By Trip Manager Stephanie Mutert
Seeking to engage older kids working on English language skills, as well as younger kids simply fond of pictures in books, some recent visitors brought English and Creole versions of Bible stories. Knowing attention spans are limited […]
By Trips Manager Stephanie Mutert
There is a certain posture at Desire that has become known to visitors as the ‘human backpack.’ It’s not a surprise that Pastor Jeannot’s kids love to be held, and once they reach a certain […]
By Trip Manager Stephanie Mutert
There are many cultural intricacies of Haiti that we are constantly learning as we gain deeper relationships with the local church partners. One of the things a Haitian might do when they are talking to […]
It was the middle of another scorching summer’s day in Haiti. I had hitched a ride to Gonaives with one of our Vision Trips so that I could attend a meeting with our pastor partners. The excited chatter and […]
Anytime we get to send money to our field partners caring for children, it’s a good day. Today was very good. This month’s GO Haiti wire included funding to cover:
The daily “life care costs” of 1,007 children
Teachers’ salaries at […]
Istrouma Baptist Church in Louisiana has been partnering with churches in Haiti to help care for kids for several years now. They also send teams, and on their most recent trip to Haiti they celebrated and welcomed a new […]
In 2010, God connected Fort Collins, CO, and Desire, Haiti. More specifically He connected Faith E-Free and Pastor Chris Conradson with Pastor Jeannot’s rural church outside Gonaives. In the three years since, more than 200 people from Faith have […]
by Jenni (GO Fellow)
Many communities in Haiti, like Desire, are in desperate need of clean and affordable water resources. The problem is not that water is in short supply; rather the lack of vegetation from deforestation has created a […]