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Dear Friends and Partners,
Greetings from Haiti. It’s been a great
summer of great short term teams. We’ve
been blessed by 4 groups over the last 6
weeks. We’re excited to share some of the
highlights with you from July.
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Glad Tidings Gravity Team
gravitates kids towards Jesus
This was the first youth team from our
home church in Omaha. What a blessing!
We’ve known many of them since they were
babies. Seeing them maturing in Christ and
sharing His love with Haitian young people
brought great joy to our hearts. At 36
members, (top) they were also the largest
team we’ve ever hosted! They slept in our
house, our neighbor’s house, and outside in
tents. We ate outside (above left) and
everyone took turns pitching in to help with
clean up and kitchen duty. These servants
were easy to host! Small problems included
delayed arrival flights (some arrived 2 days
late) and a broken down bus. (above right) |
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Youth Minister to Youth at
Weekend Youth Retreat
The Gravity Team hosted a Friday/
Saturday Youth Retreat at Port-au-Prince
Fellowship. Nearly eighty English speaking
Haitian youth were touched through pier to
pier ministry including worship, sports,
testimonies, preaching, and small groups.
Missionary parents and an Orphanage
director told us their kids were very
excited about their experience at the
retreat. Long term missionaries asked us to
conduct another retreat as soon as possible.
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School Children Receive
Testimony and God’s Word
Team Gravity also visited many schools to
present sketches, give personal testimony,
explain the gospel and give every child a
copy of the “Book of Hope”. Some of the
presentations were in temporary schools
(above) and others were outdoors. (below)
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One afternoon the team ministered to 800+
children in Pastor St. Cyr’s Tent. (below)
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Special thanks to Pastor Walt DeVries and
and Pastor Jesse Norman for entrusting us
with some of their very best students and
leaders for an outstanding week together!
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“One Hope” Team Delivers the Eternal Gift of God’s Word...
When we first learned One Hope would be sending us a team made up of many individuals from around the USA, we had doubts about
how they would blend together and work together in unity on the field in Haiti. Of the 10 people in the group (top right), only 3 were
from the same Church. With the exception of two men who had met briefly on a similar trip a few years ago, none of the others new
each other. However, as soon as we saw them come together to pray, practice, and jump into ministry together, all our doubts were
forgotten. We were amazed at how this group made “every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” Eph. 4:3
The team distributed the “Book of Hope” in schools and orphanages (above middle row) as well as conducted Soccer clinics and
matches. (above bottom row) Also, using the special J316 soccer balls provided by “One Hope”, they gave numerous balls as prizes (below)
to children who could answer questions about spiritual lessons. The J316 balls use the 5 colors of the Jesus bracelet to help children
easily remember the gospel message. Finally, the team joined “Convoy of Hope” to compliment their pure water training sessions.
Special thanks to Fran O’brien from “One Hope” on the excellent job she did forming this team!
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Thanks to all team members of Gravity and
One Hope who came to bless the people of
Haiti. You have made an eternal deposit in
the hearts and lives of many young people,
adults, and missionary families, especially
ours! Keep your eyes on Jesus and invite the
Holy Spirit to direct your steps everyday.
Thanks too to all our ministry partners! You
are special to us and the Lord’s work in Haiti.
In Christ, Dan, Liz & Joey
Thanks for your partnership with us in Haiti!
In Christ, Dan, Liz & Joey
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