(This is a post I wrote for FHM's blog.) Cooking up meat in Haiti is not as simple as removing it from its package and throwing it on the grill or in the oven. Because much of the meat is purchased

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Haiti has many needs.  Better infrastructure. A unified government. Education for all. Food security for impoverished families. More and better jobs. The list goes on... These needs are evident in the statistics we read about Haiti: 78% of Haitians are poor

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Winding down As we approach the end of the year, things are slowing down here at the guesthouse. I'll only have a handful of guests between now and December 17th when I fly home for a two week break. This

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(This is a post I wrote for FHM's blog.) Many Haitian dishes are not complete without "pikliz". I'm a Southern gal and cole slaw is a common side dish where I'm from. Well, pikliz looks similar to cole slaw but less

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“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus…” Philippians 2:5 I woke up realizing I needed a bit of an attitude adjustment today. I was already complaining about early morning calls and visitors (no calls and visitors

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[This is the third post in a series I wrote for FHM's blog of my favorite places in Haiti. My two previous posts are about Kokoye Beach and Rustik.] Jacmel is about 30 miles from Leogane. The two towns are separated by a steep

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If you've ever been to Haiti you've certainly noticed the colorful booths on the side of the road. These stalls are called borlettes and they are where Haitians test their luck with the lottery. I've heard figures as high as

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[This is a second in a series of posts on FHM's blog about my favorite places in Haiti. You can read the first one about Kokoye Beach here.] If you have ever been to Haiti you have experienced some or all of

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[This is a post I wrote for FHM's blog.] I plan to do a series of posts throughout the next couple of months on some of my favorite places in Haiti. This first one always comes to mind...Kokoye Beach ("kokoye" means

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(This blog post was originally posted on FHM's blog.) As the In-Country Coordinator for FHM, I'm sure you can imagine that I get lots of questions about living and working in Haiti. Most are related to Haitian culture, language, and development

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