Castillo
We are missionaries with Northwest Haiti Christian Mission. We have devoted our lives to serving His kingdom in the country of Haiti. We have 11 children and a thirst for an intimate relationship with our Creator. There may be a lot of drama on the battlefield but one thing is for sure.....There's Never A Dull Moment!
Now it’s true. It’s 4am and past history should tell me it’s never good to blog when I really should be sleeping. However – I feel a little compelled to write as I’ve received yet again a beautiful email about how if I had insurance then I wouldn’t […]
Part of my job now with doing travel is to pick out next year‘s shirt color. Everyone has a different style – so it’s hard to pick a color that everyone will like. I want to hear your opinions. What Color shirt? What Color do you want the […]
I ran into an old friend today from high school. Next month is our 10-year reunion. I haven’t talked to my high school friends in years! After we caught up about what we were each doing I asked him if he ever heard from….Let’s just say – Dog, […]
When Jose and I built our house – we took extra time and money to seal it off. We filled in all the holes, cemented all the cracks, we keep all our windows closed, we even have the only storm door in Haiti just to protect ourselves from […]
I am beginning to feel much better now – although I do have my bad days here and there. Now if I can only get my days and nights back in the right order. I’ve created the habit of staying up until 3 and 4 each morning – […]
The generator in Haiti is up and down and up and down – only now it’s more down than up! We use it to pump water for all the mission programs, for all the microscopes in the pharmacy and lab, for keeping the food in the fridges from […]
If you read the blog – you probably don’t need to read the newsletter! But if you’re a little on the lazy-side and just want a quick glance of what’s happening without the daunting task of reading through post after post – then this is for you 🙂 […]
We will be loading up our Christmas gifts and decorations into the large container to ship to Haiti at the end of the month. We put out an announcement in the mission newsletter that we’re looking for used Christmas decorations if anyone had anything they would like to […]
Granted there are a lot of work-related stresses which I listed before. But my crazy kids don’t help either! The things that they say and do…..wow! In fitting with the previous theme – here is another David Letterman – Top 10 List all about my children! Top […]
So it’s 1 am right now. What noise do I hear in the background? It’s little Gabriel!! Right on time! This is now night number 5! Jose picked him up last night when he cried and held him until he fell back asleep. Of course Jose fell asleep […]