Sarah Habben
Sarah Habben lives on the island of Antigua with her husband, missionary Dan Habben, and their four daughters. They moved to the Caribbean in August 2017 after serving 18 years in Alberta, Canada.
Praise him in the hallway
When someone shuts a door in your face, it’s unpleasant. Momentum is broken. Communication is shut down. What to do? Pound on the door…
So deep
Snorkeling in the Caribbean Sea is like snooping on a weird and wonderful metropolis. The classy, the clownish, the fat, the flat, the finned,…
Lost and found
Some years ago, “Lost” posters appeared in my city picturing a homely looking dog named Sidney. A woman vacationing in Mexico had rescued Sidney…
Welcome home
My family made two big moves in three years. Just when we were getting our feet on the ground, we had to adjust all…
A compassionate Father
There have been bad parents ever since sin grew roots in the Garden of Eden. Parents who get more pleasure from a private vice…
What love is
I know my husband loves me. He doesn’t surprise me with candlelit dinners or flowers. But he cleans the house on his day off….
Perfect!
My daughters’ math teacher demands that margins are drawn and homework is done in pen. But if your pen wobbles or a mistake is…
From compost to kings
People from many nations call Antigua home. But they don’t all share the Antiguans’ love for salt fish and sous. When expats travel off-island,…
A new master
In April 2018, Operation Libertad rescued nearly 350 victims of human trafficking in the Caribbean and Latin America. Some victims worked in spaces no…
Special
You might have been picked for recess teams based on your fast feet. You may have attracted someone with your sense of humor, stunning…
Wear white
It’s Labor Day in the United States. A day that honors the contributions of the working person. The bittersweet “last” day of summer. And,…
His ways are best
Living overseas can challenge a person’s North American sensibilities. In my current home on the island of Antigua, I don’t always understand what’s going…