{"id":5640,"date":"2010-05-25T05:30:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geneveith.com\/?p=5640"},"modified":"2010-05-25T05:30:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T09:30:34","slug":"helping-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2010\/05\/helping-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Lutheran Church Missouri-Synod is doing good work in Haiti that is attracting attention.\u00a0 This from WORLD MAGAZINE:<\/p>\n

The LCMS has been in Haiti since the quake, providing for the immediate needs of the survivors: food, water, medical supplies and temporary shelter. They realize, however, that they were not doing enough to help with the sense of hopelessness in the people. After speaking with the Rev. Marky Kessa, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti, the organization leaders realized that the best way to help rebuild the survivors\u2019 lives was to build permanent houses.<\/p>\n

So with the help of the local church, the LCMS initiated its \u201cBuilding Homes and Hope in Haiti\u201d project by acquiring enough land to build three villages. Because of the confusion within the Haitian government, the group was unable to receive land grants, so the LCMS instead bought the land from its previous owners. The organization plans on building 300 houses, an orphanage, a school, a chapel, and a medical clinic in each of these villages.<\/p>\n

\nIn early April, a group of volunteers from Ohio and Missouri went to Haiti to build three model homes\u2014one with a single room, a one-bedroom and a two-bedroom\u2014to give the people in Haiti a chance to see what the houses will look like and to encourage donors at home to support the project.\n

The building process, which began this week, will take a three-pronged approach. First, local professional contractors will be hired to plan and direct the building, which will also help create jobs for local Haitians. Then there will be a call for volunteers from within the community. Finally, volunteers from the United States will be brought in to help build.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe local people are really involved in their country and their lives,\u201d Merritt said. \u201cThey don\u2019t want mercy organizations coming in and taking over everything, they want a say in what happens, and are more than willing to volunteer and assist.\u201d<\/p>\n

via WORLD Magazine | Homes and hope | Angela Lu | May 20, 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is the work of LCMS World Relief and Human Care.\u00a0 The leader of this effort and the designer of this kind of effective ministry is not mentioned in the article, but it\u2019s Rev. Matt Harrison.<\/p>\n

HT: Mollie Hemingway<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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