Hope for Haiti: April 2010

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Camp Meeting 2010

Each year EMEVI Churches gather for Camp Meeting at Bois Neuf, which starts Thursday and will run through Sunday May 2nd. This year a new addition has been added to the right of the outdoor stage to help with the needs not only for this time but for the planned new school building as well as the church. This event reaches well beyond EMEVI as the community around Bois Neuf and into St Marc also join in, bringing over 1000 to worship, praise, hear testimonies and teachings and more. Please pray for our brothers and sisters in Haiti as they not only celebrate but continue to struggle with the needs that are ever before them.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

One step at a time

Scrap metal is collected and sold to purchase chicken's, goat's and this is a first, cow number 1. The pastor from Bataille is reviewing the receipt for this purchase after Marcel met him and they visited the market at Fond Baptist. In the days ahead funds will supply another cow to help out in Bataille where they will be tended and used for milk, cheese etc. Goats have already been purchased and are being raised at Colmini and soon chickens will fill "Jim's Chicken House" at Bois Neuf. A little over a year ago donors purchased goats and delivered them to families which is an answer to prayer and it seems that the stage was set. One step at a time... All praise to our Savior!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Making a difference

Jobs help to encourage, provide income, funds to purchase goods, which then reaches out to others. These jobs are possible through the outpouring of love as many are reaching out to encourage our brothers and sisters in Haiti. Our faces are not seen, our voices not heard but the love is felt and is making a difference.

This is making a difference, just ask one of those that is receiving a touch from God.

Hope for Haiti the story..

Hope for Haiti was Incorporated January 25th, 1993 and is a registered 501(3)(c) non profit organization that was established on January 23rd, 1995. Jon and Diane Seitz as well as Tim Whorl founded Hope for Haiti with the intention of “Promotion of giving and contributions to provide relief for needy Haitians”. Hope for Haiti was founded in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania. In 2008, most of the administrative and logistical services were moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee with Jon and Diane still providing oversight for Hope for Haiti from Pennsylvania.
In 1990 Jon and Diane Seitz planned a trip to Haiti with their daughter. Just before their departure their daughter came down with Chicken Pox and plans were changed allowing a door to be opened. Their travels went forward but with a empty seat as their daughter stayed home. On the flight into Haiti, their first, the passenger that filled that seat would forever change not only their lives but many others as well. Being their first trip into Haiti this passenger was concerned that they make the connection at the airport and the journey had begun. They swapped contact information and the rest is now history in the making. 1991 brought another trip back into Haiti for Jon then in 1992 Tim went with Jon and talk started about setting up this ministry. While visiting in 1992 the conversation was started about the possibility of child sponsorship for helping insure that children be able to attend school. After arriving back in the states the paperwork was drawn up and filed to incorporate Hope for Haiti as a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation. The trips continued and after seeing the needs from year to year at Bois Neuf Church/School their contact invited them to a nearby community called Charrette. Charrette sits above St Marc in what might be called foothills with a partial view of the bay below. This had opened another door and the tent pegs were about to be expanded. Hope for Haiti's focus had been primarily with Bois Neuf and now it seemed good to reach out beyond there. 1998 there was a stirring going on and a community that was mocking the people of the church saying “where is your God?” was about to change. Charrette church would soon be meeting inside a building instead of under a tree. A trip was organized and planned and in 1999 a Youth Group from Pennsylvania brought much encouragement by working right alongside their brothers and sisters in Christ building what is now the Church/School at Charrette. This was the beginning of a new season for Hope for Haiti and how it would be challenged to continue to reach beyond anything that could have been imagined in those early days. Working alongside a Pastor and Friend that is passionate about God and helping others has and is making this a labor of love. The ministry in Haiti “Evangelical Living Water Ministry of Haiti” or EMEVI has now expanded to include 7 churches and schools with around 1200 students. Today Hope for Haiti continues with it's mission to Promote the giving and contributions to provide relief for needy Haitians. Many have come alongside and through their generosity people's lives are being touched and changed. Teams continue to go providing encouragement and hands to help. Buildings are being built, jobs are created, medical clinics and of course children are being sponsored and educated. Remember that empty seat on the plane? Well Marcel Destine continues to touch many lives and is making a difference. You never know when that divine appointment may come or where it might lead, that is still a work in process.

Hope for Haiti...

a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, located in Glen Rock, PA, with administrative and logistic functions being handled in Chattanooga, TN, works with the ministry EMEVI (Evangelical Living Water Ministry of Haiti). Marcel Destine oversees EMEVI which includes 7 churches, 5 of which are also schools, and are located in and around St Marc, Haiti. We pray this may be used to get the word out to those whose hearts are being tugged on, to come alongside some of the poorest people on earth. Hope for Haiti raises support through sponsorship of children which helps provide for schooling, meals and supplies for schooling. EMEVI info. You might want to check out the video clips for a further explanation of the ministries of EMEVI and Hope for Haiti.