July 19, 2018
Greetings from Les Cayes, Haiti!
We have returned to Cayes from our Sister church visit to Chardonnieres Baptist Church and are spending today in decompression after an amazing time with the congregation and people of Chardonnieres.
The welcome we received was fantastic and the preparations the church did to make us feel welcome and comfortable went far beyond anything I could have imagined including the Pastor and his family moving out of their house and outfitting it with 16 beds for us all to sleep in. They moved into a classroom of the school for the duration of our visit. They made great food for each meal and the whole team ate very well and were very happy to have such excellent food.
We visited Coquillion again and found they have rebuilt their church structure out of hewn timbers and 2 x 4 lumber and it looks 3 times the size of the original structure. They are growing and doing very well.
They have a new pastor now who is a very wonderful man. His name is Pastor Bertran.
We also had a chance to run out to Les Anglais Church and visit Pastor Bonel and also saw Giselle and Julio. They all send their love and greeting to you. Monique was away in Cayes. The new concrete portion of the second story roof is done and it really makes the church look fantastic inside. It is going to be an amazing facility to further God’s Kingdom in Les Anglais and all seven satellite communities.
Back in Chardonnieres we had a children’s VBS where we were expecting 60 to 100 kids and ended up with 240. It was amazing fun and the team handled it very well with the help of the RMI folks and the Church leaders.
The Ladies Tea ended up with dancing and singing and wonderful fellowship, the Men’s Meeting had some great fun with games and a question and answer session, the Deacon’s meeting was full of great prayer and learning about each other.
The Services on Sunday morning and Sunday evening and Tuesday evening were filled with the Holy Spirit and lots of music with all knobs turned all the way to the right!
We visited somewhere around a dozen shut ins and widows and delivered some food boxes and gifts on Wednesday morning. The circle time was wonderful and full of prayers and hugs.
The team from Trinity Presbyterian in Shoreline Washington did a great job connecting with the congregation at Chardonnieres and taking the heat and other difficulties in stride. Even though they all were first timers to Haiti they performed like veterans. It was a great trip. Everyone is healthy and happily tired.
Thanks for all your prayers and the wonderful Prayer Partner mail for the team!
Jim
Greetings from Les Cayes, Haiti!
We have returned to Cayes from our Sister church visit to Chardonnieres Baptist Church and are spending today in decompression after an amazing time with the congregation and people of Chardonnieres.
The welcome we received was fantastic and the preparations the church did to make us feel welcome and comfortable went far beyond anything I could have imagined including the Pastor and his family moving out of their house and outfitting it with 16 beds for us all to sleep in. They moved into a classroom of the school for the duration of our visit. They made great food for each meal and the whole team ate very well and were very happy to have such excellent food.
We visited Coquillion again and found they have rebuilt their church structure out of hewn timbers and 2 x 4 lumber and it looks 3 times the size of the original structure. They are growing and doing very well.
They have a new pastor now who is a very wonderful man. His name is Pastor Bertran.
We also had a chance to run out to Les Anglais Church and visit Pastor Bonel and also saw Giselle and Julio. They all send their love and greeting to you. Monique was away in Cayes. The new concrete portion of the second story roof is done and it really makes the church look fantastic inside. It is going to be an amazing facility to further God’s Kingdom in Les Anglais and all seven satellite communities.
Back in Chardonnieres we had a children’s VBS where we were expecting 60 to 100 kids and ended up with 240. It was amazing fun and the team handled it very well with the help of the RMI folks and the Church leaders.
The Ladies Tea ended up with dancing and singing and wonderful fellowship, the Men’s Meeting had some great fun with games and a question and answer session, the Deacon’s meeting was full of great prayer and learning about each other.
The Services on Sunday morning and Sunday evening and Tuesday evening were filled with the Holy Spirit and lots of music with all knobs turned all the way to the right!
We visited somewhere around a dozen shut ins and widows and delivered some food boxes and gifts on Wednesday morning. The circle time was wonderful and full of prayers and hugs.
The team from Trinity Presbyterian in Shoreline Washington did a great job connecting with the congregation at Chardonnieres and taking the heat and other difficulties in stride. Even though they all were first timers to Haiti they performed like veterans. It was a great trip. Everyone is healthy and happily tired.
Thanks for all your prayers and the wonderful Prayer Partner mail for the team!
Jim
June 19, 2018 - New church roof...
Greetings,
We are so excited! Etienne, the dear man, just sent me the photos and video of an amazing process whereby our Sister Church is getting a new roof! You can take a look by clicking the link below. This link will allow you to download any of these files.
The Haitian people do not have all of our fancy equipment to mix, pump, pour and finish big concrete projects, but they still can do it, and it is a sight to behold.
Click here for Photos and Video of Les Anglais Church Roof Construction.
All the dollars we have raised over the last few years to build the roof for the Sanctuary of the Les Anglais Church have come together this week to do a very big thing! Thank you for the funds donated in this cause! A few significant donations were so key to making this happen, and I especially want to thank the OSLC Foundation for their $7,000 gift to make this dream a reality.
You may see a photo of a green box. Tim and Sue Kitch of CoF donated a beautiful new quiet, efficient, generator in a green box for the church and the photo is in there of that, as well as photos and a video of the job the ladies of the church had in providing a meal for all the workers.
All the glory to God. He has done a great thing through you! God bless Pastor Bonel, and RMI for following through to produce this beautiful sight.
Our Haiti Mission Team for Chardonniere Church and Trinity Presbyterian Church of Seattle (Jim's Daughter Jennifer and Son-in-law Matt's church) is leaving in a few short weeks for their first Sister Church Mission trip. Your prayers are sought for a safe and Christ glorifying time for the team.
July 12 to July 21.
We look forward to sharing with you all on 8/13 Monday at Hunan Pearl.
God bless you for your support of our Haiti Mission!
Jim
We are so excited! Etienne, the dear man, just sent me the photos and video of an amazing process whereby our Sister Church is getting a new roof! You can take a look by clicking the link below. This link will allow you to download any of these files.
The Haitian people do not have all of our fancy equipment to mix, pump, pour and finish big concrete projects, but they still can do it, and it is a sight to behold.
Click here for Photos and Video of Les Anglais Church Roof Construction.
All the dollars we have raised over the last few years to build the roof for the Sanctuary of the Les Anglais Church have come together this week to do a very big thing! Thank you for the funds donated in this cause! A few significant donations were so key to making this happen, and I especially want to thank the OSLC Foundation for their $7,000 gift to make this dream a reality.
You may see a photo of a green box. Tim and Sue Kitch of CoF donated a beautiful new quiet, efficient, generator in a green box for the church and the photo is in there of that, as well as photos and a video of the job the ladies of the church had in providing a meal for all the workers.
All the glory to God. He has done a great thing through you! God bless Pastor Bonel, and RMI for following through to produce this beautiful sight.
Our Haiti Mission Team for Chardonniere Church and Trinity Presbyterian Church of Seattle (Jim's Daughter Jennifer and Son-in-law Matt's church) is leaving in a few short weeks for their first Sister Church Mission trip. Your prayers are sought for a safe and Christ glorifying time for the team.
July 12 to July 21.
We look forward to sharing with you all on 8/13 Monday at Hunan Pearl.
God bless you for your support of our Haiti Mission!
Jim
March 12, 2018 - The Haiti Team has returned from this year's trip. Here's Jim Shaw's recap of the team's work...
Here is a quantified summary of what this team, through the blessings and power of God, accomplished. We have so many stories about each event and project to share in the coming weeks with you all. We want to thank you for making this trip so powerful for us and for the people of Les Anglais and all the folks who are touched by the amazing work of Etienne Francois.
Some of the stuff we brought, had delivered, and distributed:
Motorcycle for the Pastor (Honda 150 trail bike)
40 2'x4'x16' lumber for reinforcing the roof of the school.
150 gift bags full of soaps, shampoos, and other toiletries
40 or 50 beautiful head scarves
Wire cable and hardware to tie down the school roof to the floor
2 suitcases full of electrical parts and supplies
(2) gas powered water pumps (one with us, one coming on container this month)
85 songbooks and 85 bibles
40 lbs of M&Ms
150 heavy duty shopping bags
Dental supplies for Dental Clinics in Cayes and PAP
Veterinary supplies for Etienne
Construction Materials - Epoxy tubes, nails, tools.
2 suitcases full of plumbing fittings, toilet seats, and 300 feet of PVC pipe
School Supplies (with hundreds of pounds more coming on the container this month.)
Electric Bass Guitar
40 LED lightbulbs
12 Soccer balls and pumps
Percussion Musical instruments
70 Les Anglais Church T Shirts
500 Plastic Easter eggs to make shakers for all the kids in the school
In all we took 1,000 pounds of stuff and had RMI source locally and bring another 1,000 pounds of stuff for us to give to the church.
Some of the stuff we did during the trip:
Celebrated Our ministry's 28 years of going to Les Anglais, and Tim and Sue Kitch's continued involvement in the Les Anglais church for that amazing span of time. A huge party with a marching band, police escort, Speeches by various dignitaries, music by a famous singer, a huge meal for the town, fireworks.
Met with the Youth Choir
Sunday Morning Church
Went to visit a group in Carfu Colse that has received 50 goats from Passion For Haiti
Sunday night Evangelistic Service down in the town
Visited the classrooms and had them make egg shakers and sing songs
Met with the Ladies of the Church and had tea and special worship together
Had a Ladies Hygiene workshop
Held a seminar on roof truss making and general carpentry
Did teaching on electrical wiring basics
Met with the Deacons of the church to discuss last year and the future, and prayed together
Walked up to Coquillion and met with the new church there and prayed together.
Met with the Hope For Kidz children and they sang and danced and we gave them a message
Tuesday night worship service
Met with 50 children who had completed training for Kids for Kids goat program and handed out 50 goats.
Some of the projects we worked on:
Plumbed water to two showers, a sink, and toilets.
Tied down roof trusses in School rooms
Reinforced roof trusses in School rooms
Rewired power panels, ran wiring to classrooms, installed lighting fixtures and bulbs
Removed old generator to make space for new generator coming in container.
There are so many things that people on this team did that cannot be quantified, but made a difference by being with the people and meeting with the groups and living with the community.
I pray that you can someday go with us and experience this mission, or if you have been that you can come again. All are welcome to go.
See you soon, or at Haiti Club in April!
Blessings,
Jim Shaw
for the 2018 team
Some of the stuff we brought, had delivered, and distributed:
Motorcycle for the Pastor (Honda 150 trail bike)
40 2'x4'x16' lumber for reinforcing the roof of the school.
150 gift bags full of soaps, shampoos, and other toiletries
40 or 50 beautiful head scarves
Wire cable and hardware to tie down the school roof to the floor
2 suitcases full of electrical parts and supplies
(2) gas powered water pumps (one with us, one coming on container this month)
85 songbooks and 85 bibles
40 lbs of M&Ms
150 heavy duty shopping bags
Dental supplies for Dental Clinics in Cayes and PAP
Veterinary supplies for Etienne
Construction Materials - Epoxy tubes, nails, tools.
2 suitcases full of plumbing fittings, toilet seats, and 300 feet of PVC pipe
School Supplies (with hundreds of pounds more coming on the container this month.)
Electric Bass Guitar
40 LED lightbulbs
12 Soccer balls and pumps
Percussion Musical instruments
70 Les Anglais Church T Shirts
500 Plastic Easter eggs to make shakers for all the kids in the school
In all we took 1,000 pounds of stuff and had RMI source locally and bring another 1,000 pounds of stuff for us to give to the church.
Some of the stuff we did during the trip:
Celebrated Our ministry's 28 years of going to Les Anglais, and Tim and Sue Kitch's continued involvement in the Les Anglais church for that amazing span of time. A huge party with a marching band, police escort, Speeches by various dignitaries, music by a famous singer, a huge meal for the town, fireworks.
Met with the Youth Choir
Sunday Morning Church
Went to visit a group in Carfu Colse that has received 50 goats from Passion For Haiti
Sunday night Evangelistic Service down in the town
Visited the classrooms and had them make egg shakers and sing songs
Met with the Ladies of the Church and had tea and special worship together
Had a Ladies Hygiene workshop
Held a seminar on roof truss making and general carpentry
Did teaching on electrical wiring basics
Met with the Deacons of the church to discuss last year and the future, and prayed together
Walked up to Coquillion and met with the new church there and prayed together.
Met with the Hope For Kidz children and they sang and danced and we gave them a message
Tuesday night worship service
Met with 50 children who had completed training for Kids for Kids goat program and handed out 50 goats.
Some of the projects we worked on:
Plumbed water to two showers, a sink, and toilets.
Tied down roof trusses in School rooms
Reinforced roof trusses in School rooms
Rewired power panels, ran wiring to classrooms, installed lighting fixtures and bulbs
Removed old generator to make space for new generator coming in container.
There are so many things that people on this team did that cannot be quantified, but made a difference by being with the people and meeting with the groups and living with the community.
I pray that you can someday go with us and experience this mission, or if you have been that you can come again. All are welcome to go.
See you soon, or at Haiti Club in April!
Blessings,
Jim Shaw
for the 2018 team
Haiti Fundraising Dinner 2018
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The annual Congregational Haiti Mission Dinner was a wonderful success and we wan to praise and thank our volunteers and leaders who stepped up to cook, clean, decorate, and organize it all!
You all know who you are but, special mention to Ken Buck, Head Chef, Marybeth Buck, Head Decorator, the 2018 Haiti Mission Team, and the Haiti Club volunteers who always keep us moving forward.
The most important supporters were you, the congregation. We had 55 people attend the dinner and raised $7,000 to go to the Haiti Mission. We are going to purchase a motorcycle for the Pastor in Les Anglais to use, as well as purchase 85 bibles and 85 songbooks with the funds raised at the Oatmeal Breakfast and the dinner. These new bibles and songbooks will repopulate the pews of the sanctuary after Hurricane Matthew destroyed their previous supply.
To God be the glory, and praise.
Jim Shaw
You all know who you are but, special mention to Ken Buck, Head Chef, Marybeth Buck, Head Decorator, the 2018 Haiti Mission Team, and the Haiti Club volunteers who always keep us moving forward.
The most important supporters were you, the congregation. We had 55 people attend the dinner and raised $7,000 to go to the Haiti Mission. We are going to purchase a motorcycle for the Pastor in Les Anglais to use, as well as purchase 85 bibles and 85 songbooks with the funds raised at the Oatmeal Breakfast and the dinner. These new bibles and songbooks will repopulate the pews of the sanctuary after Hurricane Matthew destroyed their previous supply.
To God be the glory, and praise.
Jim Shaw
