Haiti...A Time to Grieve

Sunday, February 25, 2024

These past several months have been challenging...so challenging that we needed to give ourselves time to grieve. We grieve because:....gang violence has escalated and the rippling effects of suffering that it brings saddens our hearts. We grieve because....this past Monday, the gangs invaded Mirebalais and we received calls from pastors running into the bushes with the children to hide-scared for their lives. Yet there was nothing we could do but pray fervently for their safety. We gri
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Thank You for Your Sacrifice

Monday, November 20, 2023

Dear Ministry Partner, I recently heard a message on 1 Corinthians 9:16. "For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!" The given context provided me with the understanding that the gospel necessitates a lifestyle characterized by acts of selflessness and renunciation. Paul presented numerous pieces of evidence to support his argument on engaging in tent-making while actively engaged in preachin
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Special Update from Pastor Dony and the ESMI Board

Friday, October 13, 2023

Dear ESMI Supporter, As you likely have heard, things in Haiti have become even more challenging in the past year, and they remain as difficult as I've ever seen. I'm writing to ask for your help. Haiti has fallen victim to natural disasters of hurricanes and earthquakes and has now spiraled into further crisis as gangs control most of the nation’s capital and ports of entry. This has resulted in not only rising fuel costs and food shortages but has also forced the exodus and evacuat
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General
- 04/03/2019 - ESMI Education in Haiti: Where
- 10/24/2018 - Haiti Construction Trip Recap
- 10/15/2018 - Travel to Haiti
News
- 02/25/2024 - Haiti...A Time to Grieve
- 11/20/2023 - Thank You for Your Sacrifice
- 10/13/2023 - Special Update from Pastor Don
- 06/12/2023 - Earthquake Relief Update
- 06/12/2023 - Haiti: Bad News Amidst Good Ne
- 02/07/2023 - Food Crisis: Matching Fund Foo
- 01/01/2023 - A Look Back at 2022
- 09/14/2022 - Summer Update
- 04/21/2022 - Spring Update
- 12/30/2021 - Year In Review
- 10/18/2021 - Looking-Beyond-Haitis-Turmoil
- 09/27/2021 - Phase III - $500,000 Matching
- 09/06/2021 - Bless the Lord, O My Soul Mon
- 08/31/2021 - Rebuilding SW Haiti - The Long
- 08/27/2021 - Because You Gave Generously...
- 08/25/2021 - Serving the Nippes Communities
- 08/22/2021 - Worshiping God in the Midst of
- 08/20/2021 - Marveling at God's Faithful Pr
- 08/19/2021 - Earthquake Update: Thursday, A
- 08/17/2021 - Earthquake Update: Tuesday, Au
- 08/16/2021 - Earthquake Update: Monday, Aug
- 08/14/2021 - Today's 7.2 Magnitude Earthqua
- 03/03/2021 - $50,000 Matching Fund Food Dri
- 11/16/2020 - Giving Thanks in the Midst of
- 08/11/2020 - Ministry Amidst Pain, Loss, an
- 04/15/2020 - Ministry Amidst COVID-19
- 01/11/2020 - Happy New Year 2020!
- 12/19/2019 - God's Intervention - Answered
- 12/02/2019 - Thanksgiving Update - Food Rel
- 11/26/2019 - $50k Matching Fund
- 11/26/2019 - Update-Food Relief Effort
- 11/02/2019 - Haiti-ESMI Prayer Request
- 10/24/2019 - Haiti - A Country in Turmoil,
- 10/08/2019 - Keep Praying With Me for Haiti
- 10/04/2019 - Help Me Pray for Haiti
- 09/27/2019 - Update from Dony and Sharon St
- 05/21/2019 - Haiti News Spring 2019
- 04/23/2019 - CLT March 2019 Board Meeting
- 03/06/2019 - March Update: Continued Constr
- 02/20/2019 - Feb Update: New Church Buildin
- 02/07/2019 - Another Gonaives Church Plant
- 02/07/2019 - Gonaives Church Plant-Pastor E
- 01/23/2019 - University of Jeremie Celebrat
- 10/28/2018 - April 2018 Newsletter
- 10/28/2018 - October 2018 Newsletter
- 01/03/2018 - 2017 Year End Update

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