Outside Class & Cistern

This class takes advantage of the shade in the desert area of Colmini. In the foreground the pipe connects to the cistern gathering much needed water from the roof during rainy seasons. It's quite a hike to the nearest water so this provides clean drinking and cooking water for the school of 230 children. For additional pictures just click on the title above.

December Travels

The front page of the brochure just to the left is a bit hard to see, yes? Just click on it and it will take you to a larger/clearer image. This coming December 5th to the 12th a team of 6 will be headed to St Marc to spend time with Marcel and his team. Please join us in prayer for this group.

As this is being written Marcel will be making preparations to return home after a time of refreshment and encouragement. What a blessing it is when others come alongside to walk with us in this journey the Lord is leading us in. Please lift up Marcel as he makes his way home.

Expectations

I walk into a room reach for the switch flipping it on and the room is filled with light. This past week was a reminder that this is not the case in much of the world. A brief interruption of our power brought on by a storm provided a time to pause and reflect. It was only a 4 hour outage with little inconvenience, but what about the food in the fridge and getting a vehicle out of the garage in the morning. What, no hot water and how about cooking, being in an all electric house can cause some concern. Then the reminder that causes reflection. While in Haiti, power is not a given, as a matter of fact you may be fortunate for a few hours a day if at all. You may have a generator but still it needs fuel and even then running it all day... A fridge becomes a place to store goods but probably not to keep them cool. Think for a moment about living without power, not just for a few hours but for the majority of the time. How would this change your life? For our precious neighbors just to our south this is a reality. The Lord has opened doors to help and Marcel does have a generator and an inverter for some worn out batteries that receive a charge pretty much daily from that generator. Would you be interested in providing for a new deep cycle battery? Let us know and we will send you some details.

Shipping

This past year has brought multiple deliveries to the port at St Marc, blessing this ministry. School supplies all the way to a truck have made the trip and now we have an opportunity to reach out once again. A new generator and compressor have been donated and we are also looking at sending shoe boxes with "goodies" for children. Care to help us "connect" the dots with this delivery? Send us a note at saintmarchaiti@gmail.com and we will let you know how.

Jean Rabel Mission Trip

Marcel and his team of 61 adults and 8 children we able to minister to many. This man had been imprisoned for a debt, God choose to set this captive free, allowing His saints to mark the debt paid in full! If you would like to see additional pictures from the trip just click on the title "Jean Rabel Mission Trip" above.

A note from Marcel:

Dear Friends,
We made it back safe and sound Tuesday afternoon, we were all indeed tired, still can't get ourselves back together. Looking back at what the Lord has enabled us to do,we are amaze and we praise Him for using even us in this great endeavor, the hospitality of the people at Jean-Rabel is awesome, we felt right at home, it was hard to separate with them. The Gospel is becoming more powerful in that place, we believe that the people start realizing the need to turn their life to the Lord,we will continue to stand in the gap to see more come to know the Lord as their personal Savior and Lord. We use the money to help the pastor there, with the pastor's advise we help some of the church members that still can't get themselves back to normal after the last hurricane, we fed 100 people a meal a day and we pay 5000,00 gourdes to release someone from jail.
Thanks for your prayers and support,
We love you!

Marcel

Mission Trip

Marcel and a team from EMEVI Churches took a trip to the northwest of St Marc from August 20 thru the 24th, or at least that was the plan. Jean Rabel is not all that far away, only 7 hours on some terribly rough dirt roads. This mission trip included 61 adults and 8 children. More details will follow in the days ahead but for the moment a brief update. Plans were to head home Monday on a rented bus. Marcel was notified Sunday night that the bus had some mechanical problems and would be going nowhere. Parts are not available in this area of the country so arrangements were being made to have another bus drive from Port-au-Prince which is 9 hours away. Lets see, that would have put them home late Monday or very early Tuesday. By Tuesday morning other arrangements had been made and the journey back begins via a large truck carrying everyone and their meager travel bags. Ok, 7 hours of travel back to St Marc, in the back of a truck, standing up, dirt roads ---- you get the picture. As of now we have not heard if they are back yet?! Now imagine the Lord opening the door during this "extra" day and night at Jean Rabel for Marcel to preach one more time. A crowd of around 500 came to hear the "Good News" and we wonder was this an inconvience or divine appointment? No doubt in this mind. Many came to the Lord during this mission trip, but we will save the rest of the story for another post.

God Provides

A donation, a port nearby, fences. Not long ago an item was shipped to the port at St Marc. A gift that was so close but at the same time locked behind a fence. Days of discussion, filling out the right paperwork and of course the funds to "release" the gift. God gets all the praise. Donors have gone above and beyond to bless this ministry and doors have been opened that no man can open, .....only God.

We have talked about goats before and the story continues, as the Lord has been opening doors to provide families with sustainable food through the blessing of goats. Scrap metal is collected to be sold for the ability to purchase goats. Funds are donated to purchase more goats. Donors go to the market in Haiti and purchase goats and then deliver them to families. The follow-through is in motion as one of the goats has already delivered two little ones and as they grow they are to be shared with the community. Sustainable provision brings encouragement and hope, thank you.