by admin | Nov 12, 2013 | Appropriate Technology, Community, Community Driven, Culture, Gardening, Mission, Student, Sustainable Agriculture, Village Life
the team from h.e.a.r.t. in Callebasse, Haiti Today’s post is a tangent from our typical blogs. The Fall 2013 class had the opportunity to travel to Haiti to see first hand how the things that they are learning at h.e.a.r.t. are being used in a developing...
by admin | Nov 8, 2013 | Community, Community Driven, Culture, Mission, Nutrition, Phil Murphy, Spiritual Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Uncategorized, Values, Village Life, Worldview
One of the first things a person sees when living in the rural areas of Haiti is the great number of children. The United Nations estimates that more than 50% of the Haitian population is under the age of 20. When our family moved the House of Blessings Orphanage form...
by admin | Oct 30, 2013 | Becoming a Missionary Mom, Community, Culture, Heather Webb, Uncategorized, Values, Worldview
Whisper it from the Mountaintops…because shouting would be culturally inappropriate! Becoming a Missionary Mom Part 2 (click here for some backstory) We left the clinic in a complete daze, our eyes wide with shock and smiles of disbelief ready to burst...
by admin | Oct 24, 2013 | Academics, Beliefs, Community, Community Driven, Culture, Dr. Mike Webb, Mission, Spiritual Development, Theology, Values, Village Life
Brewster, E. Thomas and Elizabeth S. Brewster. Bonding and the Missionary Task: Establishing a Sense of Belonging. Lingua House. Pasadena, CA.1982. One of the more personally challenging books I have read dealing with cross-cultural...
by admin | Oct 19, 2013 | Beliefs, Community, Community Driven, Culture, Faith Gallian, Generation Y, Village Life, Worldview
I once heard it said that the Millennia Generation, Generation Y, those born from 1984 to 2002, could be dubbed the Mosaic Generation. The persons in this generation have a special connection. This connection is due to shared similar tragedies and crises. They have...
by admin | Oct 13, 2013 | Academics, Beliefs, Community, Culture, Josh Henry, Mission, Nutrition, Spiritual Development, Values, Village Life, Worldview
As I drove down the long, bumpy road to the h.e.a.r.t. Village for the very first time, I realized that I had no idea why I was there. Just ten days before the start of the semester, I had been convinced by my good buddy, John Myer, that I should come down and take...
