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Hey Everyone,

Time to leave is getting close. Nathan and I will be heading to Maine this week to talk with Bill Glass – President of Haiti Outreach Ministries – about our duties and role in Haiti. Please pray for safety on this trip and that God will bless it and give us peace about the upcoming trip.

As of now, plans are still to leave for Haiti the first week of March. There are still a lot of needs for this trip to be able to make it happen (especially for a year). If you would like to help please let me know ( stephen@stephenbyxbe.com ) . Anything and everything is appreciated GREATLY!

Please continue to pray that someone would be interested in renting or buying my house. That is a big need right now.

I love everyone of you so much. Thank you for all of your support and prayers.

Stephen Byxbe

Boys watching work at Cite Soleil Church

Hey Everyone,

Today has been exciting! I finished the first video session for the Haiti Trip with Nathan Lee. We filmed a information session about what we are doing and where we are going. I hope to have it up this week. Let me know what you think.

Nathan Lee is my travel buddy. He will be going with me to Haiti and working with me. You can check out his information at www.HarvestforHaiti.com

Thanks!

Stephen

Hey Everyone,
I have attached an aerial photo of Port-Au-Prince which shows you the areas that Haiti Outreach Ministries works and where I will be working.

My main work-site will be at Blanchard church, which is very close to the airport.
Please continue to pray for my trip. There are a lot of details that still need to be worked out, but it is all in God’s hands.

Thank you so much for your encouragement this far!

God Bless,
Stephen

Here is an article about Samaritan’s Purse. They were distributing relief kits at one of Haiti Outreach Ministries Sites.
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Our Work
Samaritan’s Purse responds to Haiti earthquake
January 29, 2010

Two trucks left the Samaritan’s Purse compound in Haiti this morning carrying 1,000 family relief kits to a distribution site in the Cite Soleil slums in Port-au-Prince.

People from the community were waiting inside Eglise Chretienne Des Cites, the Christian Church of the Cities, located in the heart of Cite Soleil. Each person represented a family in need from one of the poorest slums in the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere.

Each packet contained shelter material, a hygiene kit, a blanket, and a collapsible container for carrying water.

“We are here to show Christian love,” Samaritan’s Purse team leader David Torres told the crowd. “Thousands and thousands and thousands of Christians around the world are praying for you and giving so we can provide the materials we have for you today.”

Senior Pastor Leon Dorleans then shared the Gospel and give instructions for the distribution.

The people were dismissed from the church in groups of 50. One by one, each person passed by the Samaritan’s Purse trucks, received a relief kit and moved into a holding area on the church compound. Once every person had a kit, they were allowed to disperse back into the community.

“This is great. Very well organized,” said 1st Lieutenant Robert Auletta, the officer in charge of the distribution detail. “We have seen other distributions that have become tense, but this is going really well. We will be more than happy to help Samaritan’s Purse with further distributions.”

It looked like a sea of Samaritan’s Purse blue as the people left the church compound and flooded back to their earth quake-damaged homes in Cite Soleil. Everyone had a clear presentation of the Gospel fresh in their minds, and a tangible expression of love and hope in their arms.

More than 200,000 people live within the four-square-mile area that encompasses Cite Soliel. Samaritan’s Purse is planning more distributions in Cite Soliel communities, with the assistance of local churches and Christian leaders like Pastor Dorleans.

“God bless Samaritan’s Purse for what you are doing in Cite Soleil,” Pastor Dorleans said. “This is what we live for—this is what I live for—telling the people about Jesus Christ!”

Hello Everyone,

Another change has been made. I just said that the departure date was looking like the week of Feb 22nd.. however, due to the flight delays into Haiti I will be pushing back the departure date into the first part of March so that I can do some training before I go.

Thanks for all of your prayers and support!

Continue to pray for Haiti, The people there and for the workers going in

God Bless,

Stephen

Hey Everyone!

We have less than a month until its time to go. I feel like the departure date will be around Feb 22. For anyone in the area, I will be speaking at Trinity Christian School in Dublin, GA on the 17th @ 10am about what God has been doing in my life and the upcoming trip.

Prayer Requests:
- For the people of Haiti
- Guidance in decisions about the trip
- Safety while traveling
- Renting my house
- Financial support

God Bless,
Stephen

Hey Everyone,
I have an update on exactly what I will be doing.

I will:
- be leaving in mid-February to go and help set up the dorms.
- also be getting familiar with the areas and meeting the Haitian Staff and neighbors.
- work with the Haitian staff to put together projects for teams.
- be coordinating with the team coordinator in the states updating progress and giving reports.
- oversee team that come down to work – making sure they are settled and dealing with everything on a daily basis.

Everything is coming together!!!
Please continue to PRAY!! and thank you so much for your constant support and encouragement!

God Bless,
Stephen

I have realized I left my address off of my support letter. If you would like to mail letters of encouragement, prayer or financial support please mail them to:

241 Bass Road
Macon GA31210

This will be changing when I leave so watch out for the new address.

Thanks

Stephen Byxbe

Here is a short video clip I made promoting the trip to Haiti. More to come…

Hello Everyone,

I hope all of you are doing well. I have added a new feature to my site. In the top menu there is a monthly giving button. You can now support me automatically with payments that are debited out of your account.

Thank you to everyone praying for me! I cannot thank you enough. God is working so fast and just pouring out blessing. Please continue to pray for a few things:

1. The people in Haiti – Medical workers, homeless Haitians, workers

2. Safety in travel

3. Patience when in Haiti as the situations are very extreme

4. Guidance and wisdom

5. For God’s will to be done.

God Bless,

Stephen Byxbe