Exciting news. Praise the Lord, the last church damaged in Haiti's 2010 earthquake has been rebuilt. Many of the churches damaged with Hurricane Mathew in 2017, have also been rebuilt.
The missionaries involved in the rebuilding can start to consult with the national church to set new goals and development projects. The focus will return to development, supporting national churches and outreach. Transitioning to new focus and goals will occur with a change of leadership structure and teams in Haiti.
During area retreat in May, we learned about these changes and were pleasantly surprised and excited to learn that the development team will concentrate on using agriculture to support the national church ministries.
While we are just in the early stages of exploring what this team will look like we can share a broad overview at this time. Kris has agreed to become team leader and Cory will share the agricultural expertise learned from 20 years of experience in Haiti. We see how living in the three locations we’ve lived in Haiti has prepared Cory to be able to advise farmers in all the environments found in Haiti: hot, dry, salty, wet, sandy, clay…and now cool mountains.
AMP Haiti. [Agriculture Ministry Partnership] Helping Haitian farmers support family, church, & community.
One side of the agriculture will be what we plan to do at Délice..look into cool weather crops that can turn a profit to support the national church. A second site will be needed for hot climate demonstration gardens and could possibly include a processing plant, missionary housing, office and the like.
The second agricultural part will be to continue and expand agricultural teaching and resources for the Haitian farmers so that they can improve the lives of their families, work to protect Haiti’s fragile environment, improve food security and therefore benefit their communities. Their local churches and associated Christian schools will also benefit from improved food and economic security.
Improving the financial resources of both the local Wesleyan churches and the national church will help in many areas of ministry not only in Haiti but beyond with the ability to send Haitian missionaries to work in French speaking areas of the world.
Partnerships will include those between Global Partners missionaries working hand and hand with the Wesleyan church of Haiti and local farmers; churches and individuals partnering with AMP Haiti; as well as other organizations.
Please join us in praying for this new team, as we strive to explore the needs, goals, and potential impact of this new focus. Pray for wisdom, clear communications, right priorities, new property, resources, and ideal partners. We are actively looking and recruiting new prayer partners as we know that new ministry opportunities come with new challenges.
Should you have any questions, we hope you feel free to contact us.
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