Blog Posts

Lessons for the Future

There are always projects going on around Be Like Brit As I mentioned last week having Boss Len here we have had a lot going on In the past few weeks Len has purchased some of the land neighboring our property These purchases will allow us the area to eventually ...

  • Nov 09, 2015

  • by Jonathan

Read More

Continuing the Compassion

One may never know what to expect on a daytoday...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Team Amazing Race

Our second group of Britsionarys for the month ...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Summer Days

What an incredible week For those of you who have followed along closely on facebook you will have seen that not only did we have our friend and Board member Eileen on hand last week but our Medical Director Susan has been with us for...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Our Newest Addition

Here at Be Like Brit we are always growing Whether it be new staff members coming on board to better serve the needs of our children or new children enrolling in our program it seems not many days go by without a new addition of some kind Soon it ...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

All You Need is Love

Last Friday when our newest Britsionary group drove up the hill and arrived at Brits Orphanage included among them were Lisa and Megan Birch If their names sound familiar to you thats because Lisa and Megan were down at Brits Orphanage back in Jan...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Happy Fathers Day

BLBs Overnight Supervisor is like a Father Willmann English Teacher Overnight Supervisor and Caregiver at BLB Willmann is also an 11th grade student at Mission of Hope International

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Chikungunya and Team Chik...

Ashley and Dotchley He was so happy to see her again Our first group of Britsionarys in the month of May are now back at home after a busy and fulfilling week here at Brits Orphanage in Haiti The Team who called themselves Team Chiki Chik...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Melissa Joins Our Team

Anyone who follows Be Like Brit on facebook knows how blessed we are with such amazing supporters by way of volunteers Britsionarys donors and more One of those blessings comes in the form of one Melissa Jean Provost Melissa has come to Haiti and ...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Yoga and More

We started off our week with Gamas return from the States The children absolutely love Gama and are so lucky to have a man of such strong faith character and integrity in their lives Gama was with us in the States traveling for a fundraiser for th...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Team Haiti in the USA

Every week I try to write about my experiences as the program director at Be Like Brit It is my hope that I can offer you a glimpse in to the lives of the children who call Be Like Brit home and hopefully convey to you a sense of what it is like l...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Making Memories

I remember being a child in school I remember how anxiously I awaited vacation for whatever reason Obviously summer vacation was the best Two whole months off We spent summers at my familys camp out on Lake Champlain We went fishing canoeing lear...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Family and Friends

The children are always happy when Papi and Manmi Len are in Haiti This past Sunday they arrived at Brits Orphanage just after the children returned from church They had just changed their clothes and run outside for some time on the playgroun...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

The Paradox

Baptism is often referred to as the door of the church It is regarded as the sacrament of first priority as in the Catholic tradition one must be baptized before they may receive any of the other sacraments No matter the faith or denomination it i...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Think Spring

While I was away on vacation last week we have much to report from the week before and even since my return As many of you saw we were so lucky to have our two Britsionary groups in February both the St Johns Church from Kenton OH followed by the ...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Becker College and Boston...

We had 2 groups this week and there was a lot to do All of these students worked tirelessly the entire week to help continue part of the security wall around Brits Orphanage The groups also met families in our community and helped fix their homes ...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

Piti piti wazo f nich

One of our first hires at Be Like Brit after we started enrolling children in to our program was Madam Carline Carline is a wife and mother a member of the worship team at church with a powerful voice and a love of music She works primarily with o...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More

A Busy Week

With 38 children theres often never a dull moment around Be Like Brit Our quietest times are during the week when school days bring us some morning silence and an opportune time to tackle other projects and get lots of work done This week in parti...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

Read More