A Year in Review Life Connection Mission is very grateful for all the love and support from our members. We have accomplished so much good in Montrouis, Haiti and know that these blessings are attributed to our sponsors and generous donors. Valuable contributions allow us to continue to provide happiness and good health to some of the world's neediest children.
What a difference a year has made! While many Haitians experienced terror and sadness in the recent months, our family in Montrouis continues to experience many blessings. However, Life Connection Mission was not left unscathed over the year.
The influx of people into Montrouis following the earthquake tested our abilities to continue to serve the community. The days immediately following the tragic earthquake in 2010 were some of the saddest days for the people of Haiti, but one of our mission’s proudest moments. Because of regular contributions, we were immediately able to allocate money to feeding, sheltering, and providing clean water to hundreds of earthquake victims and refugees. The consistency of donations allows us to maintain this support. We have helped many find new homes, clothing and supplies so that their families can regain independence. We have admitted 40 children into our mission school. These children were given uniforms, school supplies, and books. They are being educated and fed everyday at no cost to their families.
These refugee children are not the only ones we are able to provide with a quality education. Life Connection Mission has approximately 30 children without sponsors (of the 500+ students currently enrolled in our mission school). We are able to continue to offer an education, uniforms, books, school supplies, and a nutritious meal everyday to these children. Donations allow us to be certain not only our sponsored children, but also our non sponsored children receive the benefits of an education and hot meal.
Many residents lost their homes in flooding resulting from Hurricane Tomas. Cholera hit our village as many of us were celebrating Thanksgiving. Despite the challenges, we strive to meet and defeat all setbacks. While many Haitians grieved this year and worried about the uncertainty in their lives, it has been our greatest priority to show our family that we will provide the necessary tools to keep them healthy, safe, and filled with hope in an ever-changing country.
In the upcoming months, a medical facility in Montrouis will open for those who need our care. The first floor will offer a doctor’s office, a bright patient waiting area, pharmacy, and two bathrooms with clean water. This is a great accomplishment, and we look forward to offering medical assistance and preventative care to our community members. Thank you to those who have helped see this project through, and we are so grateful to have your commitment and support.
Naturally, with every great accomplishment, we are driven to achieve more. More can and will be done! We are striving for 100% sponsorship at our mission school. We must stock the medical clinic with supplies and invite visiting teams of doctors and nurses to care for our ill patients and oversee preventative care. We must build, build, build! If the future of Haiti is in our classrooms, we have to fill those classrooms and educate as many children as we possibly can.
We have worked tirelessly to achieve goals, provide a better life, and present greater opportunities for the people we love in Montrouis. The reality, though, is without a tremendous support system, none of these dreams could have come true for us or our Haitian brothers and sisters. For that we are so thankful to have you. In the faces of the children we play with, educate, and feed, we see dreams of a different Haiti. Stay with us and be a part of it. Believe in their future and commit to making it happen.
Bondye beni ou pou tout bagay sa yo byen out e fѐ.
God bless you for all the good things you have done.
“Each of you has received a gift to use to serve others. Be good servants of God’s various gifts of grace.” 1 Peter 4:10
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