Thursday, March 06, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 2

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"Goodness always tends to spread."           Pope Francis, Joy of the Gospel
Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Haitian Lenten Series: Joy of the Gospel 1

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When I was in Haiti in December, I read Pope Francis's Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium--Joy of the Gospel--which was releas...
Sunday, February 09, 2014

Most Valuable Haitian Dads

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Caleb with his father. Katina with her father. Against great--and impossible to decipher--odds, the fathers of two of o...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Historic Haiti: The Citadelle-Part II

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King Henri Christophe was quite the ruler. He accomplished great things, but like most kings was despotic, or as our guide Eddie put it, ...
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Monday, January 06, 2014

Historic Haiti: The Citadelle

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We began our journey into Haitian history in the town of Milot, where we bought tickets to see the Citadelle and Sans Souci. The Citadel...
Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Happy Birthday, Haiti.

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John is a fan of Khan Academy, the online teaching tool, for supplementing our son Luke's math education. The Academy has more than ...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception in Haiti

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Notre Dame de Lamerci has a large main church, which seats about 300. But today, for this special feast day, Mass would be celebrated ...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Hello Robillard!

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John and I just returned from a one-week trip to the north of Haiti. As we didn't have good internet access while we were there, I...
Sunday, September 29, 2013

With The Right Help, Some Problems Can Be Solved Quickly

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We heard about Oniste from another Haitian Hearts patient. As you can see from the picture above, she had an unbelievably huge tumor on...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Marie's Miracles

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Marie had surgery at Edward Heart surgery less than a week after arriving in the United States. And big surgery it was--she had two heart...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

The wild blue yonder

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So many miracles have already occured to get Marie to the point of being able to travel to the United States--John finding out about her ...
Monday, July 01, 2013

The pain of dealing with US embassies

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One of the most painful parts of bringing Haitians to the United States for medical care is dealing with the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prin...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

We need a host family on the double

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So thanks to Dr. Bryan Foy and Edward Heart Hospital in Naperville, Illinois, we have a surgeon and a medical center for patient Marie, wh...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

We take a brief break from the miracle of Marie. . .

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. . . to bring you the picture above which was taken in the last 24 hours in Cite Soleil, a large slum in Haiti's capital city, Port-...
Monday, May 20, 2013

Easter Sunday Miracle

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So John made the long trip from Peoria to Port-au-Prince, did what he could medically for Marie's congestive heart failure, and pray...
Monday, May 13, 2013

A Faraway House Call

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"I'm so sick. I can't lie down to sleep. I'm dying." Those were the words Marie Claude Toussaint spoke to John from...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Everyday Life

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We are all of us, me included, caught up in our own lives. Most days are filled to the brim with jobs, chores, meetings, errands, chaffeur...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Haitians and Irish

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A couple of weeks ago, my mom, cousins, son, and I went to an exhibit, the Greening of the Prairie: Irish Immigration  and Settlement in ...
Friday, March 08, 2013

Can You Imagine?

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Can you imagine what it would be like to have a hole in the side of your face? To have this painful disfigurement on the part of the bod...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Missing Elie

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John has written another moving post , this time about the life of a poor Haitian family who were trying to keep alive their two-year-old...
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