As we begin our year in Haiti, some of you may not know the
plan and our heart for this place and these people, so we wanted to start with
this background information…
We are so
excited to let you know that we are headed to Haiti for a year to serve the
Lord and share his love with the people there. We will be living on the small
island of La Gonave that sits in the crook of the mainland of Haiti. We first went
to La Gonave on a short term mission trip in 2012 and it was then that we fell
in love with the place and the people. We both felt the Lord would one day call
us back to serve him there. La Gonave is a very poor part of Haiti, and with no
industry and very poor agriculture the prospects of life there are not very
good. However, there is hope for these people and we plan to work to cultivate
that hope and shine God’s light there.
Our main project
will be a new agricultural initiative with the pilot model at the Okipe Jesus
Home for Children Orphanage on La Gonave.
It’s an aquaponics system that will raise both vegetables and fish for
the orphanage. The two main goals of this
system are to provide for the children, and to determine if more systems would
be a viable economic investment on La Gonave.
We will spend time each day maintaining and monitoring the system,
making adjustments so that it is running as effectively as possible. We will also be training older kids and
employees at the orphanage to run the system independently. This system will be under our care for 1
year, with the end result being that the orphanage will own, sustain, and
benefit from it long term.
We will also be
involved in other educational opportunities on the island. The primary one is Allison’s role at the
Indiana Wesleyan University School of Nursing on La Gonave. She will be assisting with nursing student
competencies and training.
We truly feel
that the Lord is calling us to these roles, and are very excited to not only
serve the people, but also to shine his light and share his grace with
them.
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