photomatopoeia

Looking forward to the moment…

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:26:00 -0800

Looking forward to the moment…

Sometimes we just need someone to hold our hand, it makes all...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:48:00 -0800

Sometimes we just need someone to hold our hand, it makes all the difference.

A Day In The Life: Ferry Commuting

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:22:00 -0800

A Day In The Life: Ferry Commuting

Another beautiful ride home.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:05:10 -0800

Another beautiful ride home.

A son’s love for his dog.

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:39:00 -0800

A son’s love for his dog.

Waiting to see Santa…

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:40:05 -0800

Waiting to see Santa…

A small town Christmas tradition.

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:42:05 -0800

A small town Christmas tradition.

Things seem pretty calm in Elliot Bay

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:54:21 -0800

Things seem pretty calm in Elliot Bay

Wake up, move along.

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:52:01 -0800

Wake up, move along.

GROWING UP AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE: AN UPDATE ON MIKERLYN...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:45:05 -0800

GROWING UP AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE: AN UPDATE ON MIKERLYN CHARLES

Thinking back to the days just after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 15-year-old Mikerlyn Charles says, “I thought I was going to die and look! I’m living!” Mikerlyn had reason to think she wouldn’t make it. When her house starting shaking, she tried to get out, but her arm got caught in some curtains. As she struggled to break free, concrete blocks fell on her arm and leg… Full Story

INSPIRED BY THE DOCTORS WHO SAVED HIM, JORDANI PLANS FOR HIS...

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:32:00 -0800

INSPIRED BY THE DOCTORS WHO SAVED HIM, JORDANI PLANS FOR HIS FUTURE

The day the earthquake hit Haiti, Jordani Police was playing just outside his house, by his father, Benjamin, who was working on his sewing machine. His older brother, Adonija, was doing his homework a few feet away. When Adonija began complaining about his work, his mother called him into the house. “The minute I called him,” she remembers, “the wall fell, exactly over the place he had been sitting.” Jordani’s mother immediately knew the Lord had saved Adonija’s life, but she didn’t know where Jordani was. “I started screaming, ‘Where is my baby, where is my baby,’” she says. Finally they found Jordani, who was only five years old, under the collapsed wall. A brick had fallen onto his leg, breaking his foot. “The Lord saved my whole family,” says Jordani’s mother… Full story

A tunneled view of a Port-au-Prince hillside.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:05:00 -0800

A tunneled view of a Port-au-Prince hillside.

It’s all about the children. They will inherit the earth....

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:15:05 -0800

It’s all about the children. They will inherit the earth. If they are treated well and are happy, they will transform the world around them. “Raising children who transform nations.” -COTN. Pretty simple concept.

I remember Martina, from my first visit to the DR about a year...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:17:05 -0800

I remember Martina, from my first visit to the DR about a year and a half ago. I saw her for the second time, the day we left for Haiti. I wondered why she looked so sad until one of the women showed me her legs, my heart sank. Just before departing for Haiti, I sent an email with the photo of her legs to someone on the medical team to please find her and examine her. Four days later, upon my return, I followed up with the medical team and discovered they had found her on the first day and had treated her for scabies and infections. She was all smiles and her legs had vastly improved in just a few days (last photo).

A volunteer pediatrician with a Children of the Nations (COTN)...

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:17:05 -0800

A volunteer pediatrician with a Children of the Nations (COTN) medical team listens intently to a child’s breathing with a stethoscope during a field visit, Nov 2011. The team visited villages COTN supports in the Dominican Republic.

Stories of hope, survival and success still abounds. With the...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:40:06 -0800

Stories of hope, survival and success still abounds. With the support of COTN, this young woman was saved from life threatening wounds from the earthquake and has had continued support from COTN Dominican Republic and COTN Haiti.

Charcoal for sale. Port Au Prince, Haiti, 8 Nov 2011.

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:32:53 -0800

Charcoal for sale. Port Au Prince, Haiti, 8 Nov 2011.

Tent cities will seem to be a fixture for very long time....

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:25:21 -0800

Tent cities will seem to be a fixture for very long time. Commerce, in some ways is very active, yet “there are more sellers than buyers.” Trash is everywhere and does not appear to be any organized collection, it seems to be an impossible task. I wasn’t sure if the person laying on the sidewalk was alive or not.

Much of Port Au Prince and the suburb where we were, Gressier,...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:49:19 -0800

Much of Port Au Prince and the suburb where we were, Gressier, still has a lot of rubble, but people continue to thrive in many ways. Rebuilding and cleanup is very slow due to many, many factors.

Along the way to Port Au Prince inside Haiti, the road is being...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:31:42 -0800

Along the way to Port Au Prince inside Haiti, the road is being consumed by Lake Azuie. The Haitian are using the earth along the coast to build up the road. We had to stop and deal with the guide van engine. Two boys washing dust off their bodies from riding on the fender of a bus. (COTN’s first Venture team into Haiti)