Welcome to our Huntersville 2 Haiti Blog

Our last trip back to Bayonnais in Haiti to work with our friends at OFCB Ministries was postponed due to the Earthquake.

We are planning on sending a bus load of supplies in the coming weeks and hopefully heading back to Haiti in the Summer or Fall. Let us know if you are interested in helping out.


OFCB

For nearly two centuries, subsistence farming has characterized the livelihood of 80,000 people in rural Bayonnais, Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere. This is not uncommon. Following colonial independence in 1804, former slaves exercised newfound freedom by cultivating their own land in the countryside. Today, OFCB (Organization of the Christian Force of Bayonnais), a ministry founded in 1993 through the vision of five inspired individuals, provides this generation with a new opportunity: education. Subjects such as history, biology, language arts, social science, philosophy, and visual art are now available to this community for the first time. Adults and children comprise a student body that has grown from 103 to 1460, and for many, the rice and beans served at lunch may be the only substantial meal they eat all day. Not only have national exam scores been some of the highest in the region, OFCB has sent 20 students to Haitian colleges! In an effort to stimulate long-term development, the college scholarship program stipulates that each student return to OFCB upon graduation to serve the community for 10 to 15 years, depending upon the field of study. One college graduate has become a doctor, currently in residency, and will return to start Bayonnais’ first health clinic! Deep in the heart of a country plagued by extreme poverty, political violence and corruption, the people of Bayonnais are finding new hope.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Thursday in Haiti



Today we had the opportunity to work with some of the local men who are building the second floor of the school. Good - hard work. It was a pleasure working side by side. We also spent some time in the the community, walk up to "Joseph's Grainery" which is a great gift to this community. Thank you to everyone who has given money to build and fill the grainery.


Those of you from FBC-H will be pleased to know how well your gifts have been put to great use. Today we watched over 1600 hundreds students enjoy the rice and beans you provided. It is hard to watch without being a little overwhelmed at how God can use us in such a powerful way from so far away. Good Job.

Actionnel says "Hello."

We will keep updating throughout the days here. I am going try uploading some pix next hopefully it will work without bogging the lab down.

Thanks for praying.
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