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Would you please consider a monthly gift to directly help our Haitian Staff? Our desire is to give our staff a raise, as well as add a few more team members.  We can’t do this without help. Can you help! We need to raise an additional $4500/monthly.  We’re just getting started, but so far, we’ve raised just over 8%.  We have a ways to go. Maybe you’ve been here and have appreciated our Haitian staff?  They are the backbone of our ministry. Can you help?  Click below to donate monthly, or with a special gift.  Choose “Haitian Staff”.

Would you please consider a monthly gift to directly help our Haitian Staff? Our desire is to give our staff a raise, as well as add a few more team members.  We can’t do this without help. Can you help! We need to raise an additional $4500/monthly.  We’re just getting started, but so far, we’ve raised just over 8%.  We have a ways to go. Maybe you’ve been here and have appreciated our Haitian staff?  They are the backbone of our ministry. Can you help?  Click below to donate monthly, or with a special gift.  Choose “Haitian Staff”.

Benjamin Altema Director of Field Operations We are proud to share with RMI’s followers and supporters that Benjamin Altema has been promoted from Field Administrator in Haiti, to the position of Director of Field Operations. Benjamin will directly report to Rob Thompson, Field Director, and the rest of the team (missionaries and Haitian staff) will now report directly to Benjamin. Benjamin came to work with RMI as an administrative assistant in 2006 and his gifts of leadership and administration were evident in a very short time. Anyone who knows Benjamin and has worked with him over the years, knows that he is a Godly man of integrity and leadership. He has been a blessing to our American missionaries, Haitian staff, and our team members who have had opportunity to work with him over the last twelve years. Benjamin has been married to his beautiful wife, Lucette, for seven years and

Benjamin Altema Director of Field Operations We are proud to share with RMI’s followers and supporters that Benjamin Altema has been promoted from Field Administrator in Haiti, to the position of Director of Field Operations. Benjamin will directly report to Rob Thompson, Field Director, and the rest of the team (missionaries and Haitian staff) will now report directly to Benjamin. Benjamin came to work with RMI as an administrative assistant in 2006 and his gifts of leadership and administration were evident in a very short time. Anyone who knows Benjamin and has worked with him over the years, knows that he is a Godly man of integrity and leadership. He has been a blessing to our American missionaries, Haitian staff, and our team members who have had opportunity to work with him over the last twelve years. Benjamin has been married to his beautiful wife, Lucette, for seven years and

RMI’s ministry is labor intensive.  Quite a bit goes into working in the field for the Lord.  The seed is planted.  It is faithfully watered.  And then comes the harvest.  [See the parable of the sower in Matthew 13.]  This principle was clearly seen and experienced by 2 different teams and one C3 partner church as God used each one of them in a different part of the process.  Early last year a team from Walloon Lake, MI went to visit their C3 partner church but were unable to reach the church due to political issues in the area.  So the RMI team took them to the Cote de Fer area.  While there, they delivered food to needy families, sharing the gospel at each home.  On one particular visit they shared the food aid and the message of salvation with a young man who had just lost his leg as

RMI’s ministry is labor intensive.  Quite a bit goes into working in the field for the Lord.  The seed is planted.  It is faithfully watered.  And then comes the harvest.  [See the parable of the sower in Matthew 13.]  This principle was clearly seen and experienced by 2 different teams and one C3 partner church as God used each one of them in a different part of the process.  Early last year a team from Walloon Lake, MI went to visit their C3 partner church but were unable to reach the church due to political issues in the area.  So the RMI team took them to the Cote de Fer area.  While there, they delivered food to needy families, sharing the gospel at each home.  On one particular visit they shared the food aid and the message of salvation with a young man who had just lost his leg as

When you look at this picture, what do you see?  We see the joy of friendship.  It’s the pure delight and joy of 2 friends who haven’t seen each other for a year.  They do not speak the same language; they live over 2,100 miles, as the crow flies, apart – in fact, they don’t even live on the same continent and aren’t from the same culture.  Yet they have been friends for 4 years. Melanie is from Loomis, Nebraska and Madame Maxell is from Policard, Haiti.  They when Melanie’s church went to visit her Sister Church for the first time and put on a skit for the women’s group.  Each team member from the US church danced with one lady from the Haitian church and she happened to be paired up with Madame Maxell.  They’ve been friends ever since.  Melanie shared, “I have been down to Haiti four times,

When you look at this picture, what do you see?  We see the joy of friendship.  It’s the pure delight and joy of 2 friends who haven’t seen each other for a year.  They do not speak the same language; they live over 2,100 miles, as the crow flies, apart – in fact, they don’t even live on the same continent and aren’t from the same culture.  Yet they have been friends for 4 years. Melanie is from Loomis, Nebraska and Madame Maxell is from Policard, Haiti.  They when Melanie’s church went to visit her Sister Church for the first time and put on a skit for the women’s group.  Each team member from the US church danced with one lady from the Haitian church and she happened to be paired up with Madame Maxell.  They’ve been friends ever since.  Melanie shared, “I have been down to Haiti four times,

It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of one of our C3 Partner church pastors.  Yesterday, Jan. 17, 2018, Corail pastor Jean Claude Audoul was riding his motorcycle in Les Cayes, near the mission center, when a a bicyclist turned into his path.  He was able to swerve to miss him, however, he was thrown from his motorcycle into the path of an oncoming vehicle, and was struck and killed.  He leaves behind his wife and five children.  [The family picture was taken in 2012.] He had served in the Corail church for approximately 6 years.  He had a dynamic ministry and was well liked by his congregation as well as respected in the community.  This comes as a terrible shock to his family and the congregation. The RMI staff will be making a visit to the Corail church and Pastor Audoul’s wife and children this

It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of one of our C3 Partner church pastors.  Yesterday, Jan. 17, 2018, Corail pastor Jean Claude Audoul was riding his motorcycle in Les Cayes, near the mission center, when a a bicyclist turned into his path.  He was able to swerve to miss him, however, he was thrown from his motorcycle into the path of an oncoming vehicle, and was struck and killed.  He leaves behind his wife and five children.  [The family picture was taken in 2012.] He had served in the Corail church for approximately 6 years.  He had a dynamic ministry and was well liked by his congregation as well as respected in the community.  This comes as a terrible shock to his family and the congregation. The RMI staff will be making a visit to the Corail church and Pastor Audoul’s wife and children this

It has been a record breaking year for RMI.  Through your support and financial partnership with us we have been able to have a significant and life transforming impact in Southern Haiti. The following is just a sample of what has been going on this past year. C3 Partnerships RMI Haitian Staff facilitated 40 team trips – the highest number of teams in one year ever Our Haitian Partner churches and RMI teams registered over 520 salvations Many hurricane damaged roofs were either repaired or replaced.  This includes churches, schools, parsonages and homes. 163 water filters were distributed improving the health of  those families and their neighbors 963 goats were distributed to provide sources of income for those families 3 new C3 partnerships and 2 new associate partnerships were begun Hope for Kidz & School Education 2,366 children are now sponsored through Hope for Kidz 5,700 children received a daily

It has been a record breaking year for RMI.  Through your support and financial partnership with us we have been able to have a significant and life transforming impact in Southern Haiti. The following is just a sample of what has been going on this past year. C3 Partnerships RMI Haitian Staff facilitated 40 team trips – the highest number of teams in one year ever Our Haitian Partner churches and RMI teams registered over 520 salvations Many hurricane damaged roofs were either repaired or replaced.  This includes churches, schools, parsonages and homes. 163 water filters were distributed improving the health of  those families and their neighbors 963 goats were distributed to provide sources of income for those families 3 new C3 partnerships and 2 new associate partnerships were begun Hope for Kidz & School Education 2,366 children are now sponsored through Hope for Kidz 5,700 children received a daily

There are many ways to bring in the New Year. Each country has their traditions and within each country, each family has their own way of celebrating. For Americans, the New Year frequently involves a party or gathering and fireworks…lots and lots of fireworks. For Haitians, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day has an entirely different meaning. Jan. 1 is their Independence Day. Their preparations would have begun yesterday by going to the market to gather the ingredients, the meat (usually chicken, beef or goat), the many veggies (Haitian pumpkin-more like a squash than an American pumpkin, carrots, onions, garlic, cabbage, leeks, potatoes, root veggies like yanm and patat, parsley, celery, parsnip, turnips and others), spices (salt, pepper, scotch bonnet peppers, nutmeg to name a few) and the noodles. The meat will be marinated for several hours and the cooking will begin tonight. Preparing it will be a family