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November 2009
Students in sewing class (both boys and girls) showing off
their projects. The red boxes hold the students'
sewing supplies.
 
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October 2, 2009
A special
congratulations to Sandia, Lifeline's Executive Secretary to
Lucson Desrosiers, the Director of Christian Education in
Haiti: Sandia gave birth to a beautiful baby boy in
September!
Sandia grew up in
our Children's Home and upon graduation from high school was
part of our Scholarship Program where she spent 3 years in
an executive secretarial course in Port au Prince. She
is a very sharp and beautiful young lady; about 18 months
ago she married a policeman.
Congratulations
to Sandia and her family!
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September 7, 2009
 Congratulations
to Marc Adraste, our computer science teacher, who wrote
with this wonderful news!
I would like
to inform you that God blessed my family. It was 6:00
AM today when the doctor called me to give me my baby girl
after a Cesarean section. Her name is Mesha-Eline Brillanna
Adraste. I'm very happy to be a father now. Please pray for
us.
A special
thanks to Lifeline Clinic Members who took good care
of my wife for nine months. Thank You a lot for your
help.
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Summer 2009
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This has been
Lifeline’s most productive year in our 29 year history, in
regards to the number of souls coming to Christ. While in
Haiti from May through July, we witnessed young people and
adults coming forward in church every week to make a
commitment to Christ and to be baptized. This is occurring
throughout Lifeline's churches and schools in Haiti,
Honduras, El Salvador and among the 40 plus youth ministries
in Cuba. Please join us in praising God together!
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Another highlight
of the summer (in addition to all the youth and adults
becoming Christ followers) was the retreats and Christian
camps that our youth attended.
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The first 6 weeks
of our time in Haiti was full of administrative activities
including school registration for this fall, evaluating the
scholarship applications, and receiving/distributing the
“Kids Food” to our schools and other missions! We also
provided graduation gifts for about 200 students and gave
special gifts to the honor students.
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Isaac Fils, a
computer school graduate, grew up in our
Lovelink Children's Home and received a formal education
in Computer Science. He has joined the Lovelink staff and
his computer/Excel skills have proven to be a huge blessing
as it relates to school registration, spreadsheets, etc. Don
& Fran Smith were his sponsors all through school and
college. Welcome Isaac! (pronounced “Eez-i-ak”).
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Four marriages
occurred that were the direct results of sponsors who go to
Haiti, witnessing to parents who were living together, and
ultimately leading them to Christ. They typically get
married on a Saturday, come forward to confess Christ on
Sunday morning, and present their entire family for
dedication to the Lord and then get baptized the next
evening.
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It was so much
fun presenting the
witness soccer balls to those who purchased them for
their sponsor child! Everyone would gather round as I would
explain the colors of the steps to salvation. It was a time
of curiosity and “witnessing to the periphery”! We plan to
expand on how these balls are used and $15.00 is a great
investment for this gift. We took some to Cuba in March and
they were a big hit. In October, we launch them in Honduras
and El Salvador!
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Lifeline constructed about 12 homes during the 3 months
we were in Haiti. This continues to remain a wonderful
ministry and a work team project. Recent weather has slowed
us down a bit, but not much!
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Currently, the
Laregal Christian School (LR) is getting 4 new classrooms!
You may recall that their lean-to, stick and grass school
shelters blew down in the hurricanes last fall. They are
elated about getting these constructed.
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Lifeline is
seeking more ministry partners to
adopt one of our 14 schools; Laregal school has not been
adopted yet! The total cost for the new classrooms ($4900),
the bathrooms and kitchen will total about $8,000 - $10,000.
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March 2009
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Last week during the youth camp,
34 more came to Christ and want to be baptized. Then
again yesterday we had at least a dozen come forward…this
has happened EVERY WEEK in Haiti since January 2009.
And people are coming to Christ in record numbers in El
Salvador and Honduras; praise God and share the news!
Praise God
for what He is doing; we
are elated! Here's the names of those who have come to
Christ recently:
Fiddjoulie
Jacinthe, Fidji Jacinthe, Anaica Chadavoine, Djovens
Chadavoine, Taicha Chadavoine, Guerline Saint-Louis, Marie
Fedline Clerveau, Myrlande Derisme, Jamesie Darlie Casimir,
Davidson Pierre-Paul, Yvenson Pierre-Paul, Marie France
Laporte, Genese Jean-Louise, Wancie Bazelais, Tania Laguerre,
Jemima Noel, Wilguina Bellerice, Cromide Derival,
Schneiderline Richard, Wensly Milord, Leanette Laguerre,
Charline Alcindor, Jean Bernard Milord, Simoliane Toussaint,
Louis Paulin, Danie Dezirin, Mac Darline Aureville, Erline
Desirin, Islande Louissaint, Kethia Jean-Gilles, Shillove
Michel, Myrlande Jean, Francesca Denis, Bernard Sainvilia,
Daniel Jean-Julien, Flore Fortunat, Marie Carmel Gustave,
Geline Melo, Yveline Milord, Sohia Youyou and Marie Denise
Toussaint
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Four
couples, parents of sponsored Haitian children are being
married in the coming months partly due to the prayers,
encouragement and guidance of their children’s sponsors.
Praise God as these marriages are a marvelous witness to
their children and the community; thank you to their
sponsors; they know who they are!
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February 23, 2009:
Container Update
Container update from
Gretchen DeVoe:
As I write this, Bobby and the
Haitian Container Team are unloading the 2nd of 3
containers that have cleared customs this week here in Haiti.
We ran out of food just this past week, to feed our nutrition
program kiddies and adults and our school; praise God for the
timeliness of this food arriving.
Holidays, some document issues, a
fire in the customs offices and changes in the customs process
over the past several months had me ready to pull out my hair
over these containers because they were shipped back in
November. I should learn to trust God more! But this
past Friday and Saturday we received the containers that were
loaded at the National Mission Convention in Tulsa and the one
from the DeMotte, Connection Pointe and West Hills Christian
Churches. Both containers are filled with the KAH food as
well as more hurricane relief items such as canned food, water,
blankets, etc. These containers both also contained food
and goods for other missionaries here in Haiti.
So we want you to know that we are
praising God and thanking Him that these containers FINALLY
arrived. The customs delays did cost us a lot more money
for processing than we have ever had to pay before. Thanks
to our ministry partner IDES for helping with some of the
finances for these container shipments.
The 3rd container, bagged
and loaded at Park Chapel Christian Church in Indiana, is
heading to Cap Haitian for the ministries of Mathieu Alexandre
and Immanuel Laguerre who feed several thousand children.
Thanks to everyone of you who took
part in these containers being loaded and shipped here. We
thank the National Missionary Convention and the teens who
bagged and loaded the KAH food, and we thank the folks from KAH
Tulsa who collaborated with us and loaned us bagging equipment
and other supplies, and we thank all the churches mentioned
above for their bagging and financial support of these
containers. And we thanks our own staff who had the lion’s share
of the work putting this all together.
Mostly we thank God for
giving us this ministry of feeding spiritually and physically
the hungry children and adults of Haiti.
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February 2009:
Recent Baptisms
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Karen Lydick, a
Lifeline volunteer who is in Haiti right now helping lead a
work team, emailed this on February 11..."I just had to
share our blessings yesterday. We were invited by Pastor Luc
to attend the baptisms of around 18 people. We went at 5:00
and shared songs and prayers with them and then witnessed
their baptisms. One of the men baptized was asked to leave
where he was living because he accepted Christ and wanted to
be baptized. Luc said that the church will have to find a
way to help him. Several were teens who I
imagine attended our school." (As
a follow up:
The man who was
baptized but rejected by his family IS GETTING A NEW HOME,
funded by North Hills Christian Church, Pittsburgh, PA from
their VBS offerings last year.
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25
more youth accepted Christ at Grand Goave Christian Youth
Camp on February 22
The recent baptisms include: Dawine
Jean-Jacques, Romes Philogene, Angeline Toussaint, Pedry
Baptichon, Chiler Ismorin, Anelise Milord, Nerlice Claude,
Alexandra Lerone, Beatrice Youyou, Otniel Mooseng Dios Clervil,
Maudeline Rene, Richard Vernet, Madame
Yonel Ceromain, Marceline Savin, Anelise Milord
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