Leaving for Haiti next Sunday June 7 with a team from Love Of Christ Lutheran Chuch in MN. One of our projects will be to build the wall around our orphanage in Jeremie. It is not uncommon in Haiti for children to be taken from orphanages and sold into slavery. Pastor Isaac goes to great measures to keep his children safe. Funds for this project have been donated by Zion Lutheran Church in Bellville, IL. Thank you to the members of Zion. There is so much individuals and congregations can do to help our Brothers and Sisters in Haiti. Donating to the right organization will allow you to know that your money has gone where it was meant to go.

 

 

 

St Paul Lutheran Church in Bremen, IN purchased a bus for Pastor Isaac. They had it shipped by the U S Air Force and it arrived in Jeremie last week. Pastor has not had a working vehicle for about two years so this was a real blessing for him. It is large enough to transport the Orphans and Mission Teams working with the HLMP. Pastor said this now allows him to visit his Churches in the mountain villages. When this congregation asked what they could do to help Pastor in Haiti they really pitched in and helped.
Thank you so much St Paul Bremen, IN

            HLMP Eye Glass Clinic with FGCU Students in Jeremie, Haiti

          HLMP purchased new glasses with your donations and recycled old ones collected, cleaned and checked by volunteer eye professionals. Thank you!

 

FGCU students in Haiti

Florida Gulf Coast University Students visit University Students in Jeremie, Haiti. Exchanging ideas and plans for the future.

Help us continue to Feed the Children of Haiti

Feeding the children in our Lutheran Schools through Trinity Hope

Food is prepared over wood fires outdoors by local women

Every child gets 1 dish of rice and beans before leaving school each day

For most it is the only meal they will get that day

They are truely Thankful for your donations

Orphans...Then and Now

year 2005 

                                        Year 2010

                                         Year 2015

2014 Pastors go to Jeremie

Pastor Terry Strom, Pastor Scott Weiler, Trent Davis and Chris Roegge traveled with Ken and Sue to visit Jeremie for the first time.

This is the OLD church and school building in the Village of Fond Rouge that they were interested in visiting. It is falling apart but the New church in the background is not yet finished.

The NEW Church is still needing its roof. We hope to be able to finish the project within the next year.

They also spent time with the Orphans.

And discussed future plans for the older Orphans who will be ready to leave the Orphanage in a few years. Laurent would like to become a Police Officer after graduating from High School and Daniel would like to attend Nursing School after she graduates. It is important for these young people to have some type of job training before they are lut on their own.

 

 

Nursing Students attending new Jeremie School

These ladies are the first to attend the new nursing school in Jeremie. Medical supplies and equipment are needed for basic nursing instruction.

Back to School in Haiti

Lutheran Church & School in Belague

This is one of our Lutheran Schools in Haiti. Very different from the school your child attends I am sure but very important to the families in this village. You see, most children do not have the opportunity to attend school at all in Haiti. Many of the children that go to our Lutheran Schools also receive 1 meal or rice and beans every day. This is most often the ONLY meal they get for that day.

Haiti's Lutheran School Teachers earn $50.00 a month but do not get paid regularly. They often must leave their teaching jobs to find other employment so that they can feed their families. Without teachers the schools must close and the feeding program stops.

Please help us keep our Lutheran Schools open in Haiti.

$50.00 a month pays a teachers salary.

One time donations are appreciated. 

Blessings,

Sue Gross

Haitian Lutheran Mission Project

c/o Christ Lutheran Church
14700 S. 94th Ave.
Orland Park, IL 60462

suelynn144@aol.com

The Haitian Lutheran Mission Project is an Independent Mission Society. Our home base is Christ Lutheran Church in Orland Park, IL. We get no funding from the The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Every dollar collected goes to our Haiti Ministry 

 

 

Christmas Blessings to all who have an interest in the Haitian Lutheran Ministry.

This is the time to thank all of you who have been generous with your prayers, donations and ideas for the people of Haiti.

As many of you know our dear friend and Lay Minister, Lophane, was in from Haiti for a jam packed 10 days of presentations and meetings (Ken and I are still recovering). We discussed many new ideas and met with several organizations in 3 states. Thanks to those who shared your time with us.

 

Fellowship Of Faith Lutheran Church - McHenry, IL

Heifer International Meeting

Orland Park, Rotary Club

Students at Concordia University - Mequon

 

We asked Lophane to meet with the organizations above to encourage more involvement in this ministry. We hope to increase our short term mission trips with teams of college students to teach English as a second language. Heifer International is planning to start a goat project in our district to help the Haitian people become self supporting. We are interested in starting other job training programs but we need your help.

 

The Haitian Lutheran Mission Project has been blessed to see many improvements in Pastor Isaac's District over this past year and we would like to share those with you at this time. After all, they would not have come about with out your support.

Pastor continues to house, feed and educate 30 Orphaned children in his home.

 

Sleeping on the floor of Pastor's home

A second floor addition to Pastors home now allows the children to sleep in 2 dorm style rooms in bunkbeds!

 

This addition also serves as a guest house for mission teams and guests who come to Jeremie to assist Pastor Isaac.

 

The school in the Village of Fond Rouge is now in session.
The building is almost complete, benches and school supplies are still needed.

 

These are the parents of the children that will attend the
new school in Fond Rouge-they send their thanks.

 

Water Filters have been purchased for schools and families that do not have access to clean water

 

Several Latrines have been built in the villages on Church property to serve the needs of the entire community as
well as help to prevent the spread of Cholera.

 

Ladies cooking the rice and beans for the children
in Lutheran School of Bouduin

We now have 12 schools in Pastor's District that are part of the Feeding program. Trinity Hope provides one meal of rice and beans to each child attending a Lutheran School as long as we can keep the teachers paid and the schools remain opened. Unfortunately we only have enough support for the teachers in 4 schools at this time so we will continue to seek sponsorship for the teachers in 8 schools next year.

Sharing their food is common
even when they do not have enough for themselves.

 These children Thank You
and Wish you a Blessed Christmas.

And so do we!

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE ARE A VERY SMALL ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO SO MUCH IN AN AREA OF HAITI THAT DOES NOT GET THE ATTENTION OF LARGE CHARITIES. JUST LIKE KATRINA, IT IS THE SMALL CHURCH GROUPS WHO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. YOU ARE MAKEING THIS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU TRUST THAT EVERY DOLLAR YOU SEND US GOES TO THE PEOPLE OF HAITI. OUR SIZE ALLOWS US TO TRACK ALL EXPENSES AND ELEIMINATE WASTE. WE TRAVEL TO HAITI AT OUR OWN EXPENSE AND COMMUNICATE WITH OUR GROUND CREW IN HAITI ALMOST DAILY.

 

You can be part of this Ministry.

Susan Gross and the Haitian Lutheran Mission Project

c/o Christ Lutheran Church

14700 S. 94th Ave

Orland Park, IL 60462

suelynn144@aol.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hurricane Isaac – Jeremie Damage Report

Greetings to you from our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
How are you doing?

I'm late, because my Internet was off. I suppose you are well with God. For my family and I, we are fine too with God. I want thanks each of you for your prayers and inform you that we have some little damages in our location of Marfranc, Moron, Durocher, Beaudouin, Pestel, Anse d'Hainault and Irois, the winds took the roof the church of Durocher and Anse d'Hainault. we have some others houses has some little damage. Many people lost their garden also and animals. Please continue to keep Jeremie in your prayers, God is good and he is good for all of us, because we are one in him.

Blessings.

Isaac

Praying over the garden we planted with the people of Beaudouin last year on our mission trip.

Gardens are very important to the people of Haiti because there is such a food shortage there.
Many of the gardens have been destroyed which will be a hardship for many.

Repairing Churches will be part of our construction team focus in 2013.

We are very thankful that the damage was not worse and that no lives were lost. Life continues to be difficult in Haiti but with your help God has been merciful.

Blessings to you and your families,

Susan

Haitian Lutheran Mission Project
suelynn144@ail.com

RICHTON PARK BUS Arrives in Jeremie

To all of the Richton Park Volunteers
who made this project possible.

Pastor Isaac Jacquet sends his most humble THANKYOU.

I hope you can see how much of a difference you can make in the lives of others.

The following are some of the pictures he sent this AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the treasures packed in the bus stacked in Pastor's home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





This is Nelson (one of the Orphans living in Pastor's home)
sitting on the new chair that arrived on the bus.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



The Orphans are now able to sit at a table to eat their rice and beans
instead of on the floor because they received new folding tables on the bus.

 

These bicycles will not only be used for fun but shared to run errands
and deliveries in town.

 

 



These children are part of the feeding program at one of Pastor's schools.
They receive one meal a day of rice and beans.
We sent spoons for them to use so that they no longer have to
eat with their fingers.

 

 

Sue

Haitian Lutheran Mission Project.

ISAAC hit Haiti

Dear brothers and sisters,

Greetings to you from our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. How are you  doing??
 I suppose you are well with God. For my family and I, we are fine too with God.
I want thanks each of you for your prayers and inform you that we have some damage in our location of Leogane, we our heartquater is and the village also. 
we have one of those houses , the winds took the roof and there another one,
we lost some tin and some others houses has some little damage, but in Jaqcmel many people lost the roof of their houses and their garden also and animals, the same for PAP, many people are homeless and we have many of them who are members of Good shepherd Lutheran Church, where ReV: Thomas Bernard is the Bishop, please keep those people in your prayers, like I know tomorrow you will worship service, please remind them in your prayer.
God is good and he is good for all of us, because we are one in God.
I hope tonight the people in Haiti will be able to sleep, especially the people in Jacmel, PAP, Port de Paix, Carrefour, Leogane, ect..

Blessings.

Lophane

FEEDING 1,798 CHILDREN

We are well into the Lenten Season and I began to wonder why people give up CHOCOLATE or SWEETS for Lent. I did it as a child but It really made no impact on my life.

Perhaps if my parents had taken the money we spent on desserts and had me give it to someone that was hungry I would have felt the sacrifice was meaningful. But who would I have given that money to???

This holds true for all the times my Mom told me to eat everything on my plate because there were starving children in the world. I would have gladly given them that piece of liver I had to choke down. Again I never saw those starving children but I ate that liver anyway.

Things are different now....we know where those starving children are and we have the opportunity to help them.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.



Pastor Isaac Jacquet has 12 schools in his district that are receiving one meal a day through Trinity Hope's Feeding Program - this is a total of 1,798 children. Only 702 are sponsored at this point. That leaves 1,096 that still need support. The Haitian Lutheran Mission Project has committed $ 8,403.00 for this coming year to feed the children of Dame Marie.
We need your help to make sure these children get fed.

If you need more information or would make a donation of any size to help email me at.

suelynn144@aol.com

Sue Gross
Haitian Lutheran Mission Project
Christ Lutheran Church
14700 S. 94TH Ave.
Orland Park, IL 60462