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2022 World Humanitarian Day

Shaina Grill has served with Connect 2 Ministries for more than eight years, and she currently serves as our Sponsorship Program & Special Events Coordinator. As we recognize World Humanitarian Day, we asked Shaina to share her thoughts on living life for others. My first trip to Haiti was my first outreach trip ever. I didn’t grow up in the church, so by the time I came to Christ, I had a young family and didn’t have an interest in serving outside of my local congregation. When our middle daughter was a senior in high [...]

2023-06-12T10:11:58-07:00August 19th, 2022|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , , , , |
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He Works in the Details

One of the ways we serve our community in Haiti is by distributing food and supplies. If you’ve been around Connect 2 for long, you know that for a number of years Children’s Hunger Fund has provided Food-Pak boxes that we distribute to churches in Haiti. The primary purpose is to help the needy in the church, but these provisions also give us an opportunity to reach our communities with the gospel message as we share tangible resources. These distributions look a little different now than they have in the past. The last two years [...]

2023-04-06T19:47:53-07:00April 22nd, 2022|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , , , |
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2021 Recap Video

2021 Recap Video The Lord has blessed us richly this year! Despite unforeseen trials in the country of Haiti, we have seen God provide, direct, and work powerfully in ways we couldn’t have imagined. Watch this video for some highlights of what the Lord has done through Connect 2 Ministries over the last twelve months. For information about the work in Haiti and how you can get involved, visit connect2ministries.org/support-us.

2023-04-07T08:30:14-07:00December 21st, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , , , |
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Excited to Serve

Excited to Serve We talk often about how our kids are growing, but something you might not know is how excited they are to serve others. Recently the flooring in the Children’s Home storage room was redone, so Poyis took an opportunity to involve the kids while putting supplies back after the renovation. These supplies had all been used for previous VBSs—paper, glue, scissors, pencils, and other school supplies—and in the course of putting these things away, Poyis asked a group of the older students what they should do with the extras they were discovering. Their [...]

2023-04-07T08:30:56-07:00December 10th, 2021|Categories: Ministry Outreach|Tags: , , , , |
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Giving Tuesday 2021

Giving Tuesday Brad Newbold has served with Connect 2 Ministries for more than three years, and his company, Regency Lighting, has funded many of our projects in Haiti. As we recognize Giving Tuesday, we asked Brad to share his thoughts on living life for others. I have had the privilege of visiting Haiti on five different occasions, and as I visited with the children and worked alongside my co-workers, I paid special attention to what Greg was sharing with us each evening—about living a life in service to others and about sharing the [...]

2023-11-14T07:47:08-08:00November 30th, 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 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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