Michael Richwine Blog

On my way

Out at 4 am tomorrow Mike Richwine...

Little-By-Little – understanding prior to trip

This is what I know as I am preparing for the trip to Haiti I don’t think this will fall into the category of Altruistic Tourists! I am going on a Medical Mission trip along with the...

James Frederick Richwine 1/7/1915-1/9/2013

Our father passed away this January, two days after his 98th birthday.  My sweet, gentle father was married for fifty eight years to my Mother – Mary Ellen Shelburn, and had two sons that...

Welcome to my Blog space

 In setting up a blog for my Haiti trip, I thought that it would be a simple task to set up a blog page and just get going.  Two weeks later, this is as far as I have gotten. Buying a web...

My understanding of Haiti prior to trip

  Haiti is part of the island of Hispaniola, between Cuba and Puerto Rico. (I was quite surprised by this – I still think Puerto Rico is somewhere around New York!) Haiti takes up about a...