Today I was driving through the fishing village with Evans (Maestro) giving fish heads to the elderly people in our feeding program. And by the way, these are not your average fish heads. These are sailfish heads that are huge. So in the back of the car we have a huge cooler loaded with fish heads.
We stopped by one of the houses and out front were a group of kids. One of the little boys came up to the window and asked me for a dollar. I smiled and then remembered that I had some haitian coins in the car. I called him over to the window and gave him 5 Goudes. In Haiti, 5 goudes is considered “1 Haitian dollar.” So I gave him one coin. You would have thought that was it but he turned and started jumping up and down and screaming and smiling like he had just one the lottery! I was excited. I was pretty sure I had just made his day. But that wasn’t it.
I turned back around and noticed that all the little kids now had a piece of candy. I smiled and asked if he gave it to everyone. One of the adults standing there smiled and said “he knows how to share.” It made my day! I called him back over to the car and said because you shared I’ll give you another 5 Goudes. His face lit up again. He turned and saw two kids that didn’t have any candy and then looked back at me. He then ran off to buy more.
Amazing!
Stephen
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**written on 11-2-11**
Living in Haiti, we get to experience a lot of different things. Working hand in hand with people, helping train individuals, spread the gospel and so much more. A lot of times our blog makes it sound like nothing bad ever happens. Through this next story you will see the bad and the good.
Last weekend, all the teachers and the Reeves family took a trip down to Jacmel – on the southern side of the island –as a retreat. Autumn and I decided we didn’t want to go because she has been sick for a few days and we just needed to rest. The Reeves let us stay at their apartment for the weekend. So on Friday, everyone had left the mission, except the kids and the workers. Autumn and I came back once or twice a day to check on things. On Saturday, I went to the mission to get some food for lunch and headed back to the apartment. Not long after that I got a frantic phone call. It was one of the ladies at the mission saying they were scared and something about a kid and electricity. Autumn and I rushed over. As we were leaving, another lady called saying come quick… the boy has been electrocuted. We were extremely confused but we were on the way. When we got to the mission, there was a crowd out front. They had a boy, Kenny, laid out on a cardboard box. He was bleeding everywhere. He had burns all over his torso and neck and head. The back of his head had been busted open. The inside of his left hand was fried. I quickly moved everyone out of the way and we got him in the back of the car. We covered the wound on the back of his head and put some pressure on it….. and off we went.
Now to back up. Kenny is 13 years old. He lives a few hundred yards up the hill from the mission. Everyday – when he doesn’t have school – he is out front by the gate. He loves to help. He normally helps Louis take out the trash and help with anything else he can. Well, today he came in and was talking to some of the guys. He was talking about putting a wire up on the power lines. They told him don’t but he said don’t worry… I’ve done this before. He took a small piece of rebar as the weight, tied it to the wire and tossed it up on the power line. Next he took a rake to grab the end and pull it towards him. He then took an extra piece and started wiring them together. Oh, I forgot to mention that city power is on during this whole thing. So, he starts twisting them together and somehow – we are not exactly sure – caught a piece of the wire in his hand. It sent flames all the way up the wire, made an exploding sound heard a couple hundred yards away, threw him 10+ feet in the air. He landed next to the concrete block wall, however his head landed on the block wall.
We arrived at the hospital in St. Marc. We run in to the emergency room. No one really moved or did anything. I guess they thought I was lying about what happened. I told them “If you can’t help me just say you can’t help me and I will go somewhere else.” They all looked around like they were confused. I explained what happened again and then they seemed to understand. They cleared a space for him, set up his IV and started treating the burns.
His burns are bad. We thought we were going to being able to take him home yesterday but when we went to see him they were taking great care of him. The Dr said they are able to give him anesthesia when they change bandages and make sure he was healing. We decided it was better to let him stay longer. The Dr. that I talked to is an orthopedic surgeon. He told me that this weekend a group of Drs including a plastic surgeon are coming from Boston. He said if Kenny could stay they would look at him and be able to do skin grafts if needed. The Lord is so good.
When we were leaving, the Dr stopped me and asked if we ever had any kids who needed orthopedic surgery to give him a call. He said he would love to help. It was such a blessing to meet this Dr. We are servants to a great and almighty God who knows all of our needs.
Please pray for Kenny. He was ready to leave yesterday, and when he heard he was staying he started crying. We know it is hard on him, but right now the hospital is the best, safest and cleanest environment for him.
Through everything we see God’s grace and His power.
To God be the glory.
Stephen
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Well, we believe it’s time to announce an addition to our family…but no, Autumn is not pregnant.:) Everyone has heard us talk about Josiah… I’m sure! He is the cute little boy in all of our pictures on Facebook. We have absolutely fallen in love with this precious little boy that God brought into our lives. WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH … and we are about to start the ADOPTION process!!!
This little guy has changed our lives. We are so excited to “officially” bring Josiah into the Byxbe (& Whitby:) family. We are so thankful that the Lord has brought Josiah into our lives and for the love that He has given us for this sweet little one. We pray now that God will continue to lead and guide us on this new journey and chapter in our lives. We are both humbled and grateful God has given us an opportunity to pursue Josiah’s adoption. Our prayer is that God will continue to teach us how to be the parents that little Josiah needs because we know that we are nothing apart from Him!
So… to start off Josiah’s adoption process we have created a website www.JosiahByxbe.com. You will find our story, events and updates, videos and photos and lots of other good stuff. Because we have been so deeply blessed to have such an awesome “family” of friends and family members back home, we wanted to give each of you an opportunity to not only hear our story, but to become a part of our journey in whatever way you may feel led-whether that be in financial gifts, encouragement or prayer. We will keep the website updated as our adoption process progresses. We believe this will be a special season of God growing and strengthening our faith in Him.
As most of you know, adoptions–especially international ones– are very costly. For anyone who may wish to give towards his adoption, we have all of the information listed on the website under the “Help Bring Josiah Home” page. We’ve also designed t-shirts - which we LOVE 
– and hope you will too. You can check out the t-shirt online and also PRE-Order one online as well. When his adoption is complete, we would love to have a home coming party for him, and have everyone wear their “Josiah” t-shirts!:)
We can’t wait for everyone to meet Josiah. We are trying to get a travel visa for him to come home at Christmas.
As always, thank you so much for your prayers and support. We look forward to hearing from you and updating you about Josiah’s Adoption.
Always with Love,
Stephen & Autumn
- Help us bring Josiah home!
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That’s right… currently E.D’h is running. Oh.. excuse me.. most people don’t know what that is – it stands for Electricity d’Haiti aka the power company. Another reason a lot of people don’t know what that is – is because it’s never on.
So, now I am sitting out on the porch, staring out at the ocean andthe Island of La Gonave, listening to the gentle hum of the transformer bringing in city power. And what better time than to write a blog.
We have been pretty busy lately between teams, sickness and getting ready to start Josiah’s adoption. This past week we had a repeat team, which was great to see some old friends, that did clinic work and a few other projects. Autumn and Josiah got sick with a little stomach bug so we were all inside for a few days. Once everyone started to heal up we started on adoption work. We are getting a website set up so people can stay in touch with everything that’s going on and the process. Also, we have been working on a t-shirt design so we can sell shirts to raise money for his adoption. We are getting very close to finishing everything and “launching” it. I promise there will be a blog when we launch it.
But life in Haiti… it’s like a roller coaster. There are HUGE ups and gigantic downs. The spiritual warfare going on here is intense. In the states most of the spiritual warfare and addictions fall into the category of shopping, money, finances and personal belongings. In Haiti, that is totally different. With witch doctors and voodoo, evil spirits are very present here. Satan has a more demonic and evil hand in Haiti than his consumerism/ greed approach in the states. Relationships are so important and are one of our primary focuses here. Well Satan is completely against building relationships – especially when they are Christ centered and kingdom advancing. Autumn and I have talked numerous times and say that we have to fight for every relationship we have here in Haiti because Satan is trying his hardest to break them all down. And while we are on that roller coaster of life in Haiti, there are ups and downs… but it sure is an amazing, exciting ride.
There is a sweet feeling knowing that Christ is victorious and that Satan has already been defeated. What a MIGHTY God we serve.
Continue to pray for the relationships that we are building. Pray that the Holy Spirit would open peoples hearts and minds to the gospel and that we would always continue to put our faith in Jesus Christ our ROCK!
Always with Love,
Stephen
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I am so happy to be able to say that the reason that I don’t blog as much is because we are doing so much amazing stuff that we just don’t have time.
I love being a part of the orphanage and working in the Montrouis community. Today, I was able to see an example that we are known in the community and part of the community. We pulled up to a little school in the fishing village and I was looking for the director. I looked across the street and asked some ladies if they knew where he was (by the way I have no idea who these ladies are). They said they didn’t know, but then yelled over to some one else – who asked who was asking. They said Stephen… So we feel … accepted.
A week or so ago we were blessed to be able to take a little trip and visit some friends of Autumn and Sarah Temple’s. They work at the Baptist Haiti Mission. We spent Saturday night at their house and then Sunday headed back to Montrouis. We had such a wonderful time with them. As we headed home the next day, we decided to stop in Petionville to eat. When we parked, a teenage boy came up and asked to wash the car. I told him I didn’t have any money and didn’t need the car washed. He really wanted to so I tried to convince him not to. However, it didn’t work. When we came back – he was there. Asking to be paid for his semi-clean the car- job. I told him I was sorry but I didn’t have any money for him. As soon as I said that he decided it was time to take his payment. He took my cell phone and started running down the road laughing. I thought – no no no this is not happening. I took off after him… and to make this long story short – I got him – 2 blocks later! Thank you to everyone who has helped me develop my love for running! Autumn said he wasn’t smart for choosing to rob a skinny guy who ran in college!
So – this past week has been amazing. We had Soles4Souls – a group out of Nashville, TN. This was their second trip with us in Montrouis. They come and do distributions of shoes for school kids. We had such a great time with them. They were able to spend a lot of time with the kids in the orphanage and love on them. They brought tu-tus for the girls and capes for the boys. The kids were SO EXCITED. They also brought glow in the dark necklaces and lots of other fun toys – so the kids are having a great time right now.
We are so blessed to be here and are so thankful for all of your prayers! It is so great hearing from you and getting emails. We miss you all. We have only been married a little more than 6 months, but we love our family of 14 kids! Sometimes we feel like “Cheaper by the Dozen” but wouldn’t change it for the world! We love these children so much, and are humbled and honored to be a part of their lives on a daily basis. They bring so much joy to our hearts. Our prayer is that each one of them will be blessed with a loving, Godly family, but we’re also praying that if some of them never get adopted, that they will still know that they belonged to one here.
Love Always,
Stephen
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*Written on 9-6-11*
This time there is no apology for the lack of blogs!! We have had so many internet problems… but better than that, we have been SO busy – in a GREAT way – that we just haven’t been able to do it.
However, TODAY!!! everyone gets an update.
In the last 2 months (yes that is how long it has been) things have really been moving! We have started a morning Bible study, Monday -Friday, at 7 am for anyone and everyone in the fishing village. This Bible study spurred off of a street drama that a team did about the life of Jesus. We had numerous people come to know Christ and we felt a call to help disciple them…. and Viola! 7 am Bible study.
So this morning Autumn and I are at the Bible study listening to Kerry explain the passage. We were on Matthew 7. We have a little radio that plays the Bible in Haitian Creole and every now and then we stop and explain what was going on and why it is important. Well in chapter 7, Jesus is talking and going through some amazing examples so we were stopping the recording a lot. When it got down to the story of the tree and it’s fruit in verse 15, I felt this burden. We had just talked about taking the narrow path and how it isn’t easy and now about how important it is to bear fruit in your life and that not everyone that calls out “Lord, Lord” will get to spend eternity with Christ. That is TOUGH. I SO want to help all of these people pray to accept Jesus but if they don’t do it out of their own choice and follow the will of God and strive to live a life after God’s will then they will come before God and just like verse 23 Jesus says “Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you, away from me you evildoers.”
So many times people are led into Christianity and are told “just pray this prayer”… That is all you have to do. No it’s not… THAT’S NOT IT AT ALL. As Christians, it is our job to make disciples, build relationships, show God’s love and be the hands and feet of Christ. We as humans cannot save a single soul – all we can do is show them Christ and then CONTINUE to disciple them.
So, on with the day. About a month ago, Autumn and I purchased a fishing net. I am going to have to paint a little better picture of it for you. It is about 3-4′ wide and about 200′ long. It has a block tied at each end and a gallon jug tied to long pieces of rope on each end. It is really good for catching lobsters, crab, and other little creatures in the ocean. After the interesting Hurricane Emily (I think that was the name) – the one that was a dud, but still shook up the ocean, our net got ripped up a little. I brought it back and fixed it, so today after the meeting I brought one of the fishermen back to the mission to help me get it. I told him I wanted to loan it to him so he could use it to fish and make some money. I just enjoy going out in the ocean, and it gives me time to talk with him and disciple him. So today we took the net and went out and put it in the ocean. He was extremely excited to have a net and I am looking forward to being able to spend more time with him.
After I came back from fishing Wesner and I started working on his house. He is getting married in December, so he is trying to finish his house before then. I have a bunch of Haitian friends who want to come do some “Ministry” work, so they are going to come pour the floor to his house on Friday morning and then I am going to take them to the beach. It is awesome to be able to teach Haitians about giving and being missionaries in their own country. I hope this is something we can do regularly.
*Updated on 9-19-11* After all the Haitains came to help, I talked to them about starting a program to do that regularly. They were very excited. So we started “Leve Ayiti” – or in English, Lift up Haiti. They will come up to Montrouis and once a month donate their labor to some project in the community.
I cannot wait to see how God uses this program.
Anyways, Wesner and I cut and tied rebar from 10 am until 5:30 PM. It was a long day but we are pretty much ready to pour the floor on Friday!
This day just seems to keep going.
The first day we ever came to visit “The Mission” the cutest little boy CLUNG to Autumn.. his name is Stevenson a.k.a Josiah. If you haven’t already heard about Josiah – then that is for another time. After I finished at Wesner’s house, Autumn and I had a meeting with Josiah’s dad about adopting Josiah and signing his passport. We were wondering how it would go before but about 30 seconds into the meeting we learned that he is an awesome guy and is so happy that his son is doing great and so happy that he is being taken care of. He was a little sad and asked when we were leaving.. and I told him we were going to be here for a long time. He immediately smiled and said “So I can come see him.” I was very happy to tell him that he could come see him whenever he wanted!
The past two months have been so great and I am so thankful for all of the blessings that God has poured out on us.
I am really looking forward to teaching art at our St. Marc school starting in a few weeks. It will be every Friday for a few hours. I can’t wait to see where that leads!
I just want to thank everyone for their support and prayer. We could not do this without you. We love you all so much!
God Bless,
Stephen Byxbe
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Now that we are getting settled in here at the orphanage, Autumn and I have a feel for the needs here. Every time we are home people are always asking us how they can help.. and now we FINALLY have a definite answer and way to send it!
We are in great need of diapers and wipes for the children in the orphanage. Sizes that would fit a 2 year old – 4 year old. The smallest 2 year old is 20lbs. This is a huge need and would be an amazing blessing. The diapers in Haiti are not good quality and when we find ones that are good quality they are EXTREMELY expensive!
Here is how to get involved:
1. Purchase diapers and wipes.
2. Mail them to:
Reeves Family
Agape Flights 22157
100 Airport Ave.
Venice, Florida 34285
3. You’re done!
When we receive these packages our ministry pays $1.50/lb, so try not to put any bricks in the box 
Please don’t feel obligated to do this. We have had so many people ask for a way to send things and how they could help, so we wanted to let you know of this opportunity.
Always with Love,
Stephen and Autumn
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Currently I am reading a book by Steven Furtick. He started Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC. The book is call “Sun Stand Still.” It has definitely made me rethink why I hesitate to trust God and to have extreme faith. One of my favorite quotes from the book is, “The day you gave your life to Christ, you signed a full-time ministry employee agreement.”
I have definitely used the phrase “full time missions” before but have now grown to really dislike this phrase. When I felt like God called me to Haiti I didn’t become a full time missionary or enroll in full time missions.
We shouldn’t think that we have to give everything up, sell everything or move to a 3rd world country to be in full time missions. No matter where you are in the world, if you are a Christian, you are on the mission field. Moms to their children, a businessman at work, standing in line at the grocery store – Everywhere you go you have the ability to witness to people and spread the gospel.
So, correctly put – when I moved to Haiti I only changed locations where I was doing full time ministry.
Over the last week we have experienced the importance of sharing the gospel and pouring God’s love into people. One of the fishermen in our group had a stroke late one night and died the next morning. He had heard the gospel over and over. He had witnessed the love of God, but he chose to push it away. He knew he was living in sin but chose the comfort of that sin over a life with Christ.
I pray that you would sense God’s greatness and goodness and that your faith would grow stronger as you grow closer to God. Also, that you would be in tune with your mission field (wherever that may be)! Never give up… Time is short… Today is the day of salvation. We will all be standing before our Creator before we realize it.
- Stephen
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Good evening
Wow. This past week has been good and yet overwhelming at times. Many of you already know from facebook that we lost one of our fishermen this past week to a sudden stroke. Stephen left in the middle of the night to take him to the hospital, but sadly, there was nothing the doctors could do.
His name was Marcus. He was one of the fishermen and he worked hard to provide for his family. He heard the Gospel several times, but refused to repent and accept Christ as His Savior. He was never resistant to us…just to Jesus. My heart absolutely broke when I heard he had passed away. I was completely broken and felt a grief that was so deep and so heavy I cannot explain it. The sudden realization that unless he had surrendered his life to Christ and called upon His Name to save him from his sin right before his stroke, that he died without any eternal hope. Just let that sink in for a second even though I don’t think it’s even possible for us to fully grasp anything “eternal” because literally everything we know in this life has a limit. An eternity apart from Christ, without hope, without joy, apart from any good thing…there is nothing more tragic. We, as believers, must live in such a brokenness for those who don’t know Christ as Savior because they are literally dying in their hopelessness. I think back to the passage in Romans 9 where Paul said that he wished he, himself could be cut off and cursed from the hope that he had in Christ for the sake of his brothers, the ones he loved that he knew did not know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. What a deep, selfless love that is. I want to be there. The only deeper and more selfless love this world has, or will ever, know is that of Jesus Christ Himself who laid down His life for all of humanity and every sin we would ever commit against Him. There truly is no greater love.
We can never let the busyness of life, nor the inconveniences or discomfort of boldly (and still lovingly) sharing the life-changing truth of the Gospel with those around us who we know (or don’t know) are lost. Someone else’s eternity is worth eternally more than anything it may cost us to share with them, and as Americans, that price (if any) is often extremely small. We prayed this morning as a team that God would give us a wartime mentality that we live each day in. For we truly are in a battle, not against flesh and blood, but against the dark powers of this world. The enemy is seeking to steal, kill and destroy, and we are living in a world that is so blind to it. We must run to them with the truth of the One who can rescue, restore, and redeem. Our lives must also reflect the unconditional love of our Jesus in our actions. It’s a matter of life and death. Our world must see Christ in us!
I pray we never become calloused to the fact that we live in a world full of people that are lost. May the magnitude of that realization compel us to live in brokenness for them, and may our love for Christ compel us to do whatever it takes to lead others to Him. May we embrace our calling to live boldly, radically and passionately to advance His Kingdom. May a burden for those who don’t know Christ keep us awake at night and send us to our knees and faces in prayer for their salvation. Holy Spirit move in our lives. Teach us to number our days, that we may gain hearts of wisdom and walk humbly before You.
As we prepare for the funeral this week, please join us in praying that God will redeem this tragic situation by drawing the lost family members and friends that remain to Himself. Pray His Holy Spirit would move in such a way that they are overwhelmingly aware of their need for Christ and the eternal hope found in Him. Pray God will continue to give us wisdom of how we can best minister to Marcus’ hurting family.
We love you all and cannot thank you enough for your prayers! We are so thankful to be serving our mighty God and running this race with so many of you!
Much love,
Autumn
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Hey everyone! We’re (finally) back to blogging!:)
As most of you have probably heard by now, the Lord has moved us to a new ministry about an hour north of Port-au-Prince in a community called Montrouis. God has been showing us some great things and moving in our hearts. We are incredibly grateful and excited to be serving with New Vision Ministries & a very sweet Reeves family. As we serve together, our constant prayer is that this ministry would remain completely Christ-centered, Gospel-driven, and that we as missionaries would walk and serve humbly before our great God. We know that at the end of this life, we have but One to stand before and give an account for the way we spent our lives. Our prayer is that we would live each day with eternity in mind, and with a desire to live in obedience & faithful service to our King…whatever that looks like.
We are living at the mission now, and one of our primary ministry focuses is being kind of like “house parents” to the kids here at the orphanage. They bring so much joy to our lives on a daily basis, and we feel so richly blessed to have a part in loving and caring for them.
To give you an idea of what we’re doing here, here is a list of the different areas of ministry we are focusing on right now. We hope this will help you know more specifically how you can be praying for us, and for the people we are trying to share Christ with on a daily basis.
1. We are working with a group of fishermen. This is a group of 13 men from the slum of the city we live in. Calahan is a place where no one wants to go if they don’t live there. It’s the lowest of the low, and many do not wish to associate themselves with this poor neighborhood. Fishing is not a well-respected occupation in Haiti. In fact, it’s the job you choose if you can’t do anything else. These men work extremely hard to catch fish. They have no rods or motorized boats. Everything is done by hand. Almost everyone of these men don’t know Christ as Saviour, so one of our big, God-sized prayers is that He would use us to minister to them and to lead them to Christ. In an effort to minister to them we have weekly prayer meetings, a literacy class, and Bible study. Also, when time allows, Stephen and some of the guys here like to go out fishing with them. The fishermen love to have them along, and it’s a huge encouragement to them. Almost all of the fish they catch is purchased by New Vision and used to feed the children in our orphanage, in our school feeding programs, and some is purchased from other missions & ministries for the same price.
2. In the same fishing community, we have started a single mother’s program. These ladies are the lowest of the low in the community. Many of them have prostituted themselves for food or other reasons, and now have children to care for. They used to live along the river, but they all lost their houses when the river flooded last year. In an effort to reach out and minister to them, we have started a housing program. This housing program is unique in the sense that their homes are rented for them for a year, but they are also required to come and work three days a week to prepare and deliver food for 30 elderly people in Calahan. We want to disciple them, but also give them a sense of purpose. It’s been amazing to see how the Lord is already at work in this group. We also have a Bible study, devotion and prayer time with them every Thursday. Please pray that the Holy Spirit would move in their hearts, and that they would realize not only the depth of the unconditional love Christ has for them, but also the freedom He offers if they call upon Him as their Savior.
3. The orphanage is another major area of the ministry here. There are currently 15 children there and always need love and someone to hold them. We’re working on establishing a daily schedule including devotions, music, crafts, games etc. We believe the Lord has entrusted us with the responsibility of raising these children in a loving, Christ-centered environment, and we pray, that someday, the Lord will give each one of them to a Godly family. We’re trying to finish up our adoption license soon so that the adoption process can soon begin for our children. Please pray God would open the necessary doors for this to happen.
4. Feeding program. We are associated with 10 schools in the area where we do feeding programs for 1500 kids. A great deal of the fish that is caught by the fishermen is used to provide some of the food needed on a daily basis.
5. Pastor training and mentorship. We are associated with 8-9 churches where we do pastor training. This would be a great opportunity for pastors of mission teams to come down and spend some time pouring into and teaching these men.
6. Home building. We have lots of people who need homes. Currently we do not have funds for this, but we are trusting God to provide when then time is right. We have women from an earthquake refugee camp in need of permanent homes as well as some widows needing houses.
7. Small business. We have helped a group of ladies (14) get out of a refugee camp. We have rented homes for them but need to come up with jobs for them so that they can feed their families. Please pray God would give us wisdom and direction about how we can best reach out to them and help them. We are receiving word from them now that while they are very thankful for the homes that have been rented for them, they are struggling to find money to feed their families.
8. Student sponsorship. There is one day a month when all of the sponsor students come together at the mission and we play games, do projects, sing and do Bible study with them. We have many children in several different schools in the area in need of sponsorship. Please pray God will continue to provide the necessary means and individuals to invest in them.
9. Eye and Medical Clinics. Dr Kerry Reeves – the leader of the organization is an eye doctor. We have a few eye clinics set up in Montrouis and the surrounding communities. Pray that this will continue to be a way that we can reach out to people by meeting their physical needs, and then offering to help meet their spiritual need by praying with them and sharing the Gospel with them.
10. Church Plant? We cannot ask enough for your fervent prayer in this area. We believe God may be leading us to plant a church at a local hotel where there are people from all over the world staying on a regular basis. We believe that God has not only called us to impact Haiti, but also the ends of the earth. There are many people here in Haiti whether through the UN or other humanitarian organizations that do not know the Lord and are in a position of questioning how there could be a God with so much pain and suffering around them. Please pray we will be sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s direction in this and that God will open the necessary doors if this is part of His plan.
These are just a few of the ministry projects we are currently involved in here. Please pray God would continue to lead us, that we would daily die to ourselves so that His Spirit may fill & empower us to further His Kingdom here in Montrouis.
We love you all so much, and cannot thank you enough for your prayers! We need them so much.
Much love,
Stephen & Autumn
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