Haiti Ministry Announcement and Update on Haiti - October 2019
The annual Haiti Mission Congregational Dinner is set for Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.
This year’s dinner will feature a Chili Cook-off with a traditional cornbread followed by ice cream sundaes for dessert. Get ready for a wide variety of delicious choices with a very mild chili, vegetarian chili, spicy chili, and more to enjoy! A free will offering will be made during the dinner.
While we are still planning to go to Les Anglais in February, issues in Haiti compel us to refocus our fundraising goals from projects, to food and fuel purchases for our friends living in a new disaster.
A new political fiasco that is happening country wide is creating a human tragedy for the residents of Haiti. You may have read how it started last year, as some day-long manifestations about corruption and rising prices of gasoline. We saw some of the evidence of this civil upheaval on a trip to Haiti in July of 2018. In February of this year, our team was stopped from going to Haiti due to increasing unrest. In June, we once again were stopped for the same reason. Today we know the shut down of the country has been ongoing for over a month.
Reports from Missionaries:
We haven't been able to buy fuel for more than 2 months, there has been no utility electricity given for over 3 months and school has not started yet in Haiti due to demonstrations. The Haitian people are finding it more and more difficult to find and buy food, as prices continue to increase dramatically.
Protests, demonstrations, long-term fuel shortages, road blockages, and the constant upheaval of these past months have caused great suffering among the Haitian people. But instead of finding resolution, things have actually gotten worse in the past month.
Due to roadblocks and severe fuel shortages, many areas are running out of food because trucks cannot travel to transport goods to and from the capital and out into the country. These issues are now resulting in food scarcity and great hunger issues, particularly in rural areas.
Our goals in light of this new disaster are as follows:
We are raising funds that will be sent to RMI for food purchases to be sent to the Les Anglais Church and their satellite churches.
We are raising funds to help Etienne Francois and his organization continue to operate under increasing costs and scarcity.
We are raising funds to give RMI for continuing operations and employee assistance as they try to maintain operations and employees.
Thank you for your support of our ministry in Haiti. We hope to see you at the dinner!
This year’s dinner will feature a Chili Cook-off with a traditional cornbread followed by ice cream sundaes for dessert. Get ready for a wide variety of delicious choices with a very mild chili, vegetarian chili, spicy chili, and more to enjoy! A free will offering will be made during the dinner.
While we are still planning to go to Les Anglais in February, issues in Haiti compel us to refocus our fundraising goals from projects, to food and fuel purchases for our friends living in a new disaster.
A new political fiasco that is happening country wide is creating a human tragedy for the residents of Haiti. You may have read how it started last year, as some day-long manifestations about corruption and rising prices of gasoline. We saw some of the evidence of this civil upheaval on a trip to Haiti in July of 2018. In February of this year, our team was stopped from going to Haiti due to increasing unrest. In June, we once again were stopped for the same reason. Today we know the shut down of the country has been ongoing for over a month.
Reports from Missionaries:
We haven't been able to buy fuel for more than 2 months, there has been no utility electricity given for over 3 months and school has not started yet in Haiti due to demonstrations. The Haitian people are finding it more and more difficult to find and buy food, as prices continue to increase dramatically.
Protests, demonstrations, long-term fuel shortages, road blockages, and the constant upheaval of these past months have caused great suffering among the Haitian people. But instead of finding resolution, things have actually gotten worse in the past month.
Due to roadblocks and severe fuel shortages, many areas are running out of food because trucks cannot travel to transport goods to and from the capital and out into the country. These issues are now resulting in food scarcity and great hunger issues, particularly in rural areas.
Our goals in light of this new disaster are as follows:
We are raising funds that will be sent to RMI for food purchases to be sent to the Les Anglais Church and their satellite churches.
We are raising funds to help Etienne Francois and his organization continue to operate under increasing costs and scarcity.
We are raising funds to give RMI for continuing operations and employee assistance as they try to maintain operations and employees.
Thank you for your support of our ministry in Haiti. We hope to see you at the dinner!
RMI Team in Haiti 2019