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Atlanta Private School Seeking to Raise $50,000 for Reformation Hope in Haiti!

The Heiskell School in Atlanta, Georgia is also raising support for our orphans in Haiti! There are three fundraising projects scheduled:

1) Seeds of Hope for Haiti — Children may write a business plan and the school will provide them with a loan of $10 as “seed money” for their business.

One seven-year-old daughter sold hot chocolate and received $142 in donations. They are believing that each child will be this successful!

2) Casual for a Cause — children and teachers may make a donation for the opportunity to dress casually for school.

3) Treasures of Hope for Haiti — A flea market on February 20 from 9–2 p.m. at the Heiskell School.

Some ways you can help are; volunteering your time, contributing items to sell, and publicizing the event. Click here for more information about how you can get involved in this fundraiser.

 

Recent Photos of the Orphanage

Recent photos showing the collapsed building and wall. Click to enlarge.

Collapsed Compound Wall
Workers Clearing Debris of Building
Children on Flattened School Building
Marines in the Area

 

Relief Supply Drive

Joe Wright inside the shipping container on the first day of his relief drive for Haiti.

Support for Our Haitian Orphans

Pouring In From All Over the Americas!

January 31, 2010

We have been overwhelmed with excitement and joy from all those of you who have sent donations, offered support, and organized collections of relief supplies for our children in Haiti! Help has been sent from places like Washington State, Toronto, Trinidad and Tobago.

We have been especially encouraged by Joe Wright, a real estate man in New Jersey, who has single-handedly organized a shipping container and food/water drive in Hamilton. Joe is the proud father of nine children. Yet he tells us that all he can think about when he looks at his children is the orphans in Haiti who are starving and in need of water and shelter. Our thanks to you, Joe, and to all the others who are making a real difference for the people of Haiti.

Location for Relief Supply Drive:

691 Route 130
Hamilton, New Jersey
(Across from the shopping mall and Harry's Army Navy)

 

Server Status Update

Our apologies to those who were trying to access this website over the weekend. Unknown to us, our host provider was moving this site to a new server and it took them much longer than expected.

 

Haiti Relief Donations Qualify for Immediate Tax Relief

WASHINGTON — People who give to charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti can claim these donations on the tax return they are completing this season, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Read more…

URGENT!

Local Collection by Tuesday, Feb. 2nd—

Shipping Items to Our Haitian Orphanage!!!!


We have an opportunity to quick ship items to Jean Paul on Tuesday 2/2. We can provide a skid of items that will be shipped to Jean Paul as part of a larger shipment that LeSea Feed The Hungry is sending to Haiti.They are graciously allowing us to piggyback our shipment with their shipment. Time is of the essence. Please get the word out that we are collecting the following items that Jean Paul personally shared with us he is in desperate need of:

Air mattresses, blankets, hygiene products (toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, etc.), non-perishable food (dried beans, rice, canned meat, cooking oil, etc.)

The collection point will be the rear covered lower parking area of Prayer and Praise Fellowship:
6409 Bells Ferry Road
Woodstock, GA 30189

Thanks for your help!

 

Reconstruction Begins in Haiti!

January 27, 2010

Today Jean Paul reported that his building contractor, Jean Raphael Ceon, has begun removing debris from our orphanage/school/church compound. Also, thanks to your generous gifts over the past few days since the earthquake, we were able to make it possible for Jean Paul to begin rebuilding the wall around our orphanage compound.

The Haitian government requires us to maintain a wall in order to keep our license to operate an orphanage. Also, the U.S. Marines have offered to use our compound as a distribution site for emergency supplies should we rebuild our wall.

Most importantly perhaps at this crucial time, rebuilding the wall will give concrete, tangible hope to our Haitian family—hope that we indeed stand with them and will partner with them to move then forward toward a brighter future.

We have now received donations and offers of other assistance from places as diverse as Washington State, Toronto, Canada, and Trinidad! Please continue to support our work in Haiti and tell others. Send them to our website: www.reformationhope.org!

 

A Call to Rebuild From Pastor Jean Paul

January 21, 2010

He is Jesus, our Creator, our King, our God. We are blessed to be called His servants. Greetings to you. I am going to try to be as fast as I can, for they don't give us much time even if we want to pay for it.

Before we begin, I would like to state that it is not safe to use the road from the Dominican Republic to enter Port au Prince, for all the prisons are broken and all the kidnappers and the bad people are back on the street. The U.S. Marines are in Haiti, but they are in Port au Prince, so there is not much security on that road. Therefore, please wait until I believe it is ok, because we have to be prudent.

I believe that it is getting better regarding death, for today is the second day yet without corpses to recover. it is now a total of 231 deaths and 6 missings regarding our congregation.

Now is the most urgent need for our people. We need funds to feed people for at least 15 days and we are talking about a lot of people. This is our need now starting Friday. The Marines are going to secure the banks and we can receive wire transfer. We need: $5,000 for food, $2,000 for medicine, and because our dump truck has no tires, we need $2,000 to remove the debris from the church construction to make the lot ready again for construction. We now have more people than we can ever know what to do with. God was using this situation to bring more than 1,500 new souls to Him, among them 23 voodoo priests. We would like to be a real center for life, where any one can come and find life. All the denominations are getting ready to start building because, life must go one. We already worked last night on a different plan of construction with metal top that will be lighter, for Haiti only constructs for big winds and flood but did not foresee earthquake. Now we want to built an earthquake-resistant building. Please continue to ask for donations for there are not many church buildings that are standing and we trust God to be one of the first rebuilt, and He is going to use the RHI to do it. We thank you for all the prayers and all the love for us. What a blessing to be Christ servants. Brothers and sisters, let's do it for our King.

In Him,
Pastor Jean Paul

 

The Need Is Greater Than You Would Ever Think

January 20, 2010

Jesus is our King! He is God that ordered the storm to silent, the sea and the wind. He can do it again. Today, more building came down. We are fine, thanks to the Lord, but there is a lot of panic. The need is greater than you would ever think but God is the greatest. Blessings to you.

In Him,
Pastor Jean Paul

 

Updates continued...

 


Video on the Work of Reformation Hope

Watch our information video, produced by Rob Howard of CircusChaser

 

Welcome

Welcome to the web home of Reformation Hope, Inc. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, created to offer hope and energize lasting transformation for disadvantaged people throughout the world. We do this by sharing the Gospel and making both human and material resources available, fostering reformation through orphan care, education, and small business development.

Our work with people in dire need began through an initial partnership with Pastor Jean Paul, a Haitian-born U.S. citizen. Jean was called by God to return to his native Haiti in order to provide long-term physical and spiritual care, with a particular emphasis on the needs of children and younger adults. We share in Jean Paul's vision for empowering lasting reformation and transformation among the people of Haiti.

We invite you to explore this site and educate yourself about the amazing things the Lord is doing to bring hope and a compelling Gospel-centered vision for kingdom change among desperately suffering peoples, such as those in Haiti. We also hope that you will partner with us in prayer, in time, and in resources, serving together to bring the Good News of Christ and renewed opportunity to those in despair and hopelessness.