Hope for Haiti

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Audience

Just a few of the children that will benefit from the new classrooms at Charrette. Looking for a way to help? The roof is next, would you consider helping to bring this project to completion? E-mail or donate today saintmarchaiti@gmail.com .

Friday, April 10, 2009

Motar

Here at Charrette it took many hands to build the walls. The team from Colorado pitched in lending a hand, setting block upon block. The children love to watch and see what's going on. Soon these children will all have a classroom under a roof and out of the weather. Before a building was built here the town's people mocked the Christians saying where is your God? You have nothing. God has a plan and this part of it started to unfold in 1999 when a youth group from Pennsylvania started the building process for the church, one block at a time. Now the community looks for guidance and direction from the church, and it started with a Foundation that cannot be shaken.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Block upon block

What imprint will I leave? Sooner or later most of us will ask ourselves that very question. Will it be building up or tearing down? There is a time and season for each of these, just what is it the Lord is asking me to do? Here in Charrette, Haiti many are called to help with the building process for this school and the education of the precious children in Haiti. Hope for Haiti helps connect people with needs around the St Marc area through the ministry of EMEVI. Join us today by reaching out and leaving an imprint that may very well last an eternity. saintmarchaiti@gmail.com for more information.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Reaching higher

The view from Charrette is beautiful, even with a view of the bay at St Marc if you were to gaze to the west. All looks peaceful and calm. A closer inspection reveals what is not seen from the distance and sheds a different light. Poverty, hunger, little hope in the eyes of people you meet, and so much more is revealed as you, look, smell, touch and taste of the environment that surrounds you.
All this becomes personal when we allow others to "gaze" into our lives. Others that peer our way, may see a very different person from afar, than what would be seen through closer inspection. Seeing the state of need near Charrette is a visual picture of the needs that may be hidden in us, in me. As we allow others to walk with us those needs can be addressed, just like when we see the needs in Charrette and step forward walking with our brothers and sisters there.
We rejoice seeing this foundation being set in place and the walls being built at Charrette. May we allow the Lord to do a work in us that is built on the solid foundation of Christ!
Care to be a part of what's happening in Charrette or other projects in and around St Marc? Send a note if you have questions to saintmarchaiti@gmail.com or if you would like click on the donate button to the right for Hope for Haiti.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Many hands...

The walls continued to grow day by day. These classrooms when completed will already be filled. The school at Charrette has 250 students who at present meet in one large room (the church) and two outside classrooms. Would you like to help? The next project will be the roofing to bring this nearer to completion. Contact us at saintmarchaiti@gmail.com for additional information.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Charrette Classrooms start to rise

Through generous donations the move from foundations to walls has begun. The team from Colorado visited and "got dirty" while helping lend a hand with the building process for these classrooms. Want to help? Contact us at saintmarchaiti@gmail.com for additional information.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Kitchen upgrade

For years the kitchen at Marcel's has been outside on the porch, where all the cooking and cleaning was done. Before the arrival of the team from Colorado it is obvious that Marcel has been very busy. As Marcel welcomes teams to his house he has been upgrading a little each year. In December this was still just a concrete block room, what a transformation.

Lives being transformed and encouraged through the sharing of the gospel. As the team had many opportunities to share both by example and sharing, lives are being changed. Watch in the days ahead for the testimony that is shared from hearts on fire.

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.