Dear friends;
We want to thank you very much for all the prayers and support and friendship we received during
our time of grieving for my mom’s passing. In both countries we were surrounded by our Christian brothers and sisters. It was so good to feel loved and cared for. In the US, we had a beautiful,
Christ-filled funeral for Mom. I got to see all of my immediate family and lots of the extended
family. In Haiti, we have been receiving visitors all day since we came back. Some of the most
touching have been the kids in the feeding centers who came and sang for us, most of our youth
group kids coming to give hugs, pastors who came hours just to be able to pray with us, and especially JeanJean’s loving family. Praise the Lord for the family of God.
We were going to write a newsletter back at the beginning of July because there was so much to
report. It didn’t happen all month and now we have even more news! I’ll try to be concise in reporting all the great things God has been doing
On July 1, UCC school had their first kindergarten graduation. The kids sang, danced, recited, did
skits and showed off their English and arts and crafts. We are flooded with applications for next
year’s term. People are amazed at how the kids have learned. Can’t wait until this year starts with
a new grade added!
Andre Charles and his wife were baptized! (If you haven’t heard the incredible story of God’s lifechanging power and forgiveness in Andre’s life, you may go to our 3/27/2010 newsletter at our
website: unitedchristianinternational.org) It was our church’s first baptism since we began services in Feb. We had 12 people that were baptized! It was extraordinary to see JeanJean baptize
this new brother in Christ who had been so lost before. And, on Sept. 15, JeanJean will be performing the wedding service for Andre’s daughter while Kristie was asked to be the maren or
‘godmother.’ Andre said, “I did not know the freedom that is in Christ.” We praise our wonderful
Father for his transforming power through Jesus.
Pastor Marvil from Cerca la Sous has been faithfully walking 13 hours to come to JeanJean’s
seminars each week for the past 3 years. For his perseverance and servant heart, he received a
brand-new motorcycle from Santa Cruz Bible Church!
Westgate church of San Jose has been coming to Caiman, Haiti for 5 years now. Each year they
come back with more exciting ways to help in Haiti. Last year, Carl Crizer, an engineer saw the
deplorable condition that our community water system was in. For a year he has held that in his
heart and researched ways to fix the system. Mind you, this is a huge system that provides thousands of people with water. It has been broken and unreliable for years. He and his team came in
with heavy-duty tools and were able to fix it! All the communities rejoiced!
Meredith Drive Church of Des Moines and the VandeZandschulps from Sioux City have put in 3
wells into our communities! Water is a precious thing.
I can’t list all the people that participated in putting in 219 cement floors and 22 houses and 5
churches for people in need.
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord“ Romans 8: 37-19
News from the Mompremiers Aug. 18, 2011
Mompremier address: UCI's donation address:
Unit 1072--UCI PO Box 51
3170 Airmans Drive Orange City, IA 51041
Ft. Pierce, FL 34946 *** MFI charges $1.50/lb to ship items into Haiti
Dipoma time!
Baptism at the river
Water, sweet water!
Community water system
repaired! Questions or comments? Email: jeankris@juno.com
New Hope church accepted the challenge to help with a kids’ conference in July. My kids in the nutrition center have
asked me for years to hold a camp for them. This year we did it. The kids had a blast. They said 3 days
was too short—but I think it was just about right !
We also had a lot of interest in a youth camp this year. So much interest, in fact, that we had to split the
kids into 2 different camps! One was held in July and the other is coming up in Sept. It was during the
2nd day of the youth camp in July that we received the phone call about my mom’s death. We had to
leave immediately due to flight schedules and such. But, we are happy to report that the camp continued
on. New Hope youth group and team remained in Haiti and served in the camp. When I got home, my
youth group was full of praise about how awesome the camp was. 49 kids came to Christ or re-dedicated
their lives to Him during this time. My youth kids and the UCI staff stepped up and put on a terrific
camp while we stayed in the US. Isn’t that great?! I tell you, though—I can’t wait until Sept. so that I
can participate in the next youth camp, too.
Summer is a busy time for teams and projects. Our thanks to all of the people that helped make these
things possible: women’s, youth, kids’, pastors’, ecology conference; medical and dental clinics, painting
and construction, garden work, VBS, welding of more benches for the school and church, prayer walks,
food and clothing distribution, electricity projects, and lots of good cross-cultural friendships. God bless
you.
Perhaps the biggest news we have right now is another praise from God. After 4 years of praying and
waiting on God’s perfect timing, UCI will be beginning construction on a Bible trade school!! WestGate
church is partnering with UCI to begin this exciting program. We will be breaking ground next week! I
can’t tell you how much it means to the people here to know that there will be a university for this community. Kids will be able to further their education without having to go to Port-au-Prince or Cap Haitian where it is so expensive to live and commute. To show their appreciation, the community and several churches from near and far are offering to give of their labor to help with this school. Communities
and individuals that have received nutrition centers or cement floors or churches or wells want to be able
to show their appreciation by giving back. UCI is readily accepting their gifts because we want people to
see this as a community program—not just for UCI. Keep praying that the construction goes well and
that we find the right teachers and administrators for our school!
Thank you again for your faithfulness in prayer and the love you have shown to my family!
JeanJean, Kristie, Tana and Kerri Mompremier
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