Listen If you are wondering what The Orchard Oxford is doing sending a Service Team over Spring Break to Camp Mary, Haiti, then take a listen to this podcast. One of the trip leaders, Amber, hosts the show, while The 410 Bridge Team Leader, Frantson, and I discuss the work […]
Home What does it mean to be home? Is it a place? I don’t think so. People move all the time. It has to be the connection of people located in a place, or as Edward Sharp & the Magnetic Zeroes state, “Home is wherever I’m with you.” That all […]
Why go to Haiti? That is the question I heard both leading into and following our service trip to Haiti? Why did The Orchard Oxford send a team of ten people to Camp Mary, back to the same community we visited last year. Why? It is a good question. Let me […]
The Orchard Oxford is headed back to Camp Marie, Haiti! Again we are partnering with 410 Bridge to connect with our neighbors in Camp Marie. Last spring a team of 15 was able to live, learn, and pray with the people of Camp Marie and we are excited to return […]
Our time in Haiti has come to a close. Crazy to think how fast it went. Our last act was the Jericho Walk, where we were led by the leadership council up a large hill (mini-mountain?) that gave us a bird’s eye view over the Camp Marie community. The purpose […]
Today our first task was to head to Camp Marie and complete a service project. There was one problem. The people of Camp Marie completed the service project the day before. When I try to communicate the mission of 410 Bridge, I talk about how 410 Bridge helps communities help themselves. […]
I love basketball. And today when I saw a hoop located outside the community center where we were doing home visits, I knew that I would be shooting some hoops today. Before that we were welcomed to the community by the local pastor. This is a community where The 410 […]
How do you start a movement? That is the question of the day. I may not have the answer but I do have an answer. Today in Camp Marie we met with the leadership council and heard their story about a vision for the community. A vision of change, a […]
How do you show love for a community? Well in the community of Camp Marie it means helping clear a field. The field in question is a demonstration plot that will be used to help farmers teach farmers how to sustainably farm the land available to them in the community. […]
A while ago I was told I was going to Haiti. And now we are here. The Orchard and 410 Bridge have successfully brought myself and 14 companions to the island. Now, the logical question is, “What now?” Another logical question is, “What am I doing here?” I have to admit this […]