Blog Posts

Great week in Haiti and Florida

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 impressed with h...

  • Mar 29, 2017

  • by Bernie Gengel

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Transformation through Service...

I have been back in the US for five days now si...

  • by Bernie Gengel

  • Mar 26, 2017

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Thanks for making me a Proud P...

One of the Greatest Joys in life is to see our ...

  • by Bernie Gengel

  • Mar 12, 2017

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Medical at Be Like Brit

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

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Open Arms

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

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Big Happenings for Be Lik...

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

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A Time for Pause

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

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St Peter Marian More

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

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The Breakfast Club Sort of

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

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Len at Work

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

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Pride and Patriotism

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

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Happy Mothers Day

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

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Is that really Haiti

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

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Simple Firsts

After an exciting week with our friends from Holy Name Junior and Senior High School in Worcester we are rolling into the last week of April and we cant quite believe it Holy Name sends a group down each year and we love the dynamic that having hi...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Apr 24, 2016

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Growth

Its been another busy week here in Haiti and while we often share with you our plans and strategies for sustaining the orphanage and the organization as a whole we dont often talk to you about growth Thats right with as much as we have going on al...

  • by Jonathan Lamare

  • Apr 17, 2016

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Caught in the Rain

It is hard to believe we are a full 10 days into the month of April 2016 already and weve done anything but slow down here at Be Like Brit Having returned later in the week from a trip to the United States working at the Be Like Brit office in Wor...

  • by Jonathan Lamare

  • Apr 09, 2016

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Trip to Worcester

After a wonderful Easter holiday the children all finally made their way back to school this past week and we are anxiously awaiting their report cards due sometime this coming week The children truly do love the opportunity to go to school they r...

  • by Jonathan Lamare

  • Apr 03, 2016

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Easter Week

With the children on Easter holiday from school this past week having just wrapped up from taking their quarterly exams for their report cards it was an especially busy and hectic week here at Be Like Brit We also had the pleasure of hosting the A...

  • by Jonathan Lamare

  • Mar 27, 2016

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