As we head into the winter months and start to wrap up this wild year of 2020, we want to get you all caught up on what is going on in Haiti and what God is doing. COVID seems to have swept through Jeremie in the earlier months with little major illnesses, and life is back to normal on that front, Praise God!

We recently had two small back-to-back teams that helped us minister in the local hospital, paint our new school at Makandal, as well as make benches and desks for the classrooms. The teams also helped us prepare for a future solar project, along with getting things ready for rebuilding our church up at Te Wouj. If you remember, we lost the church in Hurricane Matthew, but are looking forward to rebuilding it better than ever!

With the completion of the Jeremie airport, a newly paved runway and more options for flights into Jeremie, we are able to safely receive more teams. We are looking forward to a team coming to serve during the first week of December and another team over Christmas. It’s been a long year without groups and this has made our team in Haiti so excited to have some visitors back helping serve in the communities. If you are interested in joining this group, we have a few spots left! Send us an email at info@haitibiblemission.org to get more details.

We have had a couple challenging months in Haiti as the US dollar value has dropped down 48%. We used to get 120 goudes to $1 US and now we only get 62 goudes per $1 US. This has been a real challenge for HBM and our staff since our money is not going as far. Things are still expensive in Haiti right now, even though we hear prices are supposed to come down soon. Please pray with us as we try to navigate and operate the mission while the money is going half as far! We know God can multiply what we have like he did the loaves and fish, but we must pray!

Huge praises as we are spending more time in the community of Makandal. While we were painting the school, our HBM Pastors took the opportunity to share Christ with the people and SEVEN people put their faith in Christ! Also praising the Lord that FOUR others came to know Jesus this past Sunday in HBM churches around the city! God is moving!

Haiti spent the first few months of this school year catching up on what they missed last year (COVID and political unrest), so the new school year is scheduled to start on November 9th. It will be our first year as the administrators of the Makandal community school and we have several school teachers beginning their first year in the profession as well. Please pray for a safe, productive school year and especially that God would be present in the community of Makandal as we try and saturate that zone with Christ.

We have a new, exciting project that will be announced in the coming weeks. Eldet is especially passionate about the project, as it will have a huge impact in his church community and there will be many ways for you to be a part of it, too! Keep a look out for that big announcement!