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Our Staff Makes Us Proud: Creative Initiatives
It is always a joy for us when we see our staff taking initiative and pride in investing in their community. This past week, we saw this...

Taylor Conley
May 5, 20173 min read


Foto Friday: The Samuel’s Trees crew
Samuel, along with Bryon Sparling, took a moment to snap this shot with the guys at Samuel’s Trees about a week ago. Samuel, of course,...

Taylor Conley
Mar 17, 20171 min read


Spotlight’s on…Teacher Therese!
This is Therese’s second year teaching Kindergarten 3 in Lemuel’s school. Here, she tells a little bit about herself… Q: What gives you...

Taylor Conley
Mar 11, 20172 min read


Spotlight’s on…Teacher Génièse !
Génièse Pierre has been a teacher at Lemuel’s school since 2014. She started out in the Kindergarten 1 class, but for the past three...

Taylor Conley
Mar 3, 20171 min read


Spotlight’s On…The Brunsches!
The Brunsch family has been officially living on the Plateau for four weeks now! From left to right in the photo they are: Danyel and...

Taylor Conley
Feb 25, 20172 min read


Foto Friday: All Staff Meeting
This photo is from our staff meeting today. These assemblies are held every three months or so, and they bring all of our staff together...

Taylor Conley
Jan 13, 20171 min read


Introducing: Our Security Guard
Before the holiday posts begin, I wanted to introduce you to one last staff member… Security and Gatekeeper… James Compère (aka, Minokal)...

Taylor Conley
Dec 23, 20161 min read


Meet the Development Staff
Introducing: this year’s development staff! As an entity, we often call the development department simply “DDL,” arising from its French...

Taylor Conley
Dec 15, 20163 min read


Foto Friday: Future Fruit
Here Jinel and Mme Celisa are planting a passion fruit vine. (They also planted 4 pomegranate trees and a habanero pepper plant, all of...

Taylor Conley
Dec 2, 20161 min read


Meet the Hospitality Staff
Introducing: this year’s hospitality staff! If you ever come to Lemuel to visit, you will be received and served by these bright,...

Taylor Conley
Dec 2, 20161 min read


Introducing: The School Administration
Emmanuel Junior Almaïs School Director Almaïs has been a part of Lemuel since 1998. Back then, he participated in Lemuel as one of the...

Taylor Conley
Sep 23, 20164 min read


Spotlight: Wilson Cupidon
I am so excited today to introduce you to one of my best friends. I met Wilson Cupidon in 1998 as I was struggling – as a very shy 13...

Taylor Conley
Sep 21, 20164 min read


Celebrations and Farewells
Sunday, June 26, was an eventful day. It began with a special celebration in the church to close the 2015-2016 work year and bid...

Taylor Conley
Jul 2, 20164 min read


Development Staff Goes South
First of all: Why? Why do they need to take a trip together at all? Just for fun? Well, of course, we do want our staff to have times...

Taylor Conley
May 28, 20165 min read


After 20 years of investing…
Let me start with a story: Here is Thony in 2000, studying in the Barefoot School in Port-au-Prince. And here is Thony today, studying...

Taylor Conley
May 13, 20164 min read


Agricultural Day
The sign above could roughly be translated as: “We take pride in our community!” (Or literally, “Our Community is Our Pride!”) May 1 was...

Taylor Conley
May 6, 20162 min read


Introducing Lemuel’s Water Solutions Coordinator!
Rick Bucklew has worn many hats on the Plateau… Roofer Auto Mechanic (on many types of vehicles) Electrical Maintenance and Repairman...

Taylor Conley
Apr 8, 20161 min read


Meet the Development Staff
In the fall, you met our school staff (here and here, in case you would like to revisit them) and our hospitality staff (here). Today,...

Taylor Conley
Mar 18, 20163 min read
Firsthand Accounts: Development
And we’re back with a second video interview! I kept my promise: this time I was able to upload a longer clip, edit, and put in...

Taylor Conley
Feb 26, 20161 min read


Introducing: The Hospitality Staff!
Before we start the introductions, here’s an interesting side note about names in Haiti. First of all, except for rare cases, everybody...

Taylor Conley
Oct 10, 20154 min read
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