Sunday, March 10, 2013
Trinity Lutheran Church has partnered with the North East Haiti Lutheran Mission Society for a mission trip to Haiti from March 17-25.
While others head to St. Patrick's Day's celebrations across town, a group of 25 from Trinity Lutheran Church in Utica will embark on an eight-day mission trip to Haiti. Partnering with the North East Haiti Lutheran Mission (NEHLM) Society, the Trinity group will join fellow volunteers and health professionals to provide free medical and dental clinics to approximately 1,000 to 1,200 Haitians, March 17-25. "The goal of the mission will be to share Jesus with the people of Haiti through supplying medical and dental help and conducting a (Vacation Bible School) program," according to the church website. The small island nation of Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake more than three years ago, but citizens continue to be in desperate …
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Three Macomb Township residents and one Shelby Township resident recently traveled to Haiti with their church to work with the poverty-stricken children of Port-au-Prince.
All the children seated in a wide circle on the dusty ground giggled with delight as they were tapped, screaming out “duck, duck, duck” and then bursting into laughter every time “goose” rang out. “We taught them to play the game and they just loved it," said Holly Hammel, 21, of Shelby Township. "They looked so happy.” Not a bad impression to leave on the poverty-stricken children of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, whose residents survived a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in January 2010. Hammel and Macomb residents, Kyle Jones, 24, Lea Jones, 21, and Kyle Hunt, 21, were part of a college missions group of 18 from Trinity Lutheran Church in Shelby Township, who spent seven days (May 18-25) ministering to the people on the Caribbean island. The trip is …
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
St. Thomas missionaries share reflections and hopes one year after quake.
“I’m somebody!!” Two simple words on a T-shirt of a woman capture how the Haitian people feel one year after an earthquake devastated their nation, killing thousands and leaving more homeless. A year later, Haitians' greatest challenge is day-by-day survival, but long-term, they want to be self-sufficient and establish a sustainable economy while maintaining their own culture. A grassroots effort in Shelby Township's St. Thomas Community Presbyterian Church is helping Haitians to meet those goals. Last year, Matt Sullivan, 44, chairperson of the church's missions committee, began to organize. The goal was to build a water tower and treatment system at an orphanage about 70 miles from Port au Prince. Church members quickly raised $12,…
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todd b
8:35 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
all these missionary efforts accomplish, especially to Haiti, is to once again empower people who won't take the initiative to care for themselves and have learned to depend on handouts. After the devastating Haiti quake how many of the locals sat by while the rest of the world came in to dig them out, feed them and help rebuild. I agree with others that if you are going to spend efforts to help … more ›