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This is one of the most heartbreaking photos I have ever taken. Take a look: When I snapped the photo, I thought I was seeing miniature pottery bowls drying on mats in a Haitian village. I asked our translator if I was correct. “No, those aren’t bowls,” he said. “They’re mud pies.” He told me that a woman mixed dirt […]

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About 30 minutes before this photo was taken on Sunday, I was sitting in the second pew, head down and tears streaming. I was begging God to help me find the words to deliver to a crowd of 200 Haitian women who had gathered inside this village church.  I had no manuscript. I have never […]

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It was one year ago when I stood under her shoddy tin roof, with my sandaled feet planted on her dirt floor. “Melting.” That’s the word she used to describe what was happening to her house. Her house was melting. Disintegrating. Every time it rained, her house eroded more and more, because her house was […]

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A whole year of days stretches out in front of us. Stretches out like a promise. And I pray that your 2014 is a year filled with mint-chip ice cream, fuzzy slippers, snow angels, great books, dark chocolate, sweet surprises at your front door, laugh-til-you-cry friends, good endings, the presence of mind to stop for […]

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Haiti, Black Friday 2013 – In some checkout of some WalMart somewhere in North America, shoppers were slamming against each other – elbow to jagged elbow – fighting for the best deal. Somewhere, it happened– People who were thankful for the blessings over turkey on Thursday, were scouring shelves on Black Friday wanting more. They […]

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