Last full day in Michigan. Will be celebrating with family, friends, food, fun and fireworks.
We fly out tomorrow night-7 p.m. from Grand Rapids. We're 98% packed. If the internet is working at home-will try to let everyone know that we have made it. Thank you for your prayers.
Some news out of Haiti. Don't know the truth about most of these articles or what perspective they are coming from. I have met Dr. Theodore as he was the President of an organization of Christian hospitals in Haiti, the one time I was able to attend a meeting.
U.S. ambassador to Haiti steps down
Miami Herald Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:01 AM PDT
Mideast expert and career diplomat Janet Sanderson
landed in a deeply polarized Haiti 3 ½ years ago to
dizzying curiosity: Some in this highly machismo
culture, puzzled by the appointment, doubted
whether she would succeed
Published on: 7/2/2009.
Daily Nation Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:17 AM PDT
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Three international organisations
cancelled US$1.2 billion of Haiti's debt on Tuesday,
freeing up millions of dollars each year for the deeply
impoverished Caribbean nation that is beset by
humanitarian crises |
Haitians mostly ignore Senate run-off elections
The Mercury Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:00 AM PDT
Associated Press Writer PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti — Haitians fed up with chronic poverty and
unresponsive leaders stayed away from Senate run-off
elections Sunday, ignoring government efforts to
improve on the paltry voter turnout that undercut
the first round of voting in April.
Posted on Monday, 06.29.09
Haiti's presidential campaign may be a year away,
but at least one candidate and his supporters aren't
wasting any time reaching out to the Haitian
Diaspora and promoting his candidacy.
Dr. Guy D. Theodore, the former U.S. Air Force colonel
who returned to his native Haiti several years ago
and helped transform healthcare in his native village
of Pignon in northern Haiti, is now a presidential candidate.
Theodore's accomplishments as a doctor and the modern
hospital he built in Pignon have made him a cause celebre
among villagers and elsewhere.
Theodore will visit South Florida for a town hall and
fundraising event from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Jean
Jacques Dessalines Auditorium, 8325 NE Second Ave. in Miami.
For further information, call 754-244-3110 or 347-546-1468
or email desbas@guytheodore.com. The event is being organized
by the Friends of Haiti of 2010 Committee.
-- JACQUELINE CHARLES |
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