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Over the River and Through the Mountains, To the Andrale's House We Go.

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About a month ago, we visited Emile Andrale's (our translator) family at their mountain house. Getting to the place proved to be quite tiresome; a 3 hour drive and an hour walk one way, but the scenery and time with his family was well worth it.  scroll for more text I spy with my little eye a woman on the mountain side! ...and yes this is a cake in the white box. Left to right: my dad, Emile's father and Emile  Left to right: my mom, Emile's father and Emile's wife who is currently expecting in 2 weeks! Unfortunately our time with them was cut short when it started raining! As much as I LOVE rain, walking down an incline in it and driving through a river after a good pour just says "bad idea". But we made it safely out and the rain created a beautiful foggy mist. While hiking I couldn't help but think about how amazing and creative God is. I mean just "WOW!" I also couldn't help but having the brilliant idea of fi...

Take Action! Help Stop the U.S. From Dumping Peanuts into Haiti!

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Read more about it here:  http://www.newsleader.com/ story/opinion/editorials/2016/ 04/07/peanut-dumping-do-long- lasting-damage-haiti/82750380/   And sign a petition against it here:  https://petitions. whitehouse.gov/petition/halt- planned-usda-dumping-us- peanuts-haitian-market-and- future-surplus-dumping-there- procure-locally ~Haitian Peanut Farm~