BELAGUE & COLMINY HAITI

The Haitian Lutheran Mission Project has taken on a new area to support. The villages of Colminy and Belague both have Lutheran Churches that are in partnership with LCMS. They, however, have not received any assistance from the funds that LCMS has reserved for the areas most directly affected by the earthquake. The water filters, latrines, and housing being supplied by LCMS only reach a few of the Districts where our Lutheran Pastors are working.

The Church in Belague is pictured below. It is surrounded by water which is terribly dangerous because of the mosquito population and high rate of Malaria in Haiti. People in Belague must wade through this water to reach the river where they bring their 5 gallon buckets to collect drinking water.


This mother and her son collect drinking water from the river behind the Lutheran Church of Belague pictured below.


This path is the only dry way to get into the Church/School in Belague. It is completely surrounded by filthy water which the children and community members wade through to get to the river behind the building.
This wet area can be corrected by purchasing fill to be deposited around the building.


This Mother is taking drinking water home for her children to use. She told me she had dropped chlorine tablets into the water already and does so when she has access to them. The river is where bathing, laundry and animals go to get cool. One day they hope to have a well so they can have clean drinking water



The Haitian Lutheran Mission Projects goal for this area is....

1 Raise $2,000.00 to provide fill for the area around the school so that the mosquito population decreases near the Church/School. This needs to be done soon because the month of May is when the rain comes heavily.

2 Find an organization like the Rotary Club (which is active in Haiti drilling wells) to help us get clean water to this area as well as the very DRY - DESERT LIKE village of Colminy.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
Lent is meant to be a time of reflection and sacrifice for many.
Giving up chocolate and pizza may be good for your waistline but is that really life changing for anyone?

When The Lord puts an opportunity to impact the lives of others at our feet we can choose to participate or refuse it. You make the choice. Your participation in this effort to help fellow Christians in Haiti is critical. No one else is helping them.



You can help in a variety of ways.
* Mission Trips
* Fund Raisers.
* Awareness presentations
* Project support (send a used school bus filled with donations to Haiti)
We will help you in any of these areas.
Mission work brings Church Members together.

Blessings,
Sue Gross
Haitian Lutheran Mission Porject
suelynn144@aol.com