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Support and Reconstruction of Social Education Infrastructure in Haiti
First Annual Leadership Development Conference
July 23-25, 2010 Hinche, Central Plateau Haiti
"This conference has been developed and is headed up by Haitian College students from the U.S. currently attending Liberty University, EMU and JMU. A non-profit foundation called Chemen Lavi(Path of Life) will be presented. It is is a Haitian non-governmental and non-partisan, non-profit foundation founded in Haiti in June 2000 by a group of young professionals and religious students. Chemen Lavi wants to provide support in the development of a new Haiti where people in the rural communities are able to take care of themselves and their familiates. Chemen Lavi promotes and develops partnerships that focus on educating the youth of these communities so they can in turn take care of their families, improving living conditions and socio-economic conditions for generations to come.
The objective of this conference is to socially educate senior high school students who have become discouraged after the worst earthquake ever recorded on the Island. The conference is set to help them morally and teach them how to develop their leadership abilities to be successful. It will invite participants to examine their culture and themselves in light of the state dimensions of leadership. It will affirm and uplift them as leaders and human beings; it will equip them with the tools to address community and personal issues related to leadership and education about the importance of environmental protection and issues that impact them socially, individually, spiritually and psychologically. Samples of the workshops being presented are:
Humility and Leadership;
The perils and pitfalls of being a Student leader;
Orientation to college and scholarship;
Building Coalitions and;
Environment Protection. "
This Conference is to be FREE to the students from Hinche and surrounding areas that will be attending. 800 students are expected. The leaders would like to provide meals, lodging, notebooks, pens and flip charts for this endeavor. A breakdown of these costs including the 10% provided by Chemen Lavi is available from Patrick Eugene pe@chemenlavi.org or from Janet Elsea justhomesteaders@gmail.com. Check out the website at www.chemenlavi.org. Costs are expected to be $5688.90. Your pennies and dollars count!!!!!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
A project in the making and updates on others
Saturday June 19th I traveled up to West Virginia joining with 12 men and 7 women to covenant to work together to rebuild the meetinghouse of Pastor Eddy Sainvil in Petit Goave, Haiti. The brothers and sister in Christ there were Brethren, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist and non-denominational. Yet the goals were the same. And to prove the point we agreed "unanimously" that all decisions would be made by consensus ensuring that even if one person disagreed with a decision we would stop, pray and brainstorm until a consensus could be had. A contractor made a recommendation to purchase a flex-steel building in the US and ship it to Petit Goave to insure quality and relative safety during an earthquake. Quotes were available for a 40x80 building of $20,000 to Florida where the costs would escalate for shipment and customs and all the rest that burden us when shipping to Haiti. Even so we felt it affordable.
Still there are obstacles to overcome. Some of these were discussed and a Building Committee of four were chosen to make a trip to Petit Goave ~ our Calab/Joshua Team that will go, evaluate, pray, meet with the Pastoral Elders there and report back to the group.
It was a good meeting of the minds. It was the beginning of a project ~ a vision for the future ~ a future that begins now.
Churches are invited to join hands in the fund raising efforts. Mt. Pleasant has begun with a recent steak dinner. Another is being planned for October. Middle River and Rileyville are joining in also. If you have interest in this ongoing plan, give a call to Janet Elsea, Becky Miller or Doug Southers. We're all on the same page, heading in the same direction. Progress we can see in a project that God is in.
In other "news", the orphanage in LaJeune is almost complete. Their garden is in and others are being planted. Allen Bowers from Antioch is headed down in July to work in a variety of areas in LaJeune. We are hoping to get updates from him upon his return.
Creole classes are being taught by Patrick Eugene at Mt. Pleasant currently. They will be running through the fall and winter. Brethren are traveling from West Virginia and Woodstock for the classes. If you are interested give Janet Elsea a call at 271-3000. Classes will be suspended for a month in July and you'd be welcome to catch up and start up with us again in August.
That's all the news I have for now. God's richest blessings to you all. Take care to pray for the people of Haiti as the Hurricane season comes upon us.
Still there are obstacles to overcome. Some of these were discussed and a Building Committee of four were chosen to make a trip to Petit Goave ~ our Calab/Joshua Team that will go, evaluate, pray, meet with the Pastoral Elders there and report back to the group.
It was a good meeting of the minds. It was the beginning of a project ~ a vision for the future ~ a future that begins now.
Churches are invited to join hands in the fund raising efforts. Mt. Pleasant has begun with a recent steak dinner. Another is being planned for October. Middle River and Rileyville are joining in also. If you have interest in this ongoing plan, give a call to Janet Elsea, Becky Miller or Doug Southers. We're all on the same page, heading in the same direction. Progress we can see in a project that God is in.
In other "news", the orphanage in LaJeune is almost complete. Their garden is in and others are being planted. Allen Bowers from Antioch is headed down in July to work in a variety of areas in LaJeune. We are hoping to get updates from him upon his return.
Creole classes are being taught by Patrick Eugene at Mt. Pleasant currently. They will be running through the fall and winter. Brethren are traveling from West Virginia and Woodstock for the classes. If you are interested give Janet Elsea a call at 271-3000. Classes will be suspended for a month in July and you'd be welcome to catch up and start up with us again in August.
That's all the news I have for now. God's richest blessings to you all. Take care to pray for the people of Haiti as the Hurricane season comes upon us.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Some Updates
Hello All,
Information is slow coming in these days. But, as an update I would like you to know that over $2800.00 was raised at the Steak Dinner at Mt. Pleasant. Another is being planned for October. Those who attended enjoyed it, so be sure and ask around. Pastor Eddy was able to join us for the evening only. A special thanks to Doug Southers who brought him in and to those special folks from Mill Creek that got him back to where he needed to be early on Sunday .
Monetary donations are beginning to slow down into the island of Haiti. Unfortunately the people still need to eat and need jobs desperately along with the education.
Haitian Creole classes are being taught by Patrick Eugene from Hinche at the Mt. Pleasant church in the library. They are every Monday evening from 6:30 - 8 at a cost of $15 per class plus books. Patrick is a student at JMU and will be leaving shortly for a trip home. He is a great, patient teacher! If you are interested in the classes, now is the time!! They should continue through October. Contact Janet Elsea 271-3000 for more information.
Once again, please contact me with any information you might have about the work going on in Haiti.
Til next time... keep praying!
Information is slow coming in these days. But, as an update I would like you to know that over $2800.00 was raised at the Steak Dinner at Mt. Pleasant. Another is being planned for October. Those who attended enjoyed it, so be sure and ask around. Pastor Eddy was able to join us for the evening only. A special thanks to Doug Southers who brought him in and to those special folks from Mill Creek that got him back to where he needed to be early on Sunday .
Monetary donations are beginning to slow down into the island of Haiti. Unfortunately the people still need to eat and need jobs desperately along with the education.
Haitian Creole classes are being taught by Patrick Eugene from Hinche at the Mt. Pleasant church in the library. They are every Monday evening from 6:30 - 8 at a cost of $15 per class plus books. Patrick is a student at JMU and will be leaving shortly for a trip home. He is a great, patient teacher! If you are interested in the classes, now is the time!! They should continue through October. Contact Janet Elsea 271-3000 for more information.
Once again, please contact me with any information you might have about the work going on in Haiti.
Til next time... keep praying!
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