Ministry Outreach

Caring as Christ Cares

Caring as Christ Cares If you walk the grounds of our compound in Haiti, you might notice that we have facilities equipped to care for people in every area of life—spirit, mind, and body. The church is at the center, and that ministry directs the educational programs we conduct in our school. Unsurprisingly, the third main building on site is a Medical Clinic, which serves not only our children and pastors, but provides care to the surrounding community as well. Jesus himself cared for people’s physical needs, so we’ve made it our [...]

2023-04-07T08:34:03-07:00October 15th, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , |
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An Afternoon in Town

An Afternoon in Town One afternoon in Haiti, we drove into town for a trip to the store. It took us about fifteen minutes to get there, and on the way, we drove through some busy streets filled with cars, trucks, motorcycles, and people. The store was called Cassandra, and there were armed guards at the entrance. It was about the size of a Walgreens, but it sold items like you would find in a Walmart. Groceries and miscellaneous items were the main inventory, but the store also sold motorcycles. I asked Poyis who [...]

2023-04-07T08:33:48-07:00October 8th, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , |
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A Special Time Together

A Special Time Together Whenever I visit the Children’s Home, I’m reminded of how much our kids love people. I walked in the door with a couple members of a recent team, and five seconds hadn’t gone by before the children came over to meet us. The little ones love to be held, and the older kids just wanted to be around people. We sat down and the kids began to bring their homework over to work near us. One boy started showing me a science book, and I started pointing at pictures [...]

2023-04-07T08:34:25-07:00October 1st, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , |
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Reminded of God’s Faithfulness

Reminded of God's Faithfulness Summer is the season for Vacation Bible School. Many of you have extensive experience in that department—volunteering through your church, taking your own kids to VBS, or praying for the week as it unfolds. I led a team to Haiti recently, and the kids at our Children’s Homes couldn’t have been more excited for their special VBS. One of our team members happened to be a former elementary school teacher, so naturally we put him in charge of the week. He is great with kids, and the kids love [...]

2023-04-07T08:35:01-07:00September 17th, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , |
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A Morning of Worship

A Morning of Worship On a warm Sunday morning in Haiti, I awoke to the sounds of music and singing in Creole. The worship service at the church next door had begun. I made my way over to the service a little late, and the rest of our team was already seated in the back. Everyone was excited to worship together. The music was a mixture of hymns with acoustic and electric guitar, accompanied by drums. There were probably eighty or ninety people in the service, and at one point, Greg and I walked [...]

2023-04-07T08:35:14-07:00September 10th, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , |
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Family Life

Family Life I’ve been thinking a lot about a trip to Haiti last summer. We traveled with the goal of making progress on a few projects at the Regency Home and arrived focused and ready to work. As we pulled up, one of the older boys, Johnny, opened the gate for us. Johnny came to our home five years ago, and the growth in this young man’s life over that time has been amazing. You can read his full story here. As the kids in our homes are getting older, many of [...]

2023-04-07T08:37:10-07:00September 3rd, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , |
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A Lasting Impact, Part 2

A Lasting Impact, Part 2 This trip was a whirlwind, to say the least, and our team worked on a couple of projects for the Children’s Homes while also helping with the Children’s Hunger Fund food pak distributions. It is so encouraging to watch ministry happen in real-time. One morning, the Medical Clinic offered vaccines for the community, with women bringing their babies for check-ups and immunizations, and another day, the pastors from our Mercy Network came to the compound for a morning of worship, equipping, and discipleship. The week was filled with ministry. [...]

2023-04-07T08:38:18-07:00August 20th, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , , , |
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2021 World Humanitarian Day

World Humanitarian Day Dr. Jarvis has served in international ministry for eighteen years, and he is a faithful volunteer with Connect 2 Ministries. As we recognize World Humanitarian Day, we asked Dr. Jarvis to share his thoughts on gospel ministry and serving in an international context. We hear often that the Christian life is meant to be spent. Ministry is about connecting with people, building relationships, and leading others to Christ, and the heart of gospel work is keeping the main thing the main thing. It’s not primarily about bringing food [...]

2023-06-12T10:11:16-07:00August 19th, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , , , |
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A Lasting Impact, Part 1

A Lasting Impact, Part 1 If you’ve ever wondered how much a church can impact a community, you should see the church in Haiti. On a recent trip, a few mundane events gained so much more meaning in my mind, as I had the opportunity to witness the church in action. On day one, as we began our drive to Onaville, the van’s hood started to rattle. Pastor Poyis pulled over, hopped out, and secured it, but thirty seconds hadn’t gone by before he got a phone call. A passing bus’s driver had recognized [...]

2023-04-07T08:38:45-07:00August 13th, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , |
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Laying a Foundation, Part 6

Laying a Foundation, Part 6 Friday Afternoon After breakfast (and seeing Chuck off to the airport—see Part 5 of this series for the story), some of the team went to finish work on the church while the rest of us focused on tying up loose ends at the Children’s Home. Our work with the kids went quickly, and we were saying goodbye after only a couple of hours. We went back to the compound, where we found the guys building a wardrobe cabinet and working on solar panels. We hung out with them [...]

2023-04-07T08:39:00-07:00August 6th, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , |
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