Under the scorching sun of the Ivory Coast, West Africa, people would sometimes walk for one to two days singing with the tam tam to attend a crusade. The Lord worked through signs and wonders. Many were saved and each conference, around one hundred were water baptised. At dawn, the people would make their way…
This mountain that represents sixty trucks of dirt must be moved in order for us to redirect and pave the ravine that goes through our land. We tried to rent a backhoe but in vain. With all the reconstruction going on in town, all bulldozers are rented for months ahead. The picks and the shovels…
On the New Year’s Eve and on the New Year’s Day, we had the joy to share our “Joumou Soup” with a family of six children of whom Marika (15) is in charge. The “Joumou Soup” is the traditional soup eaten on that day and it is made of pumpkin, yam, meat and lots of…
Cholera outbreak in Haiti. The death toll is up to 800. Over 12,000 people have been infected. The bacteria appeared in Port-au-Prince, the capital city. United Nations warns that as many as 200,000 people may become infected. They have requested $164,000 million in a global aid. As a precaution, all the children are required to…
We hear about Haiti’s reconstruction. But we are still at the demolition and the rubble removing stage of the numerous buildings damaged by the earthquake. The task is huge. Haiti: Union European building damaged by the earthquake is being repaired. According to an article posted on June 2nd, 2010, on Radio Kiskeya site, during the…
On April 5th, after having been closed for nearly three months, schools reopened under tents and tarps. New statistics show that 83% of the schools have been damaged and/or destroyed. That is why the Haitian government decided to use tents for schools. One million people live under tents or shelters made out of tarps,…
Jean-Benoît, one of our preachers, told us what happened on January 12th. “I was sitting in a taptap (a local transportation) with my wife Mona. Suddenly, the taptap starting jumping in the air and falling back to the ground like a wild horse. At first I thought a vehicle had hit us. But someone sitting with us…
Miss Occean (4) has a mystic beauty, but she is so very tiny. Her parents and two of her siblings disappeared in the flood in The Bay des Anglais during hurricane Matthew. They were never found. A month after, she was brought to her uncle. She will grow up without her parents, but Child CarePlus…
Hello from Haiti, We were in the Dominican Republic when the earthquake hit the capital city of Haiti. We had seen pictures of the devastation on the Internet and on TV, but could not have imagined the magnitude of the devastation. Last night, as we were making our way back home on the only tap-tap (public…
Dear Pastors & Friends Bob Thornley, our project manager, returned to Haiti on November 3rd. A donor from Ontario has given us a big amount of money which is allowing us to continue working on the first Phase of our building project. At the end of December, the basement and the chapel’s walls will be…
