The Journey of Hope She came to school and the big question was, what would life be like after New Missions? Her name is Nadege Bertrand, child number 36. It was 26 years ago when she began attending our first school in Bordmer. Her classroom had walls made of woven coconut palm branches and the floor was the dirt ground. Nadege walked to school from the village of Neply and she was one of the very first students to hear about Jesus through New Missions..................... FULL STORY
Dry Feeding A dry feeding is distributing food that is not cooked, such as rice, beans or oil. It is one of the ways New Missions expresses the love of God to the children of Haiti. Some groups visiting Haiti through New Missions take an offering for the 110-pound sacks that are bought in Haiti and delivered to the schools. A sack costs $42 U.S. dollars. Each child receives two mamites (commercial-size tin can) of rice. The families typically cook the rice with beans. An average family has seven members and the dry feeding will provide about 50 meals.................... FULL STORY
Power of a Photograph We are familiar with the phrase, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” This child, Horlna Dorsainvil, has the photo of her sponsors, Raulin and Dottie Travis, proudly displayed in her hut. For the children of New Missions, when a sponsor sends a photograph, it becomes a treasure. To see the people who are praying for them, loving them, and providing the funds for them to attend school is powerful. Their hearts and minds are overwhelmed to know someone loves them so much. This summer, we want to invite all of our child sponsors to send a photograph and note to their sponsored child. ................... FULL STORY
Award Recipient Gives to New Missions When Laura Groth, a junior at Huntington University in Indiana, was recently awarded one of the university’s two 2009 Servant Leadership Awards. The Dean of Students nominated Laura for her character and service, without her knowledge. She was then awarded a plaque and a $1,000 scholarship. As part of the award criteria, recipients were required to donate $250 to a charity of their choice. Having just returned from a mission trip to the Dominican Republic during spring break, Laura chose New Missions because of the character and service she saw demonstrated by the missionaries.................... FULL STORY
This Do In Remembrance of Me – Dash In 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, the words record the first Communion service, and in closing, Jesus is asking us to remember His death. He does not want us to forget that He died for us. His death gives us life, now and forever. I love having a Communion service, and drawing the people close together around the Communion Table to remember the death of Jesus. In the Communion service we remember His death, and by faith we announce “Jesus is coming again.” In John 11, Jesus has a friend who is sick, named Lazarus. Lazarus does not get better and he dies. Jesus visits the grave of his loved one..................... FULL STORY