… a country where 80% of the population lives in abject poverty with average wages less than $2 per day for the few who can find work

            … a place where escalating food costs leave many unable to afford any food other than mud “cookies”

            … a population that buries one in eight children before the age of 5, children taken by malnutrition and preventable diseases

            … an island nation where nearly every water source has become contaminated with human waste

            … a home to more than one million orphans

… a country that lies less than 700 miles – only a 2-hour flight – from the coast of Florida

                                             … You have imagined Haiti.

Yet in the midst of such destitution, many are giving their lives to share the love of Jesus in meeting the needs of the Haitian people. Children’s Homes (crèches) care for and protect the most vulnerable children, finding adoptive homes in the US and Europe for children who have no hope for a future life in their home country. Others care for malnourished and sick children whose parents cannot afford any medical care, hoping to return healthy children to their families. Many missions organizations employ Haitians as nannies or train them in skills such as sewing that can provide them a living wage. Christian-funded schools provide free education for children who would otherwise remain illiterate.

  In June I will join a team on a one-week trip to visit Haiti, seeking ways to partner with those who are working to bring relief to its people. We will visit 6 orphan-centered ministries, bringing 500 pounds of life-giving supplies and making connections for a long-term ministry in Haiti. As I prepare to leave on June 10, I am looking for partners to join me in praying and to help with the costs of the trip. My travel and lodging costs will be about $800, and beyond that, I will be gathering supplies (food, clothing and other necessities) to donate to help Haitian orphans.

 In the next week or so, I will begin sending specific prayer requests and information about our contacts in Haiti by email. If you would like to receive that email, please send me a note at 3rsandahug@gmail.com. If you would like to donate supplies or help with the cost of the trip - or if you have other questions I can answer - please email me.

“I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for Me.” Jesus (Matthew 25:40)