Ministry Highlights

How Should We Respond to Poverty?

Every day, 16,000 children die from starvation around the world. That means 16,000 died yesterday, 16,000 will die today, and another 16,000 tomorrow. By contrast, we live in a place where we throw away enough food to end child starvation. Statistically, if we took all the money we spend on dog food alone, we could stop world hunger. Can you imagine that? When we think in those terms, it’s especially shocking that child slavery still exists only 700 miles off the coast of Florida. We see a dramatic need to fill that gap and say, in very practical terms, “This [...]

2023-04-06T15:35:05-07:00February 24th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , |
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Let’s Pray Together

What a treasure to hold my children’s small hands in mine, watch them grow, and enjoy their childhood. It’s not something I take lightly. Especially since I know not every parent or child has the same privileges. I’m wearing these bracelets my daughter and I made together at the Simi Walk for Restaveks last October. They remind me to pray for Mickenson, our sponsored child, his brothers and sisters in our Children’s Homes, and all the restaveks in Haiti. They remind me to pray for Haiti’s broken government, broken economy, and broken people. I’d like to be candid that it [...]

2023-04-06T15:37:14-07:00February 17th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , |
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Supporting Missions—The Aust Family

The Aust family has supported Connect 2 Ministries for years, and they make a point of including their children, Eisley and Avison, in family ministry. We asked Kevin and Tina to share today about their experience getting their whole family involved in missions. One year, my daughter, Eisley, asked our family to give Bibles on her behalf to the children in Haiti instead of buying her gifts for Christmas. I’m not sure why she did this. She was 10 or 11 at the time, and we had recently been talking about Connect 2 Ministries and the Regency Home. I [...]

2023-06-21T15:52:15-07:00February 10th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , |
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VBS 2022 Recap

During the last week of 2022, Pastor Poyis organized multiple VBS programs for the communities around Onaville. He asked all of our Mercy Network pastors to participate, and we were so excited to hear that each of the ten VBS programs was successful. The churches were full! The older children in our Homes are once again serving children in their surrounding communities. While it’s encouraging to watch these kids grow from a distance, it’s a special blessing to see them serving meals, leading worship and acting out Bible stories for 250 children who need the light [...]

2024-06-08T06:43:33-07:00February 3rd, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , , |
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Ministry Under Pressure

This last year has been one of adjustments. Haiti’s continued social and political turmoil has made us think outside the box about ways to support our ministry partners in Haiti, and we have seen some encouraging fruit. In the midst of dark times, God is still at work. We have been able to give food recently (in a very limited capacity), but we’ve still been able to offer some resources through our clinic and serve as support for our Mercy Network pastors. Pastor Poyis and Jimmy are in communication with these men consistently, and they are faithful to let [...]

2023-04-06T15:41:17-07:00January 27th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , |
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Mercy Network

We talk often about our Mercy Network, but have you ever wondered how this branch of our ministry began? The work our pastors do in their communities is a major extension of the heart of Connect 2 in Haiti—from distributing food to offering spiritual help, these men consistently and wholeheartedly invest in the people around them. And we invest in them because of it. The Mercy Network got its start when we began our partnership with Children's Hunger Fund. CHF's model is church-centric, so when they give food or supplies, they don't simply give to an organization and trust [...]

2023-04-06T15:45:33-07:00January 13th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , |
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Stories of Rescue

It’s a new year, and we couldn’t be more encouraged! As we look forward to what God has in store for 2023, we also want to pause and remember the amazing work He’s done already. Below are stories from two former restavek kids—child slaves—who have found safety, peace, and hope through the ministry of God’s church in Haiti. Fabian We teach in our Mercy Network churches that abuse, in whatever form it takes, is unacceptable—to the degree that if you have a neighbor who's abusing a child, you need to be involved in putting an end to it. Well, [...]

2023-04-06T15:54:22-07:00January 6th, 2023|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , |
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A Haitian Christmas

Of every holiday, Christmas is the one celebrated most around the world. The reach of the gospel is far-ranging, and Jesus’ birth has shaped the traditions and customs of nations because of it. As we look forward to Christmas Day, we’re praying that the coming weeks would be a time of great hope and joy for God’s people in Haiti. Here are a few of the things you might see while celebrating a Haitian Christmas. “Merry Christmas” in Creole is “Jwaye Nwèl.” Early in December, Haitians decorate their homes with pine branches or Christmas trees. On Christmas Eve, people share [...]

2024-11-11T08:22:54-08:00December 16th, 2022|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , |
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Why Do We Give? Part 2

This Christmas season, we have every reason to give. As we thank the Lord for the blessings He’s given us—and praise Him for the daily opportunities we have to share hope with others—we’re looking at five more reasons Christians give freely, joyfully, and often. We give as a channel of God’s provision to others. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights” (James 1:17). When we give to others, God is blessing them through us. Our giving is an extension of His kindness. We give as a practice of true religion. [...]

2024-11-11T08:21:27-08:00December 9th, 2022|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , |
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“Children’s Homes” v. “Orphanages”

“Children’s Homes” v. “Orphanages” If you’ve been around Connect 2 Ministries for long, you know that one of our primary ministries is caring for rescued restaveks in our Children’s Homes. The title, “restavek,” describes an abused child who lives with and serves a family that is not his or her biological family. The children have either been sold by their own family to another that is financially able to provide, or they are orphans with no family to care for them. Either way, they find themselves without stable parents before they ever come to our [...]

2023-04-06T16:15:07-07:00December 2nd, 2022|Categories: Ministry Highlights|Tags: , , , |
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