After three hours of off-road driving and another one hour hike, we reached our final destination in Forte des Pin. Once again, the Lord gave us the honor of being the first American Missionaries to do ministry with these churches. Six churches had come together for a night of revival. The Lord gave Mike the [...]

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Wow! God did so many amazing things in the last week through our team from RIO Church! In just a week, the team went into 5 prisons, distributed and traded Bibles for knives, revival services, worked on the first children’s home, and also made over 250 Christmas ornaments! They worked so hard and the Lord [...]

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“I have received the Holy Spirit and my mission from God,” said Gabriel.

Gabriel is a young man whom I met several months ago while showing the Jesus film in his village. From our first meeting, I knew the Lord had something special for him, but I was not sure what it was at the time. [...]

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The last week has been very hard for us. After the announcement of Andrea’s pregnancy last Saturday, Andrea began to have problems. After some bloodwork last week, the results came back bad. Andrea returned to the doctor on Wednesday for another ultrasound, but the results were the same: she had lost [...]

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Two weeks ago, we found out Andrea is pregnant! We are thrilled to be expecting a baby! After the mission trip to the mountains, Andrea began to have some problems and pain. We immediately went to Miami University’s Hospital in Haiti to make sure she and the baby were both ok. They kept Andrea overnight [...]

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The truck was packed…Our projector, generator, and sound system were loaded ready to show the film…And the eight of us finally left the house at 7:00am Tuesday morning, May 25th ready for a journey to reach out and share the Gospel! Along with Mike and myself, we had Ashley, an intern staying with us, Michele, [...]

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ReachHaiti Church of Leogoane is a beautiful place. The church is built from wood stripes and is located in the deep, dense vegetation with banana and coconut trees all around. Mike preached last Sunday morning at the church. After the service, we loaded 18 people in the truck and were heading to the small river [...]

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Just four months ago, before the earthquake, the Lord brought a precious surprise into our lives: Marilyn. When we first received her, she weighed only 14 pounds and was two and a half years old. We were stunned at her condition. She looked like a skeleton rather than a baby. Marilyn spent a week in [...]

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We are VERY excited to announce that we have closed on the property, and all the paperwork is final! The land is around 2.5 acres and is located in a village called, Gidon. Gidon is about 20 minutes from our house now and is just below the mountains outside the city.

We have big plans for [...]

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Most lost family, all lost friends. This was the case for many Haitian people after the quake. In 30 seconds, their lives were changed forever, as was ours. No water, no gasoline, no electric, all their clothes trapped beneath rubble. Where do you turn for help when you have so little to begin with? Hope [...]

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