Doctor reflects on experiences in Haiti

By Ed Scott OUANAMINTHE, Haiti – As the medical team from Hearts Afire  made its way over the bridge that separates Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola, a lone man was seen bathing below in the Massacre River, where 17,000 to 30,000 Haitians...
Proclaiming their love for Christ

Proclaiming their love for Christ

On a hot July day, a nearly blind man in his late 80s came for help to the medical clinic at the Hope For Haiti Children’s Center in Ouanaminthe. He was assisted by a young friend, Joanne Sitarek said. Upon listening to her minister salvation to the blind man, the...
Capturing the Heart -by Rhonda Pecoraro

Capturing the Heart -by Rhonda Pecoraro

The Dominican Republic mission trip had no lack of photo opportunities.  My role on the trip was to capture the “heart” of Hearts Afire through the fifteen-member team.  This was a “dream come true” for me and a chance to focus on the interaction of the team...
Like one square meter of Earth

Like one square meter of Earth

In his book, “The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature”, biologist David George Haskell writes about the year he spent visiting a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest, and chronicling how it evolved. In a way, the Hearts Afire and Caring4Haiti...
‘It all started with my son’

‘It all started with my son’

Traffic in every major city in the world is crowded and noisy, especially at rush hour. Santo Domingo, the capital city of the Domincan Republic, is no different.  And there is a highway running along the Caribbean Sea on the south shore. As cars and buses bustle...