pic. 1: new home pic. 2: youth group cleaning at the market pic. 3: UCI Board and officials
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Phil. 4:6
Dear friends and family;
Greetings from the Mompremiers and many the Lord of grace be with you. We want to thank you for your prayers and your support.
Housing. Thank you for helping our brothers and sisters from Port that had no place to live. Their houses crumbled in the earthquake and they have been living with people generous enough to open their homes to them. Many times they are sleeping on the ground and don't even have a room to call their own. UCI has been able to help many to rebuild their lives. We have been able to complete 3 entire houses. We hope to build several more. Several teams from the States have come out here to help build the houses. It was a lot of fun to work side-by-side with the masons and family members. We praise the name of Jesus.
NGO: Non-governmental organization status. We are very close to having NGO status in Haiti. We have had the officials come out to our place 2 times to talk to the UCI board, employees, and beneficiaries of UCI. They have recorded all the projects that UCI has done which includes: pastor and leader training, housing, cement floors, agricultural projects, goats, pigs, cows, feeding centers, water irrigation, etc. They went home very enthusiastic about getting the NGO status for UCI. They were very helpful in their ideas of how UCI can further their impact. NGO status will be a tremendous help to UCI. With it, we can get supplies, even vehicles, without having to pay customs.
Youth group. Yesterday, the youth group went to our local market area and cleaned up trash. Not a fun project but very rewarding. When we arrived, there wasn't very many people present. We started out by asking neighbors to let us borrow their brooms. The kids got to work. We had to burn the trash as there was no where else to go with it. After awhile, several people came out of their houses to see what we were doing. Soon, we had doubled our group as people came to help us out. The kids did a good job and felt good about doing it. With the money their earned selling coffee and Haitian candy, we will be going on our 2nd field trip soon. We will be going to the Hinch area to look at Haitian-run projects.
Cement floors. We are continuing with our project to help people not have to sleep in the dirt. We are at 92 floors (last year and this year) and many more to complete.
God bless,
JeanJean, Kristie, Tana and Kerri
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