Guest House Available for U.S. Missions Teams to Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Thirteen people from Nevada Baptist Church, Nevada Iowa, recently stayed in a Port-au-Prince guesthouse reserved for missions teams traveling to Haiti during the next year.
Chris Hindal, director of GARBC International Ministries, said that prior to renting the house, options were limited for groups visiting Haiti. Individuals could stay at local hotels, but larger groups have found it difficult to find accommodations.
The guest house has a kitchen, dining room, living room, and sleeping space for 20 people. The…
Urgent Need: Couple to Minister in Haiti
- Self-supported
- Short term (6 months)
- He must have building experience and organizational skills
- She could oversee the guest house
- Safe, nice house in which to live
- Sense of God’s call to minister in Haiti
Contact Chris Hindal
Haiti Churches Waiting for Assistance
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Living in tents, many of their homes and churches destroyed by the Haiti earthquake, international partners of the GARBC are waiting for the support of U.S. churches. Chris Hindal, director of international ministries for the GARBC, has just returned from visiting Baptist pastors who have been displaced by the disaster and have nowhere to turn for help.
Through the International Partnership of Fundamental Baptist Ministries, Hindal is urging GARBC churches to assemble work teams that would be…
Haiti Update
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Members of a church and children in an orphanage in Haiti are fasting this morning with Pastor Prédestin Hérard. “Without the Lord we would be lost and really life would be hopeless,” says Pastor Hérard, president of the Association des Énglises Evangeliques Baptistes d΄ Haiti. He and his family are doing well, he reports.
The bank in Port-au-Prince, now reopened since the quake, is filled with people who have needs. “There is a long line almost every day in front of the bank,”…
Internet Prayer Meeting for Haiti
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Across the country, pastors and people gathered in prayer for Haiti through the technology of a webinar. On Monday evening, January 18, a sensitive and anguished group of people sought the Lord for the healing of the nation of Haiti. Loved ones have slipped into eternity, many are still missing, thousands have been injured, homes have been destroyed, and there is a mass migration as people seek refuge in other parts of the country and into other lands.
A…
A Calculated Approach to Haiti
News reports from Haiti reveal the extensive loss of life, destruction of property, and general breakdown of the country’s infrastructure. For months to come, survivors will tell stories of personal tragedy. As people of God are moved with compassion, we must focus our energy on assisting in the most meaningful ways.
We are grateful for the first wave of relief organizations rushing to the area with basic supplies of water, medicine, and food. Many national and international organizations are…