Over the last twenty years, a major ministry of Mercy International has been to travel to the mountains north of Les Cayes, Haiti and set...

It looks like John, Kenny and I will return to Haiti in April to build our final eight homes in the village. We have received donations...

We arrived January 16, ready to lay out where our next eight houses would go. Armed with my trusty 300′ tape measure, two rolls of yellow...

I wrote the following blog to help raise funds for two wells in Haiti, one near the orphanage and one in the village. Because of God’s...

His name is Jean Louis Chery; he is the village stone carver and a fascinating man. I watch him and his family work all day carving,...

We are often thanked for the homes as we give them out to families in need. We attempt to always remind the families to give the glory...

On this particular trip to Haiti I have seen a number of biological families of children who have been adopted and are now in the comfort...

Now that I am back from four weeks in Haiti, I’ve been asked by family and friends to talk about my trip. So I will attempt to give you...

Yesterday was a good day. A very good day. The work was hard like always. Finishing final touches on the homes, building fences around...

Chickens…they are ubiquitous in Haiti. There are countless good reasons for the chicken to cross the road in Haiti. I’ve seen them cross...

I have to start this story back in San Antonio, before this trip, when I got a phone call from someone who heard that I was working in...

We were told that one of our best workers was living in a tent, so Cliff and I went to check it out. It wasn’t really a tent but a few...

Her name is Belandina. She looks to be eight or nine years old. She is one of four small children Kenny Kennedy brought from a desert...

The new eight homes should be finished in the next few days. Cliff Hawley and Kenny Kennedy continue to push the project forward,...

One of the first things we put in the village was a well. We placed it at the highest point on the property as we use gravity to send the...

Markendy is the little five year old boy who came to our clinic very malnourished. His mom had died and his aunt rescued him from an...

Today I was in my worst car accident in my decades of driving in Haiti. Fortunately it wasn’t that bad. I’ve been blessed by not have had...

One of the inevitable occurrences when working in Haiti is the disappearance of anything left unattended. I didn’t expect that to include...

His name is Markendy. His aunt doesn’t know how old he is. She never knew his dad and his mom died last year. He went to live with an...

As we are now “experts” in village building in Haiti, another organization is seeking out advice for the village they intend to build....