How does one describe Haiti? From the viewpoint of Cabaret Baptist Children’s Home and its surrounding community, words that come to mind are joy, love, sweetness, struggle, devastation, beauty, shock, laughter, sorrow. We all could learn from the Haitian Christians when it comes to joy of worship. Our team arrived while the Cabaret Baptist Church was observing the first week in a program called...

My apologies to everyone who checked in last week looking for updates on our team and what we were accomplishing. We never got a chance to post a blog. But now that we are back, I thought I’d add a new update just to let you know what we did. First of all, it appears that we have made our last 6 hour journey through the Dominican Republic when arriving or departing. The Port-au-Prince...

The government of Haiti called for this weekend to be three days of prayer for Haiti. Between 2000 and 3000 people have been coming to our site for prayer and worship. People are coming to Jesus every day. Here are the words of Pastor Pierre Prinvil:   ”Please, take a look at what we are    experiencing at the church & orphanage’s   site right now. all last month, people came  ...

Allow me to give the most up-to-date, accurate answers to some of our most common questions. What is your greatest need right now? Right now our greatest need is monetary donations. Our Haiti Mission Project is fully funded by our Child Sponsorship Program, individual donors, and partnering churches. None of the money comes from the JBA annual budget. We are accepting our usual items for donation,...

When I wrote my last report, it was Monday and we were waiting on a U.S. military helicopter to bring supplies for the Cabaret Baptist Children’s Home to distribute to the community. Today it is Thursday, we are returning home and we are still waiting for the supplies. The last attempt was made on Wednesday by two huge Ospreys – aircraft that can fly like an airplane and also land and take...

The team arrived safely but tired exactly 24 hours after our journey began in Jacksonville on Thursday at 6:30am. Once we arrived in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic we took a local taxi to a section of town known as Duarte. We had asked the taxi driver to help us secure a bus to Jimani, the border town between DR and Haiti. He evidently called ahead and warned them about the number of bags we had,...

As of this writing . . .           the churches of the Jacksonville Baptist Association and the friends of Haiti have graciously contributed $65,872.59 to the JBA Haiti Relief Fund to meet the needs of those devasted by the earthquake. Money continues to come in daily to help fund our committment  to be an on-going blessing to victims of the earthquake. As of this writing . . .          ...

  As we watch the difficulties and struggles that face the relief efforts in Haiti, we are all feeling the same need to do something to help. People are calling and e-mailing to express their concern and willingness to give, donate supplies, or even go down to help. All of these responses are appreciated, but we must be careful not to REACT solely to what we are feeling. Please allow me to give...

UPDATE!!! The aftershock did NOT occur 35 miles west-northwest of PAP. Here is the info as listed on earthquake.usgs.gov Magnitude 5.9 Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 06:03:44 AM at epicenter Location 18.428°N, 72.875°W Depth 9.9 km (6.2 miles) (poorly constrained) Region HAITI REGION Distances 60 km (35 miles) WSW of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti The word is that everything is OK at our site in Cabaret.

Here are a few of the things that have been going on at our site. Monday, our older orphans fixed and brought food and drinks to 160 children quake victims. Our Jennifer was one of the adoptions expedited by the disaster. She arrived in Orlando Tuesday night and was connected with her new parents Bob and Linda Phelps of Live Oak, FL. Before she left our orphanage, the workers and children gathered...