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We are Family!

By | December 19, 2012

I have heard for a long time that I am a part of the Body of Christ, but it took me going to Haiti to get a glimpse of what it really meant. While I was on a mission trip in Haiti, I met some girls named Sophie, Kristal and Catlin. They spoke Creole and I spoke English, but through our mutual faith, we found a way to connect. The first time I saw them, I showed up with a couple other missionaries to a community prayer service in their neighborhood. I used the few Creole phrases I had memorized

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Purgatory – What?!

By | December 12, 2012

I have always thought of praying for the souls in purgatory as just that random prayer that people sometimes tack onto the end of their meal blessings. I prayed sometimes for the souls in purgatory, more often when I knew someone who had passed away, but not very frequently. On November 2nd, All Souls Day, we went to a monastery here that is up a mountain, about an hour away from us. When we got there, we went to pray in their adoration chapel. A few minutes later, their priest asked to talk to

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Life Teen in Haiti

By | November 6, 2012

Our time in Haiti so far has been incredibly blessed. We live in Madian, Haiti at the John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization. We live in a community with other missionaries and a priest. Some of us are from Haiti and some from America. We have been so blessed so far to pray together in a mixture of English, Creole, and French. This has been challenging but also beautiful as we learn prayers together and attempt to read and sing in other languages. On October 22nd, the feast of Bl. John

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Adjusting to Life in Haiti

By | October 23, 2012

It’s day 12 of Mission Haiti, and I’m running out of clean underwear. It’s ok though because we’re leaving to go home now, right? Nope, we bought one-way tickets to come here! Eleven days is probably the longest I’ve ever been on a foreign mission. I usually don’t have to worry about keeping clothes clean and making shampoo and toothpaste last because I usually leave after a week or so and just leave everything as donations. So right about now, it’s sinking in that this is going to

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God is Faithful (Part 2)

By | October 22, 2012

My missionary formation year at Covecrest (in Tiger, Georgia) was the greatest year of my life. And although I was hesitant to go because of my desire to only serve in Haiti, I can now say that full-time missions in Haiti would not be possible without the formation, healing, rhythm of prayer, and community that I received during my formation year. Waiting a whole year to see this desire become a reality allowed me to step back and see God’s faithfulness and involvement in every little detail

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God is Faithful (Part 1)

By | October 21, 2012

Has the Lord ever placed a desire on your heart or made known to you that he was calling you to something great, but it took months or even years to come to fruition? Maybe the Lord was trying to purify your desires, maybe the timing wasn’t right, or maybe the Lord felt that you needed more formation, an intense rhythm of prayer, and community. So about a year ago, I went on my first foreign mission trip to Haiti. While there, we did your typical mission trip things: built stuff, painted stuff,

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