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Above: A rainbow appeared right as we broke ground for a new orphanage for Shepherd’s House Ministries in May of 2009.
Update on the orphanage in Haiti:
Currently the children are in the city of Les Cayes which is South of Port au Prince, the capital. It sustained damage, but Jim and his crew were in Port Au Prince and were not able to get to Les Cayes to assess the damage and plan repairs. The girls need more food and water but are OK.
We were planning to go to Haiti in February to fence and clear the property so that construction of the girl’s dorm could begin.
The earthquake changed things dramatically. Jim flew into Port Au Prince with 4 other men. They packed every pound of weight into small plane with meds and supplies and met Aaron, the pastor and 3 doctors from Singapore who were working with the wounded.
They spent many days delivering food and medicine donated by Samaritan’s Purse, the UN, the military and other relief agencies.
Aaron Nelson, a Haitian orphan himself was adopted as a child and is the founder of Shepherd’s House Ministries. He wants to give back to his country.
The new orphanage will be in Gressier, 40 minutes drive from Port au Prince. It will give the children a place to call home.
A house has been rented about a 10 minute walk from the property for the orphanage. The house is shared with another ministry to cut costs and it has been leased for 3 years to house staff and volunteers.
The second story of the home was damaged during the earthquake, but the new walls are up and roof is on. It will be finished soon and most the work has
been done primarily by volunteers.
A container is currently being loaded and shipped from Ft. Lauderdale and will be shipped to Haiti with materials to finish the second story and begin the first building on the property for the Shepherd’s House orphanage.
See above for volunteer opportunities.
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