If you have traveled to Brits Home as a Britsionary you may have had the pleasure of meeting Father Brice He is a dear friend of the Gengel family a Be Like Brit supporter and the priest at St Francois in Haiti This is not only a beautiful church in Grand Goave b...
Oct 01, 2017
by danielle cutillo
Hello EveryoneThe last time I wrote a blog post I was finishing my first week back to Brits Home Now I am writing to you almost 3 months later I cant believe how fast time flies This has been an incredible summer and I am thankful for the opportun...
by danielle cutillo
Sep 10, 2017
Team Road Rage was a beautiful combination of a few first time Britsionarys a few returnees and a few familiar faces in the BLB Family Our team name was born on the drive to Grand Goave when one team member who will remain nameless told a story of...
by danielle cutillo
Aug 28, 2017
I knew on the plane that I was with a special group We had a large group 18 including our leaders Tim and CherylAnn along with mostly first timers and strangers Our plane was filled with Haitians and we were mixed amongst them I witnessed one Brit...
by Bernie Gengel
Aug 20, 2017
Grandmas House This is the theme that best captures a week in Haiti spent by twelve of the loveliest people one could hope to meet We had 4 returning Britsionaries 8 newbies and were also joined by Shelby from BLB who has not been back to Britneys...
by Bernie Gengel
Aug 13, 2017
As I close in on my 2nd Anniversary as an official employee at Be Like Brit I continue to be amazed and in awe of what Cherylann and Len have created I started my journey with BLB in 2013 when Len who built our home in Holden and Cherylann got win...
by Bernie Gengel
Aug 04, 2017
This past week I had the privilege of leading five fabulous and amazing Britsionarys to Brits Home These five Joe Mike Flynn Tyler and Kyle are recent grads from Saint Johns High School Rob Heald a Saint Johns Alum was also on the trip as a colead...
by Bernie Gengel
Jul 30, 2017
Hello Everyone As I enter my third week Ive been continually asked are you homesick yet The answer is always No Brits Home truly feels like home It is impossible to feel sad or lonely here Theres always a smiling face greeting me a hand to hold or...
by Bernie Gengel
Jul 24, 2017
My name is Danielle and I am writing to you from Grand Goave Haiti at Brits Home I will be spending 2 months here as a long term Britsionary This trip will be a bit different from my past trips Instead of participating in the home build projectI w...
by Bernie Gengel
Jul 15, 2017
FABULOUS is the one word that comes to mind when we think about this trip Ironically fabulous is the one word we use to describe Britney We dont really know if its possible to put into words all the different emotions we were feeling as we touched...
by Bernie Gengel
Jul 09, 2017
Its been a little over one year since my last blog and boy have a lot of things changed The children are growing too fastMacson Delienne and Fredo are taller than me and they love to tease me by calling me shorty Speaking of names Im no longer Mad...
by Mami Love
Jul 02, 2017
Im flying out of Haiti on the 6pm flight as I write this blog I cant believe its been almost 7 years that Ive been flying in and out of Haiti I stopped counting after 100 trips into Haiti and then out of Haiti as I thought it was a milestone Haiti...
by Len Gengel
Jun 25, 2017
Written By Melissa As some of you know I have been living in London since September while pursuing a Masters Degree in International Child Studies While moving to London to study was one of the most exciting opportunities I had ever had it was a c...
by Melissa Provost
Jun 04, 2017
When I woke up at 200am Saturday morning to head to the airport the only thought running through my head was I hope this team is as excited as I am It has been almost a year since I have been back to Haiti and having a team of mostly first time vi...
by Bernie Gengel
May 22, 2017
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and the second most densely populated Urban and rural poverty rates have risen with overall poverty at 77 In the rural areas where Brits Home is located 88 of the people are poor with 67 of th...
by Bernie Gengel
May 14, 2017
My journey with Holy Name High School started at the pretrip meeting I stood there looking at the 10 faces of high school students and their parents who were willing to send their children to a third world country I knew in that moment that their ...
by Bernie Gengel
Apr 23, 2017
