Dear Friends of BEM, As an organization that takes on the responsibility of sending individuals to Haiti for mission work, the health and safety of our team members is the highest priority. Due to BEM’s relationships on the ground, we are uniquely situated to assess the risk to our team members. BEM has connections…
Day began early at 7 am with the smell of Haitian coffee out on the veranda and some amazingly interesting words from one of our team members during morning reflection/devotion. Confirming many team members thoughts as he talked about being a branch of a tree nourished by God – and the fruit is what we…
One might think that 5 hours of church in a language that you don’t completely understand would be boring and make you sleepy. One would be wrong. Church this morning in Les Cayes was inspirational with 200+ people in attendance. Music, singing, smiles and the feeling of love and good will surrounding all. After that…
Here is an update from our Supervisor in Haiti: Greetings everyone. I am happy to announce that the work on putting ceramics at Chantal are moving fast. The floor looks absolutely stunning when you walk in. The girls are doing fine. Ismail feels home already and has a great time living there in Ducis, Haiti.…
An exciting first day in Haiti! The team screen printed t shirts for everyone! Now they are drying in Chantal ready for beach day. Below are also photographs of Anna and Maeve on their first trip and our home in Chantal with the porch painted.
On Saturday, March 8th we are leaving with a team of students from Quinnipiac University! A blog post about the Spring Break trip was published today by Quinnipiac University. It can be found here.
On January 14, 2014 we traveled to Chantal, going directly to the two buildings which make up one of our two schools. A basketball court is being installed and should be completed by the time we leave. Clothes were distributed to the girls and it was amazing that almost all the clothes were the right…
When I look at the BEM and RFA websites, God shows me how He can use each person who has a desire to help His children. We are all different ages and have different gifts & talents, yet each person makes a valuable contribution. There are SO many who have volunteered in Les Cayes, Chantal…
By Vin Celino There were several important highlights for me here at Bethesda Evangelical Mission (BEM) here in Les Cayes, Haiti. Our first day in the field was when I first met Adam Henry. He is only four months old, and was nearing death around Christmas when he first arrived at Ducis (see the article…
By: Kathy Novak (RFA Board Member) Our day began with the radiant Haitian sunshine against a background of the clear,deep blue sky and palm trees: simply beautiful! But even this didn’t compare to the smiles and enthusiasm of the 36 children of the two combined RFA houses during our trip to Gelee Beach. The children arrived separately…