MISSIONS IN HAITI
David, Alicia, Davy and Hannah Lloyd
E-mail: lloydsinhati@msn.com
Greetings in the
name of Jesus!
In our last newsletter, we told about finding a parcel of land here in Port-au-Prince. We decided to purchase the property only to find that the Lord had closed that door. Squatters had moved onto the property and the legal proceedures involved with getting them moved would have been a long, drawn-out and very expensive process.
We took another look at a property that we
had been considering since last November. This property is 8 miles from our
present location, a little further out than we originally wanted to be, but we
discovered that there is a great potential for our ministry in this area. We
contacted the landowner and told him we were interested in the property and
asked what kind of payment options he would be willing to offer us. He agreed
to a $20,000.00 down payment with the balance of $15,000.00 due by September.
We sent out a newsletter telling of the need to raise $20,000.00 in three
weeks. Many of you responded and within three weeks we received $19,945.00
earmarked for the land purchase! Missions in Haiti is now the owner of 1-˝ acres
of land here in Haiti! We are very excited about the many doors that this will
open.
We are currently having plans drawn for our
home/children’s home. We are planning a two-story facility, which will be built
in a “U” shape. One of the downstairs wings will eventually house 18 boys and
the other wing will eventually house 18 girls. There will be a large kitchen in
the middle. We will live in one of the upstairs wings with a kitchen and living
room in the center. The other upstairs wing will be used for “guest quarters”.
Before we can begin building on the property, we must build a wall around the perimeter. We have met with a builder or “boss” to discuss construction of the wall. We are praying that the funds will be available so that the foundation for the wall can be completed before July. According to our boss, we will need 200 bags of concrete @ $5.50 per bag, 35 loads of rock @ $60.00 a load, 15 loads of sand @ $80.00 and two tons of steel @ $700.00 per-ton for the foundation. If you can help by purchasing a load of sand, a load of rock, some steel or concrete, we would appreciate your help.
This year we were able to send 159 Haitian
children to school, thanks to you, our stateside sponsors. We took a giant leap
of faith and promised to help over 300 Haitian children attend school next
year. We are opening a new school here in Port-au-Prince to handle some of this
growth.
We enrolled 50 more children in the school
at Good Hope Church in the province of Thomazeau and this will bring our
enrollment to 100 next year! On Friday, March 25th, we spent the day
at Good Hope measuring students for uniforms and enrolling children for next
year. It is such a blessing to see the enrollment at Good Hope School double!
We are now in the process of having uniforms made and we are purchasing
educational materials so that everything will be ready to go when school starts
in September. Many of the children at Good Hope come from Voodoo homes. They
are learning about Jesus for the first time and they are sharing the good news
with their families. Only God knows what great things are in store for Good
Hope School and Church.
We want to thank all of you who remember us
in your prayers every day. In present day Haiti, crime is out of control.
Several times a week we hear gunshots in the distance. When we are on the road,
we are constantly looking ahead to make sure we are not driving into a
hotspot. Someone surely had a burden to
pray for us on Tuesday, March 15th at 2:30 P.M.. Several of our
children were playing in the yard when a gun battle broke out in the street,
right in front of our house. One of the bullets came through our iron gate and
went between the children playing in the yard and hit a wall. Alicia hurriedly
got all the children inside the house and the gun battle moved down the road.
When I got home, I found that the bullet came through the gate about 3’ high.
Without God’s hand of protection, one of the children could have been seriously
injured or killed.
Please continue to hold us up in your prayers
every day. We need your prayers more than anything else. Our God definitely
answers prayer! Thank you for all you do for us!