Posts Tagged With: Haiti
Good News to the Poor (Luke 4:18)
In Jubilee – a dry and barren slum on the outskirts of Gonaives, Haiti – children are reading God’s Word in their native Creole language and learning about Jesus’ love for them, thanks to the efforts of Cross International partner MUCH Ministries. Together, we are transforming this desolate slum into a place of prosperity and … Continue reading
New Homes, New Lives
“People used to make fun of me because I couldn’t provide for my family,” said Jacqueline Pierre, a single mother of three living in the impoverished community of Jubilee, Haiti. Jubilee is a squatter’s settlement on the outskirts of Gonaives, one of the poorest cities in the poorest countries of the Western Hemisphere. The desolate … Continue reading
School for the Deaf Construction Progress
Last week I was traveling throughout Haiti, visiting our Cross International mission partners in Gonaives—a large, coastal city in the north of the country with a history of voodoo, social unrest and oppressive poverty. I was particularly excited to catch up with Pastor Genada Juinato and his wife Rosa, who have been lovingly ministering to … Continue reading
Remembering a Day We’ll Never Forget
On this day two years ago, the Haitian people cried out in unspeakable pain. It’s a day I will never forget—and I know the Haitian people will never forget it either. January 12, 2010 began like any other day in Haiti. There was nothing remarkable about it at first. Children went to school, parents went … Continue reading
Dreaming Big through Education
We often write about the value of education in the struggle against poverty. But I think the message is more compelling when it comes from the mouths of the Christian missionaries who are actually working with the children of the poor on a daily basis in Cross-sponsored schools. Here is a letter from a staff … Continue reading
Construction Update
“The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build…” Neh. 2:20. On a recent trip to Haiti, I was delighted to see the building projects Cross is working on, all with help from our generous Christian benefactors in the States. One such project is rebuilding a school in … Continue reading
New Restavek Center
We got to meet Alexander Venell, the pastor of a brand new MEBSH learning center in Lakawann, Haiti. Cross has been helping dozens of church-operated literacy centers provide food, education, and the gospel to restaveks (a Haitian word for children forced by poverty to work as domestic servants). The Lakawann school has only been open … Continue reading
Letter from Haiti
I’d like to share excerpts of the latest update from Christian Light Foundation, a Cross ministry partner that is radically changing the lives of the poor in Haiti through evangelism, housing, nutrition, and education. The letter spotlights the tremendous work of the ministry’s dedicated staff, who, like Christian Light Foundation founders Emory and Mary Wilson, … Continue reading
Life as a Restavek
One of my favorite Cross-supported projects in Haiti is a specialized education program for restavek children. Together with our ministry partner Mission Evangelique Baptiste Du Su D’Haiti (MEBSH), we support 49 literacy centers throughout southern Haiti! (Restaveks, or children working as indentured servants for a host family, are routinely denied the opportunity to attend school. … Continue reading
