What does “food insecurity” mean? In a word, starvation.  That word has been used so much over the years, that people have become desensitized and immune to its meaning.  Groups like the UN, Catholic Relief Services, and many news outlets have gone to using the more descriptive term “food insecurity”.  Food insecurity is the limited […]

Wow! Hurricane Ian has come and gone, but the effects will be with us for a long time to come, not only in the area but for our staff as well. I am sure you have seen the news reports of how Ian destroyed much of Fort Myers and Lehigh Acres where our office is […]

Tessa Andrews is an integral part of RMI’s ministry in Haiti. She works primarily as a part of the Hope for Kidz team.  The HFKz team of 8 staff members is led by Hope for Kidz Supervisor, Frantz Desir. Within the Hope for Kidz team, she does a little bit of everything. She makes trips […]

School starts in a matter of weeks in Haiti.  Sponsors are giving regularly meaning that kids are getting their uniforms made, and books and other supplies are being purchased.  The one-year anniversary of the 2021 earthquake is this month (August 14), meaning that many schools that were damaged or destroyed are meeting in very temporary, […]

 As the team from Kimball Evangelical Free Church, (Nebraska) arrived at the church, they saw construction was going on at the church’s school.  This was their first official visit as a Sister Church for the Dagout Baptist Church and their purpose on this visit was to get to know their church on a deeper level […]

The ministry of Centre Lumiere (known to many as the Home Economics Center) is merging with RMI.  This is an opportunity that God was preparing, unknown to us, over the last few months.  The Director of the Centre, Olga Thissen-Lapp, and her husband, Caleb, contacted Dan in April when he was in Haiti and shared […]

Antioch Baptist Church, Gainesville, FL is a new C3 partner and were the first team of the year.  Due to issues in Haiti, their visit had to be put off some, but they remained committed to the relationship and God rewarded that.  Their Haitian partner church is Tet Source, situated in a valley in the […]

At the beginning of this month, RMI President, Dan Shoemaker, flew to Haiti to meet with the newly elected MEBSH President and the MEBSH Executive Committee.  They were all elected in December.  The president’s term is 5 years.  These pastors are men of God and will be leading MEBSH.  It’s a very large denomination with […]

 This month is one of the busiest for the Hope for Kidz department here in the US.  Hope for Kidz Haiti staff spent the fall and winter traveling to every school to take pictures of the kids, get each of their profiles, and check on the schools.  Once that was done, they entered the data […]

You may have heard (or read) us talk about MEBSH.  Mission Evangélique Baptiste du Sud d’Haïti (MEBSH) or The Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti is RMI’s Haitian partner church association.  While they are not associated with a particular Baptist group in the US, they are baptistic in theology and practice.  They are the largest […]