First, a huge thank you to everyone for your prayers and notes of concern over the last few days. What a joy it was in the midst of uncertainty to experience such an outpouring of love.
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Stories from JiHM
Student Spotlight: Saphira
Saphira will turn 21 on October 1. She lives in Lafiteau with her four younger siblings and her mom and dad. She is an excellent student with a sweet attitude, and is involved in her local church, teaching a Bible class and singing in a worship group. This is her third year at Grace Emmanuel School.
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SPECIAL REQUEST: Help Bring Gervens Home by Christmas
We write to you today on behalf of Gervens, to ask you to be part of bringing Gervens home to live with his family—what we believe is God’s best plan for his life and what we know is Gervens’ desire for his future.
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Refusing to forget: What will this challenge look like in your life?
As we wrap up the summer group season, it is fun to reflect on the many different teams who came to take part in the work JiHM is doing in Haiti. We had teams from Ohio, Texas, Minnesota, Indiana, and California, totaling 63 people.
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A Day To Celebrate
On Saturday, July 2, six of the Lighthouse kids participated in their first wedding ceremony, the wedding of one of the national Back2Back staff at Lighthouse, Jean Wadson Delvar.
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So Happy Together: Gervens goes home for the summer
Before I moved to Haiti, I believed children lived in orphanages for one of two reasons. 1. They truly are orphaned children without a living biological mother and father. 2. Their parents do not want them and thus, these “orphans” are placed under the care of someone else, operating some sort of institution.
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