It’s been about six or seven months now since we said to each other, “Hey, let’s keep in touch!” I’m probably equally as much to blame, but I often wonder what happened to the phone. Is it broken? Did they take a vow of phone-silence? I barely even see them on Facebook anymore. Did they lose Internet service too? One thing I never expected about going...

“Is it making any difference?” I’m often asked that question related to the missions work that I’m involved with, particularly in Haiti. People love to hear the story about Richard and the microloan that changed his life. However, the reality is that Haiti is still one of the poorest nations in the world, despite the massive amount of aid which has...

It took me by surprise...but not really. I guess I had expected it for a few years, and at times I may have even prayed for it. Still, nothing could have fully prepared me for what was ahead, some of the most difficult days of my life. I’m talking about the day I was let go from my job of thirteen years. That’s a long time to be in any kind of...

He leaned back slowly in his chair into a more relaxed position as I asked him questions about his ministry and his business. Both are things that he loves to talk about because he sees them as gifts from God. They are separate, yet the same. Pastor Jean-Alix Paul lives in Kenscoff on a beautiful Haitian mountainside overlooking Port-au-Prince. Not...