From the category archives:

Stories of Hope

Haiti #4: Leaving to Port-Au-Prince again today!

by Jorge Fusaro on April 1, 2010 · 6 comments

You might be wondering, why so many updates on Haiti?  April 12th, will mark 3 months after the earthquake struck on January 12th.  Media outlets have many other “news” to broadcast and Haiti has lost center stage. Many people have made generous donations, but the restoration of Haiti, will take a lot more money and [...]

Tagged as: mission trip, port-au-prince, relief aid

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Haiti #3: On the street, when the sunsets, HIV, and photos

by Jorge Fusaro on March 9, 2010 · 5 comments

This past week has been intense with work, deadlines, and Haiti-related meetings. Therefore, my time to edit 3000+ photos and write new blog posts has been limited. I want to continue sharing more thoughts and reflections from our humanitarian mission trip to Haiti. Here are some excerpts from my journal.
After a couple of days on [...]

Tagged as: beraca baptist, earthquake photos, haiti earthquake, Haiti photographs, hiv, mission trip, relief aid

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The Butterfly Circus: A short motivational film (w/subtitles)

by Jorge Fusaro on February 23, 2010 · 1 comment

This short 18-minute film is nothing short of amazing. It’s so powerful you would want to watch it more than once. Filled with hope and redeeming metaphors, it may be what you need to watch today to help you overcome limitations set by yourself and by others. Starring Eduardo Verástegui (Bella) and Nick Vujicic and [...]

Tagged as: eduardo verastegui, hope, nick vujicic, redemptive, video

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An Urban Legend and A Response to Pat Robertson: Did He Go Too Far?

by Jorge Fusaro on January 16, 2010 · 3 comments

In this article, I want to address “Haiti’s pact with the devil” and a response to the insensitive remarks by Pat Robertson.
A lot has been said about Haiti and this is only the beginning. My other blog posts can wait. Haiti has captured my heart. More than 100,000 are presumably dead. The earthquake has been [...]

Tagged as: God and Haiti, Haiti, Pat Robertson, unchristian respond, urban legend

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Human Trafficking in the 21st Century is No Joke

by Jorge Fusaro on January 11, 2010 · 1 comment

Few things infuriate me. Human trafficking is one of them.
This form of modern-day slavery is the 2nd largest illegal industry after drug trade. It is a highly sophisticated form of organized crime that has overtaken the illegal trade of weaponry today. The UN estimates that 1-4 million people are trafficked worldwide every year. [...]

Tagged as: child abuse, forced labor, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, slavery

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Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

by Jorge Fusaro on March 23, 2009 · 1 comment

If you have not yet seen Randy Pausch’s last academic lecture, you are in for an inspiring, thought-provoking, and possibly life changing experience.
In academia, the last lecture is a tradition where lecturers (before retiring or leaving the institution) give one final presentation that encapsulates what matters to them the most. It’s the professor’s last opportunity, [...]

Tagged as: dreams, Last Lecture, legacy, life goes on, Randy Pausch

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