by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Aug 24, 2015 | Broken and Raw, Faith, Fear, Haiti, Mission Trips
I shake my head every single time I hear the notes begin to play. There’s this song that is following me around and chasing me down and I’m thankful every time it finds me, if we’re being honest. It helps me remember. So I sing it and raise my hands...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Jul 13, 2015 | Faith, Fear, Haiti, My Health Story
“Well, there’s nothing interesting here.” Yeah, I’ve never been happier to be boring. The results came back, , and for the first time in five years I get a bit of a break before going back for more tests. You can tell me all the day long that...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Apr 2, 2015 | Easter, Faith, Haiti, Mission Trips
On Sunday people waved palm branches. High up in the air, swaying back and forth. Crowded streets on a Sunday, a crowded life on All The Days, and some days I wave the branches and cry “Hosannah!” … and others I’m too busy, too worn down and worn out to even...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 21, 2015 | Beauty, Haiti, Mission Trips
“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.” We’re home. But part of my heart didn’t come back....
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 11, 2015 | Haiti, Mission Trips
We’re going back. In less than six hours I’ll be in a car headed to the airport. Two flights later my feet will touch Haiti soil and oh man, I can’t wait to see that blue sky again. It’s hard to believe just over a year ago I held up a piece of...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 5, 2015 | Faith, Five Minute Friday, Haiti, Mission Trips
I feel small. It is the most uncomfortable comfortable. It is unusual and weird and settled inside it feels so right. My eyes aren’t on myself, they’re fixed upward. Whether blue sky or white expanse or the moon shining so bright, I’m stuck on...