Tropical Storm Update

All In One Village, Haiti:

Damage to the church walls and roof and the roof of the orphanage.

 

Despite the damage Church services were still on Sunday morning.

 

Please pray for our Haiti family, that the children would have a sense of safety and security despite the storm and for the financial and material resources to rebuild.

 

Click on this link for an update from The Global Orphan Project: http://eepurl.com/oTcrz

(If you are interested in helping financially there is a link to "Go Project's Greatest Needs Fund" on the above Global Orphan Project Link.)

New Trip Date

Church At The Bay Mission Trip 

 All-In-One Village, Haiti

 

 

Trip Dates:

 February 7-11, 2013

 

Please visit the Haiti Trip February 2013 page on this blog for more information.  LINK

Questions: sarah.chandler@churchatthebay.com

Update from All In One Village- Haiti

Village Update: June is always an exciting month for children in Haiti. School lets out, summer vacation starts and there are all kind of activities to participate in. At the All in One village Madame Kesnel has organized a bible study at noon each weekday. The children gather in the church and learn different bible verses and practice their memorization skills. She led the bible study for the first few weeks, but told the kids that she would ultimately like some of them to prepare the lessons. Gradually she has been stepping away and is very pleased with the number of leaders among the children that have rose to the challenge. One verse that is read and recited each day is Psalm 23. Madame Kesnel hopes that by the end of the summer each kid is able to have that verse memorized and able to recite it in perfect French. I was amazed that one little girl, Billie, has already learned the verse by heart and proudly sat on Madame Kesnel’s lap and recited it to me. Billie is only 5 years old! She is constantly talking and making up stories. Madame Kesnel said that Billie is one of those kids that doesn’t have an ‘off’ switch, she has so much energy! In the fall Billie will be entering the 1st grade ahead of everyone else her age.

 

 

All In One Village Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/AllInOneVillage

Haiti Child Sponsorship Renewal

All-In-One Village Haiti

and

Church at the Bay

Child Sponsorship Renewal

Web link for online renewal form:

http://orphanproject.wufoo.com/forms/child-sponsorship-renewal/

CATB partnered with The Global Orphan Project about 2years ago to sponsor an orphanage in Haiti.  As of January 2012, CATB was sponsoring 35 full-time orphans at All-In-One Village in Haiti and 28 children from the community who come for schooling and meals.   Pastor Joseph Kesnel oversees the orphan homes, the school, and the church in our village.

Your monthly support of $41.00 will cover the cost required to clothe, feed, care for, and educate one orphan at our village.  CATB has also been able to fund projects such as: repairing the school, church and orphan homes after the 2010 Earthquake.

Kesnel takes in “true orphans,” those whose parents have died, and “orphans by necessity,” orphans whose parents cannot care for them.  Due to the transitory nature of the orphanage your child might change from year to year as we support Kesnel’s ministry and God’s work of uniting families.

Thank you for partnering with Church at the Bay and All-In-One Village on this amazing journey of life change.

Haiti Trip Date Change

The August Haiti Trip has been canceled. 
Next scheduled trip: January 2013. 
Please see the trip page for updates.
Questions: sarah.chandler@churchatthebay.com

On Generosity, by Jennifer Savini, missionary in Haiti

Jennifer and Chris Savini, along with their two children, Ella and Xander, live in Dargout, Haiti with the orphanage we sponsor. Please take a moment to read this captivating post on the beautiful generosity of one of the orphans.









You might see a few penny candies, but this is actually picture of extreme generosity.

A boy, an orphan, on a rare adventure to Port au Prince to celebrate Haiti's Flag Day, collected a few pieces of candy during the parade.  He counted out four and put them in his pocket.  Hours later, he brought them to me.  Shyly passing them into my hand, he told me that there was one for me, one for Chris and one each for Xander and Ella.

Please click here to continue reading Jennifer's story about this child. 

Sarah's Story

How does a busy mother to two teenagers fall in love with a country as different as Haiti and then stay connected to it? Check out this amazing story of how God's been working in Sarah Chandler's life (video is 3:50 long).