From point A to B.
It seems fairly straight forward, doesn't it? The problem is that getting from point A to point B isn't always a straight line.
When we left Haiti with our family in March of 2003, we left with a vision... To help the helpless and hurting in the world by partnering with local people (the church) in the developing world. The methods used in mainstream NGO's, at the time we lived in Haiti, was to bring "experts" into the developing world and throw programs and money at issues and programs. We thought that there might be a more natural and sustainable way to be involved in humanitarian and cultural solutions to people's problems. This was always meant to be holistic, not band-aids and top down politics.
Well... Its been more than six years, and progress has been slow and tedious. Many, many things have thrown us off course along the way, but still, we press on.
Whenever people are involved there is the capacity for things to "go sideways" and if it can, it usually does in some form or another. Just because people are interested in doing there part to help doesn't mean that there are no issues attached to the scenario.
Recently, and throughout, there have been people within our affiliation who have made mistakes, including yours truly, that have brought difficulties to process of developing our programs. While everyone has been well meaning, it must be said that there have been many steps back to get to where we are now. Ask any founder or director of an organization and you will likely hear similar sentiments.
What is the point of this monologue, you say? It is simply to say this. "take heart and continue the journey with us! We will get there, and do some great things along the way!"
News:
We are in the process of developing a recurring payments option for donations. Please email and ask to be included in this new program. We are doing this because of you Judy! Thanks for asking!
We will be hosting a fundraiser dinner in Mid November in the Eugene area! Please email for more information is you are interested in attending!
Thanks for following along with us!
Shane
