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Reconnaissance (recon for short) is a general search, examination or survey of an area or situation. Between last year’s political unrest and COVID-19, many teams have been unable to visit their C3 partners. We recognize many churches’ reluctance to send a full team – yet they want a first-hand report on how their churches are doing. This is why we are introducing the RMI Recon Teams.    The goal is to re-acquaint US and Haitian churches with one another, to encourage each other, and to bring back to the US fresh vision for future partnering together as well as excitement to schedule a visit for the church in 2021.  It also allows other churches to experience different C3 Partnerships and their communities.  Again, most importantly, these visits would be to prepare churches for a team visit in the future.   Each Recon Team is Friday to Wednesday. The cost is $695. 

RMI loves the concept of the “Church”, the family of God.  The fact that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ is one of the foundations of RMI’s principle ministry, our C3 Partnership Program.  That same principle is at work in the way that RMI staff prioritizes “teamwork” and working together as family.  The RMI staff are one of the things that sets RMI apart from other agencies.  We are blessed that all our staff (Haiti and US) are first of all and foremost, Godly men and women.  This is our foundation. They also must be sold out to the concept of teamwork, integrity, humility, and family.  We emphasize that they are not there for a job, but are called to ministry, to be a missionary to their own people and the US churches. Posted in each office is a framed copy of the RMI Haiti Employee Values.  Here

Tet Source (pronounced sous) is a very remote village up in the foothills of southern Haiti.  Five years ago Pastor Jean Benoit came from his large church in Labiche to establish a satellite church.  God blessed his faithful witness and preaching and soon a small congregation was established.  But Tet Source is a very poor community and could not afford to build itself a church building.  Thus, their services were held under a makeshift lean-to structure called a tonel (pronounced toe nell).  It provided a little bit of shade for the 80 member congregation. Meanwhile, in Baraderes, a neighboring district, an RMI corporate sponsor regularly visited his church’s C3 partner church.  He also has sponsored, along with others, the building of several schools, churches, and several other large projects in the Baraderes area.  After his trips to Haiti, he regularly shared his love for Haiti, the great needs there, and

We are committed to ensuring that our schools are schools of excellence.  This means making sure that each teacher is well trained.  We have partnered with P4H Global to give our teachers the necessary evaluation and training that they need.  The first session of week-long training was completed by 54 teachers from 4 of our Hope for Kidz schools.   It involved classroom observations, evaluations, and training.   RMI staff member, Patrick, did a great job making sure the training went well and was a success.  We look forward to partnering with P4H Global again, training more teachers. Don’t forget…it’s time to renew your child sponsorship.   You can do this HERE.

It’s time to renew your sponsorship of your child (ren) that you sponsor through RMI’s Hope for Kidz Sponsorship Program for this upcoming 2020-2021 school year. If you don’t currently support a child, then now is the perfect time to start!  It is truly a life transforming experience for these sponsored kids.  Getting a basic education is the key to enabling them to rise above the poverty that they were born into.  Education is also the key to improving the country as a whole. It is also life transforming due to the Hot Lunch Program that enables the kids to have one hot, nutritious meal at school.  These meals make it possible to concentrate and learn.  It is formulated to provide the vitamins, nutrients, and protein that they need to go from malnutrition to good health in just a few months.  Sometimes the improvements in the children are astonishing. Sponsors

This young boy lost his leg after an illness and infection that went into his bone.  He is from the Desriveaux School and is 11 years old.  He had outgrown his previous prosthetic leg and foot and was in need of a new one.   As you can see from his smile in the pictures, he was very happy for his new leg that our Hope for Kidz Program was able to provide for him from the Medical Fund.   He will go every two years to get it checked out and see what needs to be done. Please pray for him, for this leg to work out well for him and for his whole situation. We are excited to see what plans God has for this young boy. What a way to transform a life!

Current Situation On March 19, 2020, the Haitian President announced that 2 cases of the COVID-19 had been found in northern Haiti.  He also announced most of the same precautions as the US such as the closure of schools, factories and most stores and businesses, no gatherings of more than 10 people, practicing social distancing, shelter in place and hand washing as well as instituting a curfew.  All airports were also closed to commercial flights. These measures are not easy for the Haitian culture, where they live their lives outside of their homes and shop for food just for that day’s meal.  It is a nation of 12 million people living densely packed into a mountainous 10,000 square miles.  There are few medical facilities.  Reportedly there are only 64 ventilators in the whole country. So far we are not seeing much multiplication in infections, but that could be coming.  We

One of the first things you notice about Drevel is his huge and ready smile.  The second thing is the homemade wheelchair that he is confined to.  He is in his 40’s and has been a Christian for over 25 years.  He isn’t married, so he relies on his brother or friends to wheel him around.  He was born with some severe physical disabilities but that hasn’t kept him from living for Christ, sharing his joy or serving in the church.  He really enjoys spending time with visiting teams from his church’s US C3 partner.  It’s always a great encouragement to him and he enjoys partnering with them in their community outreaches.  Despite his limitations, he is active in the youth group (in Haiti, anyone who isn’t married, is regarded as a young person).  He has a nice voice and sings with the men’s choir.  One of his passions is

Want to have a significant impact on missionaries’ lives?  Then come teach their children!  Having their kids’ school needs cared for frees up their parents to fully enter into their ministry. Want to serve the Lord overseas but don’t know what to do?  Come teach missionary kids in Haiti!  What an adventure and exciting opportunity to teach these kids in an English, American-style setting, yet being located overseas. Teachers are needed for all grade levels this coming fall.  If you are fresh out of college, a retired teacher or a teacher that desires to serve the Lord in a more meaningful way, then you may be a good fit for Cite Lumiere Christian School.  CLCS is located in Les Cayes, in Haiti’s southern peninsula.  It is on the same mission center, Cite Lumiere, where RMI has its headquarter and where many missionaries (RMI and other missions as well) live.  CLCS

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when one looks at the needs in Haiti.  After all, what can one church do?  Here is your answer: Madame Emilie and her family in front of their home The home that was built for Madame Emilie and her family One church can not take care of all the needs of Haiti.  Yes, it is overwhelming.  But they can make a life-transforming difference for one community or one family.  Madame Emilie is a single mother of 6 children.  All of them were living in the tin structure that you see in the first picture.  They’d been praying for a way to get a new home – for a way to get out of that cobbled together tin “house”. RMI learned of her need and was able to share that need with Kimball Church of Kimball, Nebraska area.  They took on the challenge, raised the necessary

April Starkey made her first trip out with a C3 partner team in January.  Here are just some of her experiences:  “We are praising God for two people coming to know Jesus today! The whole group was supposed to walk up the steep mountain to the satellite church but Bud twisted his ankle so Perguens and I stayed back with him and his wife and we walked through the local mountain here near the church to go to peoples’ homes to pray for them, talk with them and give them food. Let me tell you…God had Bud twist his ankle for a reason!! Two women came to know Jesus today! It was such an amazing moment to be able to be a part of leading them to Him! One lady knew today was the day. She saw us and she knew she didn’t want to be alone. She had tears

God is at Work Sometimes the working of God is not evident in the way that we want or expect it to be.  We can’t measure it by our human criteria.  But we can always be assured that He is definitely at work.  Despite having to cancel 22 teams due to Haiti’s political instability, our C3 partners continued to care for their Haitian partners.  Ministry took place even in the face of uncertainty.  God has held us in His hands, protected our staff and properties, and allowed ministry to take place.  We are grateful to know that God has definitely been at work in RMI. Here is our Ministry Impact Report for 2019. C3 Partnerships 121 salvations in our C3 Haitian Sister Churches 91 baptisms in our C3 Haitian Sister Churches 3 new C3 partnerships 8 Sister Church visits completed and 1 Vision Trip, 107 team members, and family members

We are so thankful that things have calmed down in Haiti significantly.  Most roads are open and have been cleaned up, stores are open for business and schools are open.  Our faithful Hope for Kidz team have been going to as many schools as possible to get kids’ pictures and updates.  Everywhere they went they could see the excitement of the kids as they are in school.    Where else do you see kids so happy about school?  Food is being delivered for the Hot Lunch Program and to individual families and several construction projects have been resumed.  In addition, a Spiritual Leadership Training is being given throughout December for the RMI staff.  It is being taught by Lee Nunemaker and Joslynn Stakes. We are praying that this period of peace and quiet continues!  It is tenuous but we are cautiously optimistic.  In the meantime, the Lord’s ministry is happening.