Coming to Jacmel . . . a NEW opportunity for Haiti's youth!

What is Camp Bossier by the Sea?
CampsAbroad is Bible-based and was created to serve the local church by using a camping atmosphere to evangelize the lost and disciple believers. This ministry is an arm of THE WILDS Christian Camp and Conference Center in Brevard, North Carolina, which develops Christian camping ministries in other countries. Their Christ-centered programs, passionate preaching, and action-packed activities are structured to develop the individual spiritually, emotionally, and physically. Their objectives are achieved through a trained staff who model a caring, humble, Christ-like spirit in service to one another with love.

These godly techniques are used in the United States and around the world to reach and mature thousands of young people year after year. We praise God for graciously allowing Mission for Haiti and Hosanna Ministries to be assisted by CampsAbroad in order to develop this unique and exciting Christian camp on a beautiful oceanfront setting in the southeastern coastal city of Jacmel. We pray this ministry will be used to build a new spiritual outlook among Haiti’s children and young adults and move them away from satanic fear and darkness to the light of freedom in Christ.

How can YOU help get this project started?
This new arm of our ministry has powerful potential, and we ask you to pray about helping in its development. Our target date for the first Camp Bossier by the Sea experience is July 2012.
This project will take money and materials. As the Lord leads, many friends of the ministry will be able to help with monetary gifts. Mission for Haiti must raise at least $250,000 to complete the basic operational facilities.

In preparation, Mission for Haiti is packing a 20-foot shipping container with many of the critical items that will be needed to build an organized and highly productive camping ministry not only to evangelize but also to disciple believers. Please pray and see if you, your friends, your Sunday school class, or your church can take one or more of the items or projects listed below. (Items with strike-throughs have been supplied.)

Each cabin unit will be a duplex construction with 7 campers and 1 counselor on each side making a total of 16 persons in one unit. Costs are given for: 1) a single side; 2) the entire duplex cabin unit; 3) furnished; 4) and unfurnished. One side of a duplex is 9' x 17", and an entire duplex is 17' x 18' 6". Ten (10) cabins are needed.

• Cabin, single-side, unfurnished - $4,000
• Cabin, entire duplex, unfurnished - (10) - $7,600

• Cabin, single-side, fully furnished - $5,800
• Cabin, entire duplex, fully furnished - (10) - $11,200

• Cabin, single-side, furnishings only - $1,010
• Cabin, entire duplex, furnishings only (10) - $2,020

***Cabins will have plaques indicating donors’ names.

• Beds (80 twin) - $135 each
• Mattresses (160 twin) - $25 each
• Bedspreads (160 twin) - $25 each
• Clothing Storage (160) - $15 each
• Small Window Treatments (10) - $15 each

• Boys (1) - $12,000
• Girls (1) - $14,000
• Men (1) - $12,000
• Women (1) - $14,000

• Kitchen Construction - $16,500
• LP Gas Commercial Vulcan Oven & Stove - $1,500
• LP Gas Double-burner Rice Cooker - $1,500
• LP Gas 28" x 48" Griddle - $1,331
• LP Gas Deep Fat Fryer - $699
• Stainless Steel Triple Sink - $500
• Stainless Steel Work Table - $289
• Bus Carts (1) - $85 each
• insulated Beverage Carrier - $177
• French Fry Cutter - $228
• Food Trays (8) - $85 each
• Chafing Dish (3) - $40 each
• Stainless Steel Bowls, Pots, and Pans - $260
• Knives, Forks and Spoons (12 sets) $8.64 each
• Misc. Mixing / Cooking Items - $500
• Water Tank - $500
• Kitchen Equipment "Bundle" of above items - $10,500

• Existing Building Refurbishment - $12,500

• Tables (15) - $80 each
• Chairs (160) - $25 each
• Tablecloths (20) - $15 each
• Multi-Purpose Center "Bundle" of above items - $5,500

• Construction - $15,000

• Walkways, Lighting, Parking - $20,000
• Bobcat - $10,000
• Maintenance, Septic & Site Preparation - $10,000

• First year’s operating expenses not covered by camper fees - $50,000
• Shipping, duty, and legal fees - $10,000

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROJECT!

"Train up a child in the way he should go and, when he is old, he will not depart from it."
PROVERBS 22:6

Dear Friend:

Please allow us to share a vision for the little country of Haiti, because we believe it is worthy of your time and attention. This vision concerns a CAMPING ministry called “Camp Bossier by the Sea.”

This camp will be unique in Haiti because of its evangelistic and discipleship emphasis – modeled after CampsAbroad, which is an arm of THE WILDS Christian Camp and Conference Center, Brevard, North Carolina. CampsAbroad reaches out to missionaries on foreign fields of service and counsels them in the development of Christian camping. God has already used them this past summer to train Hosanna staff and counselors in biblically based counseling techniques. We had our first camp experience in July 2011 in the Hosanna Elementary School facility. We were thrilled with the results of attitude changes, salvation decisions, and rededications.

Since the 2010 quake and its related calamities, we have seen tremendous spiritual changes in Haiti. Over 132,000 people have made professions of faith in Christ. Most of them were young adults in search of a deeper meaning to life other than what the voodoo culture has offered them. Since 50 percent of Haiti’s population is under the age of 25, we don’t want to miss this opportunity to impact these young adults while their hearts are sensitive and open to spiritual things.

Mission for Haiti, Inc. has been ministering in Haiti since 1947. In 2006, we established an active working relationship with national pastor Dieupie Chérubin and Hosanna Ministries to expand our outreach in the southern coastal city of Jacmel. Through this partnership, we will be developing a Christian camping facility on a six-acre oceanfront property belonging to Hosanna Ministries and its 16 sister churches. The facility will be built by American work teams and Haitian volunteers under the direction of retired builder and MFH board chairman Walter Rumminger.

On October 15, 2011 at our Bar-B-Q fundraiser event in Greer, South Carolina, we will attempt to raise at least $200,000 of the $250,000 estimated to complete the camp project. Would you prayerfully consider the opportunity of sharing this vision with us?

• Would you be willing to make a one-time donation to this project?

• Would you be willing to make a faith promise over a 12-months period of time?

• Would you be willing to forward this link to friends or family who may have a burden for Haiti?

This project is so vital to Haiti’s spiritual future! For this reason, we covet your prayers for the success of "Camp Bossier by the Sea!"

With gratitude in our hearts to the Lord,

Tom and Sarah Bennett, Directors
MISSION for HAITI

P.S.
A DVD of  Mission for Haiti and Hosanna Ministries was shown at the BBQ Fundraising Dinner on October 15. We hope to have this available soon under "Resources."

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Hosanna Radio is dedicated to broadcasting a sound that is biblically precise – a sound that accurately convicts and convinces the hungry spirits and souls of our beloved Haitians. Thank you for praying, because we see the miracle of this station as proof of your prayers! Our signal began the first week of January and on the first anniversary of the earthquake (January 12, 2011), we broadcasted a live six-hour service of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, with hundreds attending. The first week, a young lady named Judith called the station in despair wondering if it were possible for her to accept Christ to avoid evil spirits that had been sent to torment her. She came to the station and prayed – and with tears of joy coming down her face she cried, “I’m delivered.”

Hosanna Radio is bringing phenomenal response from both the saved and unsaved communities. They listen on their cell phones; they call us; they text us; they come to visit the church to see what we are all about. Some call the station “Jacmel’s salvation,” and ask why we made them wait so long for a Christian station! The unsaved comment that they don’t understand our programming (meaning they don’t know why we are playing the kind of conservative music that we are) but they like it because it’s different and they feel a spirit of calm. Please pray for Claude (station manager), Christen, and Joshua, our engineers. The fruit from Hosanna Radio is in the early stages!

Haiti - A Time for Miracles Dr. Frank W. Garlock with Shelly Garlock Hamilton Additional eyewitness testimony by Sarah Bennett

REQUEST A COPY OF THIS BOOKLET AND HELP MFH REACH JACMEL WITH CHRISTIAN RADIO
Dr. Frank Garlock was a guest of Mission for Haiti in Jacmel when the earthquake occurred. This booklet is a compilation of his and Sarah Bennett's day-by-day experiences after the quake until they were rescued. A copy of this booklet can be yours by making a donation that will be used for Christian radio in Jacmel.

THE VISION
Since the earthquake, there have been over 130,000 professions of faith made in the southern part of Haiti. MFH sees Christian radio as the most effective means to disciple these new converts. Pastor Dieupie and Hosanna Ministries are now broadcasting to greater Jacmel since January 2011.

PROGRAMING INCLUDES . . .

• Hosanna Baptist Church services
• A daily “power-line” prayer program
• Daily Bible studies by Pastor Dieupie
• Weekly live children’s Bible programs
• Sacred, Christ-honoring music

HOW YOU CAN HELP
Please consider having a part in this radio ministry by making a donation of $10. Click “Donate” on the home page to request your copy.

What a blessing it was to have Mr. Jan Milton facilitate the installation of a water purification system for Hosanna members and nearby Jacmel residents.

From January to June, six construction teams travelel to Jacmel to construct 12' x 24' cinder block homes with concrete floors and metal roofs. The first group came from several different locations, but the remaining four groups came from Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, GA; Community Baptist in Garner, NC; The First Baptist Church of Rocky Mount, NC; and Heritage Baptist Church from New York City, NY.

God continued the work of salvation as a modern-day crusade moved throughout the devastated regions.

Haitians do not blame God . . . they fear His judgement!!

Even though Hosanna Baptist Church now has double Sunday morning services since the earthquake, both services are full and have overflow areas. Before the quake their first open-air meeting yielded only one convert. In their second meeting, over 55 people came forward for salvation. In the four-day evangelistic crusade that was held in the place of Jacmel's Mardi Gras celebration, over 180 people came forward for salvation. Every Sunday at Hosanna Baptist Church and all of the nine sister churches individuals are walking the isles for salvation. Pastor Dieupie baptized over 160 new converts a few weeks ago in the annual Bible Conference / Homecoming services. Most of those being baptised are young adults whose god was education, but now it is the Lord Jesus Christ who can offer them hope and comfort through these difficult times. Hosanna Baptist Church has doubled its attendance since the quake and nearly 800 people are now attending the two services.

So how can you help? I'm glad you asked!

Please pray for Pastor and staff as they scramble to provide needed discipleship.

Please pray as we seek to use every possible opportunity to witness and lead others to the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Please pray as we continue building small one- or two-room cottages for the church families who are still living in tents on the church property.

Please pray as we move back from our temporary classrooms into our permanent kindergarten, elementary, high school, and seminary buildings for the fall semester. We are looking at the possibility of more students coming who cannot pay for the tuition and books. Please pray as we seek to purchase books and pay the teachers.

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"COME TO JESUS," was Pastor D's (Pastor Cherubin) passionate and persistent plea to a crowd of more than 2000 people standing in downtown Jacmel on February 15 - 18 (in the very spot where Mardi Gras Carnival is held yearly), and his invitation penetrated all of the downtown area. The crowd grew to almost 4000 strong Tuesday night. Many (160+) came to Christ for salvation during the four nights of meetings, and hundreds more came for individual prayer because of what they suffered during the earthquake. Three witch doctors accepted Christ during the week, one of whom is well-known in town and was not timid to announce his decision publicly. "I want to have a future with God . . . the demons have no future, and I know that," was one of the statements he made the evening before he came to Jesus. A woman witchdoctor who came to Christ on Wednesday evening asked that we come to her house and burn her fetishes in the presence of her witchdoctor father as her testimony to him. By Friday, he had turned to Christ also.

The people of Jacmel could not stop talking about the meetings. Those who were not in attendance heard the service over the radio. It was the talk of the town. Comments such as the following were heard throughout the city: "We have never publicly had anything like this in Jacmel," and "Jacmel has never heard the Gospel like this," and "Glory to God!"  GOD WAS GLORIFIED - though the enemy exercised his best efforts to frustrate us and do damage to the Gospel message. God used Pastor D and our musical team to confront the enemy head-on, and the grace of God was manifested in our team beyond our expectations. Their spiritual ministry became the governing spirit - even beyond their musical contribution. We don't even care to mention the enemy's subtle and blatant tactics because we are so overwhelmed by God's grace and power that covered us - and our hearts bow before Him in awesome wander!! Only in the annals of Heaven will we have an accurate record of what actually was accomplished spiritually in Jacmel. Our team was made up of Frank Garlock, Shelly Hamilton, Susan Jones and Lynsey Haught.

MFH wants to take this opportunity to thank the thousands who interceded before the Throne of Grace for these meetings. The power of God was at work in ways that could not be seen. "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." (II Corinthians 4:18)

The work of the Holy Spirit continues daily. Since the quake, Hosanna Ministries has seen the salvation of over 325 souls. Their church building and yard cannot even accommodate these in a Sunday worship service.  Likewise, the follow-up on all these converts is becoming very difficult. In short and above everything else, we covet your prayers for Pastor D and the over all ministry!!

Mission co-founder, Arshaloos Bell, speaks about Mission for Haiti:

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