The Field:  DELTA’s partner, Missions Door, has 5 pastors and 10 churches under its care and support. Despite the devastation to their churches and personal loss, these extraordinary servants have a desire to help their fellow Haitians and to ultimately share the words of eternal life and not just the daily bread for survival.

The Ministry: The Missions Door missionaries are completing the phase of repairing and rebuilding church buildings. The next phase will be many of the long-term projects necessary for recovery. This includes rebuilding and building new ministry centers in urban areas that will provide vocational training, job opportunities, and clean water among other things. One of the major projects that will be starting is a new village called the Village of Hope. This village will not only have houses but community buildings such as a church, medical clinic, school, and training center. Besides building projects, several of the churches are now running children’s programs as an escape from the tent cities. The buildings are being rebuilt and so are many lives!

The Team: Fifteen men from New Life Church in Chicago, Illinois will be in Port-au-Prince Haiti August 7-15, 2010 working with Missions Door church La Victoire Baptist Church. La Victoire was one of the first churches repaired following the earthquake. It is currently running its Kindergarten program and has opened a new after school program for more than 100 children from the nearby tent city. Each child gets a meal, plays games, hears a Bible story, and makes a craft to remind him or her of the lesson. The group from New Life will be working with the church on installing a water purification plant that will make clean water available to the children’s programs at the church as well as at a very small price to the community. This water purification plant will meet two needs by providing clean water at a discounted price as well as helping to fund the children’s programs, staff, and pastor of the church.

Prayer Requests:

• Pray that their trip will be clear of the devil’s obstacles.
• Pray for clouds and a breeze so that much can be accomplished.
• Pray for the many people of all ages who will benefit from access to clean water.
• Pray for God’s favor, abundant blessing, and unmistakable guidance in all of their efforts to serve the people of Haiti and God!