Missions in Haiti

[stephenpatrick]

Good afternoon.

I just wanted to share some news of some friends of mine who operate a mission in Les Cayes, Haiti, Franz and Doris Clotaire. Franz is a national of Haiti and started S.E.E.D. Ministries for the spreading of the gospel, along with teaching proper farming and animal husbandry courses. They were far enough away from the earthquake to not have any damage, but they did help with supplies for those affected. Here is the latest email update from them today.

Dear Friends,
I want to thank you for your prayers on behalf of our SEED-Team's visit
to Leogane. They came home exhausted but so full of encouragement about
their visit. This time they spread out a little bit in the area where
people didn't get much yet.
Their first stop was shortly before you get to Leogane to visit Pastor
Jean Claude's family (he is from the first Baptist Church). They left
some food with them and then went on to "our" orphanage and mission,
Emmanuel Mission. Everyone was glad to see the team with our two
pick-ups loaded with beans, rice, oil, clothes, and tarps. We are
thankful that the 4 churches Frantz had challenged in helping their
country men giving rice and many clothes. We also were able to get some
food and tarps from the missionaries relief depot.
After unloading the things at the orphanage Pastor Joel told Frantz to
go and visit with him the Voudou society and bring some food to them.
So, off they went. The people were very excited because they hadn't
gotten anything yet. Please, pray especially for these people that
through this there hearts will be touched and they will start searching
our true living God.
A pastor from a church in Jacmel came and got some things, too. Another one from Mariana, close to Port, had told us prior to the trip: "I'm embarrassed to say, that I'm just hungry!" We could leave food and clothes with him also and hopefully will get to see him this Saturday again.
We are thankful that we can help a little bit. Looking at the whole country sometimes we would like to be discouraged but we are thankful that we can make a difference with some people.
Thanks again for your prayers, your e-mails, and your support.
In His name,
Doris

Website
www.seedministriesinhaiti.org/


Blessings
Steve



EDIT
Oops . . . sorry Frantz. (spelled his name wrong above)

[Sower]

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for sharing this from your friends. We're certainly supporting the people of Haiti, aid workers, and organizations with our prayers and finances.

Grace and blessings,

The Sower~

[Once4all]

Ditto Sower's comments. Reading hands-on, personal accounts like this touch our hearts more and give us a more realistic picture of what is being done by individuals, rather than the more generic reports provided by the larger organizations.

Our support for Haiti was by way of an organization called Food for the Hungry, based in Phoenix, AZ:

www.foodforthehungry.org/

I like to find out about different organizations for giving, because sometimes I might have a reason to change and I like to know what's out there.

For the 2004 tsunami and Katrina in 2005, we were giving to Samaritan's Purse, but I wanted to find a more on-the-ground organization that also helped out in my own state, as well as in other countries. That's when I came across Food for the Hungry.

For larger ministries and charitable organizations, it might be a good idea to check them out on a website like Ministry Watch or Charity Navigator:

www.ministrywatch.org/
www.charitynavigator.org/

I never realized that the Christian Children's Fund was not even a Christian charity and, in fact, they dropped "Christian" from their name last year. That's not to say they don't do good things, only that your understanding of an organization may not always be what you think it is.

Bev