HBM January 2012 Newsletter

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New Church Planting Opportunity

In 2011, Haiti Bible Mission had the great opportunity to plant it's first church in Te' Wouj, a village in western Haiti near Jeremie. In 2012, we're looking to plant our second church in a zone called Kolimo. Kolimo is a unique place. Perched 680 feet on the side of a mountain, it's an hour's walk to any local church or school. Haiti Bible Mission recently had the chance to acquire the land and hire the pastor that will shephard this zone. Pastor Honore Gelem truly wants to see his community come to know Christ and the videos below will reflect his heart. Pastor Gelem will also have on going leadership training through HBM's pastoral school. 

How can you be apart of this? As you can see in the videos below, the church in Kolimo currently meets under sticks and poles. HBM would like to construct a church where this make-shift church stands now. We're inviting churches to partner with HBM to cover the costs to build this new facility. It will cost approximately $17,000 to build this facility on the side of the mountain. Because Kolimo is only accessible by a 30-minute walk , much of the cost will be attributed to hauling the tools and supplies up the mountain. 

Renew Communities in Cleveland, Ohio was the first church to step up and commit over $6000 to this initiative. You can read about their journey to raise the funds over Christmas here on their news blog.

If you would like to give, click donate and note 'Kolimo' in the notes section. Or you can email Mark Stockeland at mark@haitibiblemission.org to discuss how you or your church can partner with Haiti Bible Mission on this exciting and as we like to call it, extreme outreach project.

Christmas lunch with the HBM Staff

It's been a life-changing year for all of us here in Jeremie. Thank you to all of our supporters and thank you for living the difference with us here at Haiti Bible Mission.

Year End Giving Opportunity

As most years come to a close often people are looking for opportunities to give to non-profits as they consider their tax situation.  As we thought through how people could partner with HBM with this yearly phenomenon we thought there was no better way to end a year than to help get something started. While there are a lot of things in this world that pull on our wallets and hearts we are asking people to consider HBM to be apart of that pull to help change lives in Haiti. We have a really busy schedule for 2012 and we are pushing to get a new truck to help with groups and ministry life. The old truck is still running, but not as well and all those that have had to ride in the trailer will be glad when we can take two trucks and leave the trailer at home. Myself, the staff, and board are asking you to pray and see how you can be a part of helping us with our goal for this yearend. We have $15,000 right now for the truck, but the final price for a new truck we plan to purchase in Port-au- Prince is $36,500. We serve a big God and know this can happen in His will and time. Thanks for your prayers and support and may God bless you this holiday season! 

December 2011 Newsletter

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