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The Writing on the Wall

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 20, 2017 | Broken and Raw, Community, Faith, Fear, Haiti

A note, before I open the story I’ve held close. I drafted most of these words last week, while still in Alabama. I had to put this post on hold due to unforeseen circumstances. It’s now March 20th and I’m in Florida, home for tests and to be with...

here & there

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Apr 12, 2016 | Books, Even If Not, Haiti

I’m just going to lead with these words: This is extra special to me. Chapter 6 of Even If Not holds stories from the country that stole my heart and gave me so much in return. Here & There is about wrestling with my very American life, sorting through what...

It’s Good Friday in America

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 25, 2016 | Easter, Faith, Haiti

Real talk? Sometimes it feels like the world has gone mad. Disease, national disasters, war, and right now in America, the political climate too often feels like some kind of joke gone wrong. It’s Good Friday in America. In a few hours I’ll sit in a...

The Psalm 91 Lesson (And Free iPhone Lockscreens)

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 17, 2016 | Faith, Freebies, Haiti, Mission Trips

I have a confession. I grew up in the church, went through the AWANA program, gradated college with a minor in Religion, and am pretty decent at memorizing Scripture. But meditating on the Word of God? Well. (Memorizing is a mental thing that leads to meditating,...

Haiti, Prayer Requests, Darkness and Light

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 10, 2016 | Haiti, Mission Trips

I’ve been waiting for this all year. This time one week from now, I’ll be boarding a plane and headed back to the land that stole a piece of my heart. Or, maybe, it brought something to life inside that was dead. Either way, I’m going back and I am...

The Water Source

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Oct 27, 2015 | Haiti, three little words

I’ve heard it said that “you will never be completely at home again because part of your heart will always be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.” Let me tell you, those words are...