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 visitors with a fe...
May 22, 2017
by Bernie Gengel
A Blessed Easter to you and your family from all of us at Brits Home in Haiti and our staff in the USA Easter is a time of reflection giving up something we love or giving more to those less fortunate than ourselves Its a time to renew our Faith i...
by Bernie Gengel
Apr 16, 2017
One of my favorite parts of my job is getting to watch our Britsionarys experience Haiti and Be Like Brit for the first time This trip was even that more special because it was our first EVER Public High School to spend a week at Brits Home in Hai...
by Bernie Gengel
Apr 09, 2017
Prior to flying down to Brits Home in Haiti I spent sometime at the Be Like Brit South Florida office in Delray Beach It was an absolute pleasure catching up with Peterson and seeing everything he is doing to spread the good news I was thoroughly ...
by Bernie Gengel
Mar 29, 2017
I have been back in the US for five days now since returning from Grand Goave after my 17th trip I think into Haiti I have the honor of providing professional development training to day and evening staff at Brits Home four times per year and I le...
by Bernie Gengel
Mar 26, 2017
One of the Greatest Joys in life is to see our children shine and this past week I witnessed my son Richie doing just that He led his fellow students and staff from High Point University into Haiti to Brits Home I really enjoy it when Boss Richie ...
by Bernie Gengel
Mar 12, 2017
Even before we brought our first child into BLB medical has always been a priority for us We knew that we would have to provide a lot of medical treatment to the children that came to live here and boy were we right We have been blessed to have a...
by Bernie Gengel
Mar 05, 2017
This past week Mike Nicholson Mike Foley and I traveled to Brits Home with 16 hardworking high school students from Saint Johns High School in Shrewsbury A highlight for me on this trip and every trip is working side by side with the Haitians I re...
by Tim Williams
Feb 26, 2017
There is always so much going on with Be Like Brit not just in Haiti but in both our Worcester and our Delray Beach offices in the USA too Add Melissa in London to the mix who handles all of our Britsionary applications background checks schedulin...
by Jonathan LaMare
Feb 12, 2017
This past week Madame Love and I both left Haiti to travel back north to Worcester MA both to be able to attend our Golf Tournament hosted by Cyprian Keyes and for a series of very important meetings including a Board Meeting and several days of f...
by Jonathan Lamare
Jun 12, 2016
Happy June Its crazy to think that we are more than half way through 2016 and weve got so much more lined up for the rest of the year We were thrilled to host our first Britsionary group of June a fabulous group from St Peter Ma...
by Jonathan Lamare
Jun 04, 2016
The other night as I was walking out of the office just as the children were finishing up with their own dinner I noticed our social worker Madame Gina sitting down to eat with a group of 10 or so of our children This was a bit unusual as of all o...
by Jonathan Lamare
May 29, 2016
Yes the title of this blog is a painfully corny playonwords to the equally painful 1990 film Men at Work I couldnt help myself and beg of your forgiveness now We have had an overwhelming week here at Be Like Brit starting with the arrival of Len a...
by Bernie Gengel
May 21, 2016
Growing up in the United States I remember very clearly how much the notion of pride and patriotism in ones country was emphasized Whether it was sitting on the banks of the Saranac River in Plattsburgh NY watching the fireworks commemorate our In...
by Bernie Gengel
May 15, 2016
Birthday parties holiday celebrations baseball games family dinners going to church family bike rides learning how to swim broken bones tears from bullying and broken hearts struggles in school hugs kisses I love yous and so much more are just som...
by Bernie Gengel
May 07, 2016
I froze I felt the smile slowly slide off my face I stared at the picture of the beautiful Haitian sunrise in my hand My eyes fell on the colors in the skydeep blue and orange and pink and grayand on the layers of verdurous mountains that seeme...
by Bernie Gengel
May 01, 2016
