This has been a fabulous year Thank you all so much for your support This week the Be Like Brit team has been reflecting and we wanted to share with you our favorite memories from 2017 After reading comment below and let us know your favorite memory from this yea...
Dec 01, 2017
by danielle cutillo
My name is Jean Peterson Exilas Born in a small town called Grandgoave in 1989 I lived there my whole life where I did my High school and learned music as well l am 28 years old musician and Latin Dancer And l have been working for Be Like for 6 ...
by danielle cutillo
Nov 13, 2017
Id been on mission trips before Id painted houses Id spent time in big cities facing severe homelessness and Id worked in food banks Id led service projects with backbreaking construction some lacking supplies or using trees from a rainforest for ...
by danielle cutillo
Oct 24, 2017
Hi EveryoneSince Ive arrived home from my 3 months in Haiti everyone has been asking me how do you feel and is it good to be home I always reply by explaining that Haiti honestly feels like my home away from home As difficult as it was to say good...
by danielle cutillo
Oct 19, 2017
Len Gengel and Cherylann Gengel have been committed to providing quarterly training for all staff members at Brits Home over the last several years Topics in the past have included theory and practice in childadolescent development behavior manag...
by danielle cutillo
Oct 14, 2017
My name is Marie Gina Fleurvil I was born in Les Cayes which is a city South of Haiti and I grew up in PortauPrince I have received a degree in Social Work Before coming to Brits Home I worked at General Hospital in Pediatrics and entertained the...
by danielle cutillo
Oct 07, 2017
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 ...
by danielle cutillo
Oct 01, 2017
My name is Wilmann Laguerre Im the Program and Activities Coordinator here at Brits HomeIve been working as an employee here for 5 years My job is planning activities for the children preparing materials for the teachers and supervising the classe...
by danielle cutillo
Sep 24, 2017
My name is Myster Way JEAN BAPTISTE I am the psychologist at Brits Home I studied psychology at the State University of Haiti in PortauPrince Before coming to Brits home I was working with children with developmental disorders Then I worked at an ...
by danielle cutillo
Sep 14, 2017
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