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Jules was very surprised when Dan showed up at his door in Haiti last week. He was all smiles and so excited to see his best friend there to spend time with him. Jules and his wife, Martha, have been in a Haiti for a couple of months between his cancer treatments for a visit. He is in quite a bit of pain all of the time but is holding his own. They will return to Boston to resume his treatments in April. Martha made a wonderful fish dinner for Dan for one meal and they had a special time of fellowship. Despite his pain, Jules still maintains his smile and positive attitude. It was such an encouragement to him to spend some time with Dan. For those of you who are not aware, Jules was one of our first coworkers more than 20 years ago. His faithfulness and loyalty

Jules was very surprised when Dan showed up at his door in Haiti last week. He was all smiles and so excited to see his best friend there to spend time with him. Jules and his wife, Martha, have been in a Haiti for a couple of months between his cancer treatments for a visit. He is in quite a bit of pain all of the time but is holding his own. They will return to Boston to resume his treatments in April. Martha made a wonderful fish dinner for Dan for one meal and they had a special time of fellowship. Despite his pain, Jules still maintains his smile and positive attitude. It was such an encouragement to him to spend some time with Dan. For those of you who are not aware, Jules was one of our first coworkers more than 20 years ago. His faithfulness and loyalty

Jules was very surprised when Dan showed up at his door in Haiti last week. He was all smiles and so excited to see his best friend there to spend time with him. Jules and his wife, Martha, have been in a Haiti for a couple of months between his cancer treatments for a visit. He is in quite a bit of pain all of the time but is holding his own. They will return to Boston to resume his treatments in April. Martha made a wonderful fish dinner for Dan for one meal and they had a special time of fellowship. Despite his pain, Jules still maintains his smile and positive attitude. It was such an encouragement to him to spend some time with Dan. For those of you who are not aware, Jules was one of our first coworkers more than 20 years ago. His faithfulness and loyalty

Change is inevitable. It’s not necessarily fun, is most often disruptive and stressful, can be messy but it is still a part of life and thus inevitable. This is the case at RMI currently. We are undergoing a few changes so, please pardon our dust! Internal Dust We are in the process of changing our donor management database. The process has indeed been disruptive, stressful and messy, not to mention it’s taking quite a bit longer than we thought. The RMI US staff has been tirelessly working to get the changes finalized. It is mostly an internal change, but you will notice it in the receipts you receive as well as our increased ability to keep you up to date on the latest happenings at RMI. Haiti Field Dust The Haiti field is undergoing changes as they work to reposition current staff, hire additional qualified personnel in a number of

Change is inevitable. It’s not necessarily fun, is most often disruptive and stressful, can be messy but it is still a part of life and thus inevitable. This is the case at RMI currently. We are undergoing a few changes so, please pardon our dust! Internal Dust We are in the process of changing our donor management database. The process has indeed been disruptive, stressful and messy, not to mention it’s taking quite a bit longer than we thought. The RMI US staff has been tirelessly working to get the changes finalized. It is mostly an internal change, but you will notice it in the receipts you receive as well as our increased ability to keep you up to date on the latest happenings at RMI. Haiti Field Dust The Haiti field is undergoing changes as they work to reposition current staff, hire additional qualified personnel in a number of

Change is inevitable. It’s not necessarily fun, is most often disruptive and stressful, can be messy but it is still a part of life and thus inevitable. This is the case at RMI currently. We are undergoing a few changes so, please pardon our dust! Internal Dust We are in the process of changing our donor management database. The process has indeed been disruptive, stressful and messy, not to mention it’s taking quite a bit longer than we thought. The RMI US staff has been tirelessly working to get the changes finalized. It is mostly an internal change, but you will notice it in the receipts you receive as well as our increased ability to keep you up to date on the latest happenings at RMI. Haiti Field Dust The Haiti field is undergoing changes as they work to reposition current staff, hire additional qualified personnel in a number of

Ministry around RMI is an action verb. If you wonder what goes on from day to day, in addition to preparing for, receiving and caring for teams, take a look at Gary McLaughlin’s Facebook page. Feb. 24: “Saturday I put in 2 BioSand Water Filters, Monday 6 with to Haitian helpers and today going to do at least 3 more in the Picot area. Take a break at the water falls while in that area. 🙂 Marilyn is working on HFKz like always.” [Left: Gary with one of the biosand recipients. Right: Another family with their biosand filter installed in their Homes for Haiti home.] Feb. 23: “Tuesday we got 4 more water filters put in Haitian homes and yesterday, after working hours, I got another filter installed. First 45 almost finished and getting ready to bring out the next 30.” March 2: “Yesterday Marie France and I delivered a

Ministry around RMI is an action verb. If you wonder what goes on from day to day, in addition to preparing for, receiving and caring for teams, take a look at Gary McLaughlin’s Facebook page. Feb. 24: “Saturday I put in 2 BioSand Water Filters, Monday 6 with to Haitian helpers and today going to do at least 3 more in the Picot area. Take a break at the water falls while in that area. 🙂 Marilyn is working on HFKz like always.” [Left: Gary with one of the biosand recipients. Right: Another family with their biosand filter installed in their Homes for Haiti home.] Feb. 23: “Tuesday we got 4 more water filters put in Haitian homes and yesterday, after working hours, I got another filter installed. First 45 almost finished and getting ready to bring out the next 30.” March 2: “Yesterday Marie France and I delivered a

Ministry around RMI is an action verb. If you wonder what goes on from day to day, in addition to preparing for, receiving and caring for teams, take a look at Gary McLaughlin’s Facebook page. Feb. 24: “Saturday I put in 2 BioSand Water Filters, Monday 6 with to Haitian helpers and today going to do at least 3 more in the Picot area. Take a break at the water falls while in that area. 🙂 Marilyn is working on HFKz like always.” [Left: Gary with one of the biosand recipients. Right: Another family with their biosand filter installed in their Homes for Haiti home.] Feb. 23: “Tuesday we got 4 more water filters put in Haitian homes and yesterday, after working hours, I got another filter installed. First 45 almost finished and getting ready to bring out the next 30.” March 2: “Yesterday Marie France and I delivered a

We love to be surprised! Long time supporters and friends, Dave and Julie Antioho from the Chicagoland area (Village Church of Bartlett and back in college days, The Orchard Church) stopped by for a visit while they were on vacation in the area. They have been supporters and friends of Dan and Debbie Shoemaker and RMI since their college days. Dave was in Dan and Debbie’s wedding (29 years ago next month!). We had a great time showing them the office, sharing how RMI is doing and catching up to date with one another’s kids. Who else will stop by? Are you coming to Southwest Florida for business or vacation? Make plans to visit us!! Come see the hub of RMI’s activities and ministries.

We love to be surprised! Long time supporters and friends, Dave and Julie Antioho from the Chicagoland area (Village Church of Bartlett and back in college days, The Orchard Church) stopped by for a visit while they were on vacation in the area. They have been supporters and friends of Dan and Debbie Shoemaker and RMI since their college days. Dave was in Dan and Debbie’s wedding (29 years ago next month!). We had a great time showing them the office, sharing how RMI is doing and catching up to date with one another’s kids. Who else will stop by? Are you coming to Southwest Florida for business or vacation? Make plans to visit us!! Come see the hub of RMI’s activities and ministries.

We love to be surprised! Long time supporters and friends, Dave and Julie Antioho from the Chicagoland area (Village Church of Bartlett and back in college days, The Orchard Church) stopped by for a visit while they were on vacation in the area. They have been supporters and friends of Dan and Debbie Shoemaker and RMI since their college days. Dave was in Dan and Debbie’s wedding (29 years ago next month!). We had a great time showing them the office, sharing how RMI is doing and catching up to date with one another’s kids. Who else will stop by? Are you coming to Southwest Florida for business or vacation? Make plans to visit us!! Come see the hub of RMI’s activities and ministries.

February is the month many churches have their missions conferences. RMI has 3 conferences they will be represented in here in Southwest Florida. Feb 1 – 5 McGregor Baptist Church, Dan & Debbie Shoemaker’s and Kim Rose’s home church. Feb. 19 – 26 Westminster Presbyterian Church, Amanda Biser’s home church. She’ll actually be speaking on Feb. 17 and 19. Feb. 26 Estero United Methodist Church, a Sister Church. Here’s a sneak peak at our re-designed display. Pray for these churches and conferences as they challenge people to consider how God could use them. Pray also that these conferences gains us good exposure and possibly contacts of folks who might be interested in pursuing a career with RMI. We really need more feet on the ground!!