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Update ArchivesA Terrific Opportunity to Expand Our Compound in La Plaine, Haiti!March 25, 2011 The owner of the property located directly behind our current compound has offered Reformation Hope the opportunity to buy the land. This purchase would effectively double the size of our ministry compound. The lot includes some mature fruit trees and garden plot. Read more about it in this special e-bulletin. A Hymn for HaitiMarch 25, 2011 This song, A Hymn for Haiti, was written to raise awareness of the horrible situation that continues to plague the people of Haiti, especially the little children. Lyrics and video by Kurt Ogden. Music and performance by Charles Lutz.
Celebrating God’s Mercy and Provision at the Anniversary of the QuakeJanuary 19, 2011 Pastor Hawley traveled to Haiti and participated in the worship and observance of the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake. Read about this and more in the January issue of the Ref Hope Report.
A Christmas Thank You
December 8, 2010 Thanks to all of you for your prayers and your partnership with Reformation Hope throughout 2010. With your help, RHI responded quickly to the devastation of the January 12th earthquake and continues working alongside our Haitian brothers and sisters, bringing recovery and renewed hope. Your efforts have empowered the completion of many milestones this year:
Reflecting upon all that God has accomplished this year, we are so very grateful that you have been a part of His amazing grace and blessing for the children of Haiti. May you all have a very blessed Christmas with your family and friends in celebration of Christ, and may the Lord continue to use you for His glory in Haiti and throughout His world. Christmas Note from Pastor Jean PaulPeace on earth, joy to the world, life spread over the dried bone, the lost mankind is found in Jesus. To us a son is born. In His name , Merry Christmas to you. It is not looking good in Haiti right now, it looks like ...the sun is leaving and the darkness is coming, but our faith is unshakable in our Lord, because He is Light and Life. This Christmas season, we ask you please not to only think about giving to Haiti but to also pray for Haiti, because we feel that the enemy is about to receive the last blow in his face, he lost Haiti for good. We are praying that the Lord sends in the Marines to fix this situation once and for all and stability can last in this place. We thank you for everything you have done for us and with us in Haiti, We thank you for your love, Jesus is in control and He will give us joy this Christmas as He did in the past. We love you and we thank you. Merry Christmas to you all. In Him. Jean Paul. Seeds of HopeSeeds of Hope is the MTW Children's VBS Video project for 2010-11. The focus this year is on Haiti. This video is available on DVD from mtw.org for your church to use during VBS, in Sunday School, or any other format. Seeds of Hope from Go Global on Vimeo.
Thank You for Supporting MTW's WorkSince the devastating earthquake in Haiti, churches throughout the PCA and beyond have given to MTW to provide relief and assist in the rebuilding. This video contains some highlights of part of that work in an effort to thank those who have been a part. This video was shown at the PCA Global Missions Conference on November 7, 2010. Haiti - Thank You for Supporting MTW's Work from Go Global on Vimeo.
Responding to the Cholera CrisisNovember 17, 2010
The cholera outbreak in Haiti has claimed 1,110 lives so far, the health ministry reported on Wednesday (11/17/2010). Another 18,382 people have been hospitalized with the disease. Civil unrest has turned violent against relief agencies and missionaries in the northern city of Cape Haitian. Pastor Paul reports that cases of the disease are beginning to appear in communities surrounding Port-au-Prince, including La Plaine, where our compound is located. Reformation Hope, working with the assistance of Mission to the World (MTW) is responding decisively to this crisis through the immediate construction of a permanent water tower with a capacity of 6,000 to 8,000 gallons. Treated water from our compound’s main well will be stored in the tower and made available daily to everyone in our community in need of safe water. As cholera is primarily water-borne, we believe that providing safe water will stem the tide of the disease in the neighborhoods near our ministry. We give thanks to God for MTW’s willingness to work with us so quickly in addressing this severe threat to Haitian health.
Ref Hope Featured Partner Exhibit at Global Missions ConferenceNovember 6, 2010 The RHI team, featuring our Haitian Director, Rev. Jean Paul, is in Chattanooga this weekend for the tri-annual Mission to the World Global Missions Conference. Come by our booth and get the latest news on our ministry to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. We look forward to seeing you! Scenes below are from the conference.
Read the latest news in the November Ref Hope ReportNovember 1, 2010 The Lord has again blessed the hands of his servants. In October, the pavilion was completed and a sturdy swingset was built for the orphans. Now the children's bunk beds are being constructed. Read about this and more in the November issue of the Ref Hope Report.
October 2010 Mission Trip ReportOctober 30, 2010 A short-term mission team from Village Seven Presbyterian Church from Colorado Springs, Colorado completed a dining pavilion for our orphans in La Plaine, Haiti. They also constructed a playground with swings. A big "thanks" to Village Seven from RHI!
September 2010 Mission Trips Report and New Priorities for RHIThere's so much to report for September. Tractors cleared customs and were delivered to our compound in La Plaine as well as several mission trips were successfully completed. Plus, the next priorities have been outlined—an irrigation pump for the farm and a pavilion for the children to take their meals. Read about it in the October issue of the Ref Hope Report and in Rev. Hawley's travelogue of his latest trip.
Mission to the World Video SeriesReformation Hope and Mission to the World are partnering together with a church in La Plaine, Haiti to rebuild. See installments one through four of how this story is unfolding on our video page.
Check Us Out on The Aquila ReportAugust 7, 2010 The Aquila Report article by Terry Hintz, recounts how lives are being transformed in Haiti. Click here to read the full article.
Follow-up News Story by Columnist Bob Braun of the New Jersey Star-LedgerJuly 25, 2010 "Some believe what happened at the Reformation Hope orphanage Jan. 12 was a miracle. And some now regard what has happened to the place since that awful day as a second act of divine intervention." Six months after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, journalist Bob Braun returns to the story of the miracle at the RHI orphanage to report on the amazing events that have transpired in such a short time. Photographer Aristide Economopoulos provides beautiful photographs of the orphans and new church. Read more here. |
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February 20, 2010
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. (John 7:37, ESV)
Jesus is the living water, if anyone drinks from His water, not only will he never be thirsty again, but he will never die. Praise to Jesus our King forever. Greetings my friends, I am blessed to be able to write to you today to send you some pictures. I also want to report to you that our water distribution is one of the most efficient ways of spreading the good name of our King, Jesus Christ. We now serve an average of 4,000 people per day with our good, plentiful water, We were blessed by Water Mission, an American agency working in Haiti, who help provide treated water. They came and inspected our well and they gave us a chlorinator and a pool to treat our water. By the grace of the Lord, we are now able to give drinkable water to more than 4000 poor people a day and we are talking about people that only Jesus can give free water to! Please see our system of water treatment in the pictures I have included.
May the Lord bless all of you for help us bring lasting hope to Haiti.
Pastor Jean Paul
Reformation Hope in Haiti
P.S. We use John 7:37 on the wall near the water so that everyone receiving the gift of our water would also encounter the Gospel.
Jean Paul recounts how a late dinner saved the orphans during the earthquake.
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David W., Alan Lutz, and I just returned from a short visit to our orphanage in Haiti. While the devastation and despair was as real as anything we have seen on the nightly news and on the Internet, the rebirth of hope among our orphans and staff gave testimony to the work of God and to the encouragement and support that our Reformation Hope partners have provided since the earthquake. Thanks to your giving, we have already rebuilt the wall, which is required by the Haitian government to operate an orphanage. And, thanks to you, the men, women and children connected with our compound now have free, safe and abundant water from our new 270 foot-deep well!
The two challenges lying before us now are:
We hope that you will continue to partner with us in restoring real hope to our Haitian brothers and sisters.
Sincerely,
Rev. Martin Hawley
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 showing the collapsed building and wall. Click to enlarge.
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Relief Supply Drive
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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)
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!
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
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
January 19, 2010
Just got off the phone with Jean Paul! He is doing well but very tired. He said that it was a good day today because he didn't have to bury anyone. Every day prior they had to deal with corpses. There are still 6 missing, 231 dead from within the congregation.
The congregation held a great service on Sunday under the sun from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. And Jean told me that he would like to rebuild the education building as soon as possible.
The things most needed right now are these:
Jean also reported news of much praise to God. Twenty-two Voodoo priests in the area of our mission have come to Christ since the earthquake!!!!
In the meantime, Jean asks that we pray for him and for the ministry team around him, that they will have much strength to comfort and to encourage those who have suffered loss of family or of home, and in many cases, loss of hope since the earthquake.
Also pray that the relief organization LeSea, which has a Feed the Hungry division, will follow through on its promise to set up a distribution site at our ministry compound for food, water and medical supplies.
Praise the Lord for all the He has done and is doing in Haiti!
In Christ,
Rev. Martin Hawley
January 15, 2010 Veteran Star-Ledger columnist Bob Braun and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Matt Rainey are in Haiti covering the aftermath of the disaster. Two articles about Jean Paul and Reformation Hope are below. Late supper spares 56 children at Haiti orphanage from church collapse Haiti orphanage pastor with N.J. ties endures with hope amid earthquake destruction. |
January 16, 2010
I shall not die, I shall live to declare the works and the wonders of my God. Greetings to you all the saints and servants of the living God. I am writing to you to let you know that my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, The One that knows how to save perfectly saved us from that big quake. All of our 56 children were there at the orphanage and 11 of our employees, but God gave us life because He wants us to continue to worship Him.
Up to now, we sent 229 bodies of our church members to the mass grave and we are still looking for more bodies. We have six missing members, including the daughter of the president of our deacon board. 74 percent of the churches in Haiti are destroyed, our church is completely destroyed but tomorrow, we will be under the sun giving adoration to our God Almighty. Most of the denomination say that they are going to start cleaning and rebuilding asap. We would like to do the same. Please, we call on every church, everyone to help us. We need funds to by medicine and food to feed so many people we have in our court. We are still looking for dead bodies, we just load them into the garbage truck and look for more. God is with you. A reporter from the New York Times let me use his laptop. Pray for us. We love you all. Do everything you can to help us recover from this so we can bring back hope to the people of God. We love you all.
In His work,
Pastor Jean Paul
January 14, 2010
I have just spoken with Jean Paul via a satellite phone. This rare opportunity to call was offered to him by some journalists who are using his rental home as a place to regroup between story gathering. His rental home survived the devastation — the only home apparently in his neighborhood — praise the Lord.
The sad news is that the church has lost already some 211 members including many children, and Jean expects that the death toll will rise in the days ahead.
The new education building is destroyed, but if I understood correctly the old house on the compound remains completely intact. There is rubble everywhere. Jean says that only one in every four houses remains standing in the surrounding neighborhoods.
We give all thanks and praise and glory to God for delivering Jean Paul, his staff, and the orphans, and for the opportunity this disaster provides for Jean to faithfully declare the good news of Jesus Christ to so many who are hurting.
Our board is working on our emergency relief and response for the people of Haiti. In the meantime, please pray for Jean's ministry and strength. And for all the families we love who have suffered losses and will face a long and grueling time of recovery. Jean will get back to us soon with more details as to needs and those matters of greatest urgency.
May the Lord bless all of you and continue to use you as Christ's family in building His kingdom and restoring hope to the people of Haiti!
In Christ,
Rev. Martin Hawley
January 12, 2010
Many of you already know about the massive earthquake which hit Port-au-Prince Haiti on January 12, around 5 p.m. Reports are still sketchy although it is expected that there is massive structural damage in the capitol and the communities nearby. I am trying to reach Jean Paul via cell phone but am having no success in getting through. As massive as the damage is, it is likely that most if not all electrical power is out, aside from portable generators. Likely cell phone towers have also been affected.
Our ministry possesses its own generator and can run for some time as a source of power. The main concern beyond loss of life for our own people on the ground, will be two specific things:
1) Availability of safe and accessible food and water.
2) Potential threat to personal safety and property due to looting, rioting, and other civil unrest brought about by the devastation.
Our prayer must be to the Lord Most High, who is sovereign over all things and works all things together (even horrendous tragedies) for our good and His glory, that He will once again protect our brothers and sisters and provide for them during this time. Also, that we will be able to respond to this crisis as a ministry team, once we know the extent of the disaster and how it has affected our people.
Let me assure you that we will keep trying to connect with Jean Paul. In the meantime, the very best thing that all of you can do is:
1) To pray frequently and fervently for the mercies of God in Christ for our orphans, our minister Jean Paul, the entire ministry team laboring with him, and all our fellow believers in Christ in Haiti.
2) Consider making a special gift during the next seven days specifically for relieving the suffering among the Haitians and within the neighborhood where we serve. We do not know the extent of our own Souls Winning losses, but we would be wise to anticipate this need for emergency assistance and be prepared to come to the aid of our brothers and sisters as soon as possible.
May the Lord bless all of you and may He use you mightily as prayer warriors in the days ahead. Let's remember how mightily the Lord delivered our brothers and sisters during the massive hurricanes and flooding in 2008. Let us remember the Lord's amazing provision He has repeatedly made for this ministry in the past. And let us ever and always glorify and thank Him for His goodness — even as we beseech Him for immediate and powerful intervention in the present.
In Christ,
Rev. Martin Hawley
December 1, 2009
Dear Partners in the Reformation of Haiti,
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During our September trip, the Lord blessed our mission in Haiti through you and your prayers by providing for the grand opening of our new school! We have been praying, planning, and preparing for this marvelous event for several years. And now by God's grace our orphan children, and other children in the surrounding neighborhoods, have the priceless benefit of a quality Christ-centered education!
As you enjoy our photos from the grand opening ceremony, we ask you to consider year-end giving at this time for such a crucial ministry. We continue to need about $15,000 in order to provide secure windows and doors for the first floor. Also, as we finalize our project budgets for 2010, our emphasis will be to finish the second floor of the school building and provide a permanent roof.
The Lord has already done so many amazing things in building His kingdom through your support. We are expectant and excited to see what He will do in the year ahead as we partner together for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the giving or real hope to our brothers and sisters in Haiti!
In Christ,
Rev. Martin Hawley
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July 6, 2010
In the quake’s aftermath, many additional Haitian children were left without parents. Reformation Hope in Haiti has taken on seven more children, orphaned directly by the quake. Pictured here are three of the newest children; Soraya, Camelot, and Ronaldinho Louis. 
