Ripples & Echoes‘ takes you to the frontlines to see your impact first-hand. Every act of generosity carries an unfolding story, like the ever-multiplying division of fishes and loaves. Giving is never a one-way street: it ripples outward to restore lives and echoes back as grace in your own. This is reciprocal ministry in action.

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Fire! How Your Support Saved Anaïka’s Life

In the community of Vieux-Bourg, Haiti, Jean Anaïka Stecie stands out. Bright, dedicated, and full of promise, Anaïka is one of the students in our HFKz program. One night in her 4th-grade year, her dedication to her education nearly cost her her life. Like many students living in homes without

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Ezra Institute is Taking Some Beginning Steps

Andrew Tlucek and Jim Starkey went to La Vega, DR, recently to meet with some Haitian pastors. This was a preliminary event for the Ezra Institute and several seminars they have planned for the near future.  Plans are firming up for the first visiting professor as well.  Pray for Andrew

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A Pastor Receives a Home

There is rejoicing in Pederine this week.  July 9, we shared wth you about the Pederine Church parsonage being built.  This month, the keys were handed to the pastor and his family.  The construction is completely done; it is painted, and the doors and windows are installed.  The pictures tell

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Ready in Time

The Bayou Church of Lafayette, Louisiana, hadn’t been able to visit their C3 partner church in Petit Trou, Haiti, in a number of years, yet they knew that their heart’s desire and a real need was to have a new sanctuary.  Their old one was just that, very old, crumbling,

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New Generator for Haiti

Praise God, we were able to purchase a new 60KW generator capable of powering the welding shop, the mechanic shop, the conference room, and the RMI office. The Haiti team purchased it locally, and it’s already being delivered. It will be a great help because the smaller one that finally

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Worms?! We Care for the Whole Body

An annual event you may not realize is part of the Hope for Kidz Program is the deworming that takes place in every school.  Kids receive a Christian education, shoes, books, and uniforms as part of the program, but deworming is aimed not just at the kids in the program

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Life-changing Sponsorship

Our HFKz staff continues to travel this month.  They are visiting each school to retake pictures, help with thank-you letters, give gifts, meet with parents, and gather new information on each child.  Just under 3,000 kids are sponsored.  What a difference this sponsorship makes in each and every student’s life. 

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Bicycles!

If a picture says a thousand words, then this picture says a WHOLE lot! Sixty-five bicycles were delivered recently, most of which were part of the Christmas bundles you purchased for families.  The bundles consisted of a bicycle, a solar fan, and a family water filter.  Can you imagine the

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C3 Partner Blesses Haitian Partner

In October, we were excited to turn over the keys to the new second story of Tet Source School. This area has been blessed so much by its Sister Church partners. Before, this area had no MEBSH school; now it has a 2-story building. The lean-to that you see in

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More than Concrete: Deep Impact

Concrete. Rebar. Sand. Blocks. – These are the basic building materials behind nearly every construction project we take on. But don’t be fooled—there’s far more to these projects than just materials and labor. Watch below as Benson Joseph—RMI’s Haiti Director of Operations and Project Manager—shares how construction projects are catalysts

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Delivery Day

How important are deliveries to you? Our society is quite dependent on deliveries, to the point that we can designate a special day of the week as Amazon Day. We have apps that help us order food directly to our door. Groceries too. So many things in our lives can

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Jim Kelly Memorial Finished

The Jim Kelly Memorial building in Source Baptiste was recently finished and dedicated in Source Baptiste, Haiti. The building houses a sealed storage room for the Hot Lunch Program food for the Source Baptiste School. It also houses a new cook room to prepare each school day’s food. As you

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RMI Haiti Activities

One food container has reached RMI’s facilities in Cayes! It was unloaded into our storage depot and will soon be distributed to our schools for Hot Lunches. Food scarcity is an urgent need right now. Please pray for the safety of this food as it sits in the depot and

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More Than Education

In America, when you get sick, you go to the doctor. When you cut your finger, you put on a band-aid. Broken bones are put in a cast to heal correctly. What happens when there is no doctor, transportation, or way to pay for services? The need for medical care

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Ministry Impact Report for 2024

One would think that nothing is happening in Haiti with everything at a standstill.  We are pleased to share that God has enabled RMI to still impact thousands of lives.  Here is our 2024 Ministry Impact Report. Ministry in Haiti has been quite a challenge!  Never before has the situation

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New, Clean Bathrooms

These students were so excited to see the new bathroom their Sister Church, The Bayou (Lafayette, LA), provided for their school! A few weeks ago, it was a blessing to hand over the keys, as the students in Petit Trou got to see how their Sister Church cares for them.

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SunTech at Work

  During the recent holiday season, RMI’s SunTech team installed this extensive solar system for another local ministry. We are excited to offer this service to churches, schools, parsonages, homes, and other local ministries. Harnessing the power of sunshine, one of Haiti’s renewable resources makes so much sense! They can

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Ministry Impact Report 2023

There have been a lot of things that have hindered or postponed growth and ministry in Haiti.  Once again gang activity in the capital resulted in the need to cancel teams.  We are thankful that our headquarters and most of the areas where we minister in southern Haiti are located

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Ministry Impact Report 2022

God is at Work Last year was yet another very difficult year for Haiti.  Teams were canceled due to political insecurity in the country.  Despite times when the RMI Haiti office had to shut down, God enabled the ministry to continue.  Our staff is dedicated, hardworking, and committed to RMI. 

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Grace in the Form of a Home

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

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