One story this year that generated a great deal of interest was that involving a 12-year-old Haitian boy, Dieuphete Celime.
In the fall of 2011, he suffered severe burns from a gas fire during a cooking accident but was left to let his wounds heal on their own in a poorly equipped hospital. Three months after […]
What can bring people from different cultures together? Some of my greatest passions: the love of God, mechanical work, and music! Recently the missions community in Haiti was joined by a new organization: DFI, Development For Freedom International. Our family has been privileged to get to know the Korean lady who started DFI, Helen Kim. […]
Belgian waffles with strawberry compote and whipped cream …eggs, sunny-side-up with bacon and whole-wheat toast…granola…spaghetti? Breakfast has always been my favorite meal of the day by far, but here in Haiti, they have a few options I’d never considered.
I was convinced that my English students were trying to pull one over on me when […]
The dogs barked and woke me up. Again. Don’t get me wrong – this was a good thing. I am grateful that they would likely alert us to nocturnal intruders on our property.
Listening to the whir of the fan overhead, laying still in the dark, my mind wandered. Why do people walk down our street […]
“You’ll be staying with JeanJean and Kristie Mompremier…” we were told when our family first arrived in Haiti in 2006. We were sent to Pignon in the Central Plateau for six weeks of language study. It was an amazing experience, an awesome introduction to ministering in a country engaged in deep spiritual warfare. MAF has […]
It’s been 20 years since MAF introduced its current logo … the burgundy-and-gray emblem with the dove. Since that time…
The Internet came into our lives
MAF installed its first satellite communication link
Zaire became the DRC (again)
MAF began its Mali well-digging project
The MAF-Learning Technologies division was created
MAF began and completed Operation ACCESS! —a major research project that […]