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Patti

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Books:

Being Dead, Poisonwood Bible, The Brothers Karamazov, Soul Mountain, Les Miserables, The Bellweather

My Blog

Situation in Haiti Worsens

The current situation in Haiti has gone from bad to worse. Riots are erupting, markets and stores being raided and looted, tires being burned in protest, road blocks put in place and people being kill...
Posted by Patti on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:14:00 PST

Haiti Rotting Food News Article

Tons of Food Aid Rotting in Haiti Ports2008-03-06 20:45:57By JONATHAN M. KATZ and JENNIFER KAY Associated Press WriterCAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP)  While millions of Haitians go hungry, containers full of...
Posted by Patti on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:02:00 PST

Haiti 08 blog 5-the beach

one of the things i've wanted to do with the kids is go to the beach. last year the day we had planned was the day of christela's rescue so needless to say it didn't work out. but this time, we loaded...
Posted by Patti on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:01:00 PST

Haiti 08 blog 4-the joy of a bed

For the last month a 19-year-old mother has been coming by for help. She doesn't want to give up her baby and we don't want her baby if he as a mother, but she can't make it on her own. We've started ...
Posted by Patti on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:12:00 PST

Haiti 08 blog 3-Mud pies

ok, so the past couple years we had seen these brown cakes in the market but didn't really think much of it. so one day drex asked some of the workers what they were. they answered, 'dirt.' drex said ...
Posted by Patti on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:41:00 PST

Haiti 08 blog 2

Church this time was just as long...every verse of every song (reminded me of summer camp...same song, second verse...little bit louder little bit worse), volunteers to sing, announcements, etc., but ...
Posted by Patti on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:17:00 PST

Haiti 08, blog 1-Christela

This has been my 4th trip to Haiti. There are so many things to blog about, but today, I was thinking about one of the most beautiful things I experienced...and I have to go back to Christela. Last I ...
Posted by Patti on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:16:00 PST

Haiti 07 - Christela

Drex blogged about one of the most recent additions to Hands and Feet, Christela. In case you didn't read it... "Our newest baby is truly a miracle! She is only one day old. Her young mother, not want...
Posted by Patti on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:21:00 PST

past couple of days in Haiti

We finally sorted through all the clothes for the kids and brought them down to find ones that would fit. Woody who is 15 months still fit into 3-6 month clothes and Junior who is 3 fits in 12 month o...
Posted by Patti on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:09:00 PST

Shower clarification....

despite Bek's blog...and the fact that we are showering in dirty, haitian water...the fact still remains that we DID shower. We are not sleeping due to the neighbor roosters, cows and donkeys that bra...
Posted by Patti on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:38:00 PST