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...
‘Feed my lambs’

‘Feed my lambs’

The Hearts Afire team in the Dominican Republic this week has fed almost 1,000 children who live in either ghettos or refugee camps displaced by storms. There is something special about feeding children, especially when you see children in many places where they...

I Don’t Want to Guess Anymore

What a work and fun filled week the Kenya 2013 team had!  After treating over 800 patients, feeding almost 500 people, seeing 130 children and one adult give their lives to Christ, and seeing an orphanage come to fruition in a few short days; the temptation is great...