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, […]
Can you believe it?! Another home, Grace Home #3, is complete. This family lost their home in a hurricane, then they lost their rented room in an earthquake. They had nothing, BUT, now this woman and her 4 girls have a secure place… HOME. We’re celebrating and thanking God for the generosity of this donor, […]
Celebrating another home being COMPLETED in Haiti with Reciprocal Ministries International ! This time in a town called Morency. We called this Grace Home #2. A church small group in MA, along with some families from NJ, and a family from FL, joined together to raise funds to change this family’s future. After living in […]
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 […]
So excited to share this! We’re calling this Grace Home #1. A church small group joined together, along with Reciprocal Ministries International to raise funds to change this family’s future. After losing their home in Haiti during a recent earthquake, this family had nothing. Well, they had a tent, but now they have a home! […]
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 […]
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