Mark Jacobs launches book What a Friend we have in Jesus

Mark Jacobs (seated, left) about to sign a copy of his book for a patron

Seventeen short stories that speak to the resilience of the Haitian people; that country’s economic reconstruction following the devastation of the 2010 earthquake among other things are what make up Mark Jacobs’s book, What a Friend we have in Jesus.

The book was launched recently at the Night Cap Café.

Mark Jacobs was born and raised in a small country village on the