Interview With An Unsung Hero

Max Petit-Papa graduated from UCNH in 1998 with a degree in business, and has been working for the University as the Registrar since 1994. As students stream into campus this semester to register for classes, it is Max’s job to enter their data in the computer banks. It is easier said than done because of electrical outages, computer problems and the volume of work.

Prayer and Praise

Reflection on Haiti

As I wing my way from Port-au-Prince to Cap Haitian on the CaribIntair commuter airplane, I am able to see an aerial view of the town of Gonaives and its surroundings. Although it is too cloudy to see details, the main feature I see is a lake nearby that was not there before the flood, apparently a leftover from the great devastation generated by hurricane Jeanne that totally leveled the city last fall. It is almost incomprehensible to me to look and see nothing where a large city used to flourish. I think back to times when my husband Ken and I would drive through this dusty city on our way to Port-au-Prince and stop there to get refreshment. I remember that the city was filled with old two-story French colonial houses with upper balconies and gingerbread woodwork. And now as I think about the devastation I also think about those two-story houses and how many peoples’ lives were saved because of them. In the midst of devastation, God is good! As I look back on the last Haiti Hope Fund newsletter I read about Jules Casséus’ sister and her family and how they were saved as they ran to safety in a multi-storied home near their own one-story home, and I marvel at God’s provision!

Scholarship Recipient Serves Community Clinic

Thank God for this wonderful opportunity for one of His children to make a difference in the world. Think of how many people will be treated and healed indirectly through our efforts. Now that’s what makes life worth living! Dr. Maréus has big dreams and plans for the clinic. The pharmacy as it is now will be transformed into the records room. The newly completed room adjacent to the pharmacy and triage room will one day be the new pharmacy. It will take about $3000 to complete the pharmacy, which needs a propane refrigerator, tile floors, shelves and furniture and a generator to make the building usable.

To Work Without Striving

“Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain.” The author goes on to say, “What does it mean for the Lord to build the house? It almost seems a contradiction when we consider that we might be the builders in this passage.

UCNH Fine Arts

Almost sixty years ago, when Ivah and Harold Heneise offered the first theology classes at the Haitian Baptist Theological Seminary, they drew encouragement from their tiny class of three students. Today Laurie Casséus looks to that legacy for encouragement. Laurie hopes the modest cohort of four fine arts students will eventually form the core of a strong fine arts and leadership program.