are taught sewing, baking, cooking, embroidery and other arts and crafts as well as given ideas how they can work to create a godly home. The Young Leaders for God class was just started a year ago. This class teaches BTI students Biblical principles of leadership including servant leadership and how to actually do service projects. Pastor and Church Leader Training happens any time there is a pastor or church leader willing and qualified to teach. Sometimes as many as 125 leaders from over 40 churches come to be taught from the Word of God.
HAFF's Mercy Ministries include a Medical Clinic to meet the needs of BTI students and people in the community. The clinic is staffed by 2 Haitian auxiliary nurses and is open 3 days a week with a 4th morning being devoted to pregnant mom check-ups. HAFF's trucks are also used for hospital runs taking sick and injured people and laboring mothers to the hospital in the town of Pignon, about 6 miles north of Bohoc.
I will try to post photos illustrating as many of the above mentioned ministries as I can. I think I have to post them one at a time. I couldn't figure out how to put more than one photo into this post!!!
Keep checking!!!
This is my first post to my very own personal "blog" or web log. I will try to post articles from time to time as I get a chance.It is hard to believe that it has almost been 20 years since I first came to Haiti and to HAFF. It is hard to believe that I have lived in the same house here for 18 1/2 years. I think the first thing I will do on this blog, is to kind of give a run down on the history of HAFF and of me with HAFF as well as an overview of what I do with HAFF now. I'll also try to include some photos -- if I can figure out how!
Lots of people have asked me what my house is like. So, here it is!!! This and the following pictures will give you an idea of my living conditions. The house is built of plastered soft limestone and has a galvanized metal roof painted white. The hybiscus hedge in front and the bougainvilla on the front porch attract humming birds and honey creepers. The 2 ornamental almond trees in the front yard make lots of nice shade.
