Missions
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Day 5 In Haiti, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Today is the start of English Camp. 400 kids have been signed up, photographed, and had name tags made for them. 400 parents have been interviewed and cleared. 450+ kids will show up with their parents and 50 will have to be turned away. That’s no exaggeration. It’s always a struggle on day one.…
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Back to Haiti
It’s that time of year again! The Cooley’s are attempting to serve our friends in Port-au-Prince Haiti. Not true. This year it’s one Cooley. JoLynn has to work, Megan thinks being a new mom will limit her, Micah and Caleb will be at Camp Peniel, and Amanda doesn’t want to take Oliver and Emerson with…
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The ONLY 5 Items you need to Survive a Missions Trip as a Pessimistic Introvert
Megan does it again – best mission trip post-evaluation ever. The ONLY 5 Items you need to Survive a Missions Trip as a Pessimistic Introvert.
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Haiti – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I just returned from another Haiti trip. Abnormality abounds. The Good: It was the perfect 9-day sabbatical. It consisted of hot yoga, being serenaded during a moonlight swim, and afterwards lounging in the water while listening to the birds sing. OK, maybe trying one sadistic body knot, listening to some teenagers practice their worship music…
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3 Haiti Surprises
I’M IN HAITI! Surprise #1: I left for Haiti Sunday night without the church knowing. I arrived here around 4pm Monday and did some upkeep around the place. Tuesday was the same, Wednesday I was able to work on my favorite Isuzu Trooper. Thursday at 9am was terrific. I was able to shock most of…
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Daughter’s Awesome COMPASSION Post
This was posted on my daughter Megan’s blog. If you don’t follow her, you should. We were able to go see our compassion child – this is her take on the day, way better than I could write it. Compassion Sunday: Bregard’s Story Posted on July 11, 2014 This Sunday at our church is Compassion Sunday…
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Caleb English Camp Teacher
You can watch an extremely SHORT video of Caleb Cooley teaching at mcmhaiti.org English Camp here. I thought there was much more recorded, but that’s’ what you get with an old man operating a smart phone. We are all back, all healthy, no one got the “bent man” disease, and we even got the old…
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