So thankful for Clinique de l'Espoir (Clinic of Hope) & how God will use it to help Caneille

So thankful that God provided a window of opportunity for 12 of us to go to Haiti and minister to the needs of the people there. As you have heard, the gangs have locked down the country by stopping transportation of goods and fuel, kidnappings, and destabilizing their government. But God has not turned His back on the people who seek Him. Pastor Bastia has been working tirelessly to help his people survive during this dark time. With the help of all who support the work in Caneille, they have been provided food and fuel. God answered all of our prayers: safety while traveling, timely delivery of the medications from Blessings Int'l, and all of our luggage made it through customs without being searched except for one. Our flights on Mission Aviation Fellowship were a pleasure compared to driving up and over mountains thru gang infested areas to get to Caneille. We felt God's hand on us the whole time we were there in spite of things out of our control. When Steve slipped and severely dislocated his shoulder, He provided an orthopedic specialist on-call on a Saturday night at the closest hospital in Hinche! God let us see first hand why Caneille needs a good clinic! So thankful that the layout of the clinic building is so functional for our needs. With the hard work of the 12 missionaries and the many Haitians we hired, we were able to treat 940 patients in 4 1/2 days, plus 12 who needed to be rechecked. Everyone jumped in and helped where they were needed to keep the clinic running as smoothly as possible. And in the end, after praying with each patient, 15 Haitians decided to make Jesus their Lord!

Thank you for supporting this vital mission to the community of Caneille. We have a long way to go, but in God's timing we will open the doors full time! Please consider CHMM in your year end giving as we head into the next phase of HIS mission. In His service, Julie Gibbs RN

Please pray for:

*Stability in the Haitian government and good leadership.

*Provision for all the furnishings and equipment needed to make the clinic functional.

*Teams to complete the building and repair some problems we found.

*Provision for solar power and a back-up generator.

*God's clear direction on when we can go again.

Tragedy Strikes

September 2020 Update

So much has been going on in our own small world that it’s easy to forget how lives are being affected in other worlds like Haiti. This summer has been one of death & rebuilding, tragedy & grief in Caneille.

In June we learned that Magda, who has been a part of the School of Grace at Calvary Chapel Caneille since 2006, lost her father suddenly. She and her 3 children found themselves without a home. She is a single Mom and had started building a house a little at a time, but it was far from finished. I put the word out to many of you who knew her as she was always there to help with our missions and outreaches to the children. We were able to send $2,000 to help finish her new home!

While Pastor Bastia was in Wisconsin trying to get his U.S. green card renewed, his oldest 16-year-old stepson Hyguens became very sick. His appendix had ruptured and they transported him to a hospital in PAP because there are no platelets available anywhere in their area. Tragically, he passed away with his mother and Bastia’s brother Odenelle there with him. This has hit the whole community so hard, but especially his Mom and siblings. Please keep them in your prayers as they grieve. Miraculously, Pastor Bastia’s paperwork was approved the next day and he was able to make it back home in time for the funeral. The hospital and funeral expenses were extremely high and again many of you were able to donate. CHMM sent the family $4,000 toward them and we now have $2,000 in a fund for a surgical ward inside of the clinic in Hyguens honor! Again, sadly, the need to have good medical help right there in Caneille is desperate.

Life in Haiti continues to be difficult. Who could imagine that it could get worse than it was this past year with all the rioting, road blocks, and inflation? Now add in a pandemic! At least here we can get food to fill our cupboards and electricity to keep us comfortable while we are stuck at home. The main mission of CHMM is to provide medical care to the people of Caneille, but when we see people starving, medicine takes second place. We were also able to send $1,000 in July to buy rice for the people in Caneille. Pastor Bastia says that the value of their money is dropping but the prices of everything are staying up. This will cause even more starvation and despair. Please pray that God would intervene for the people of Haiti during these desperate times.

Again, thank you for your support of this mission. I hope that my next newsletter will have good news to share about the clinic!

Pastor Bastia, Nounoute and their beautiful family (Hyguens is holding his mother's arm)

COVID-19 Crisis

June 2020 Update

As an “essential worker”, my work days are much more exhausting with all the new COVID-19 guidelines. I hope you and yours have stayed well during this pandemic and have found ways to minister to those around you.From riots to COVID to quarantine to starvation, things have gone from bad to worse in Haiti. Imagine not having the technology to communicate or the stockpile of groceries in your cupboards or a government who pays you to stay home. The Haitian people in the central plateau around Caneille are mostly farmers who live hand to mouth and they have been forced to stay at home or be arrested. The people of Calvary Chapel Caneille have been suffering so much. One elderly woman was found dead in her home, and another woman 6 months pregnant bled to death because she was unable to get to the hospital. A pastor in Hinche was arrested because he held a funeral service, so Pastor Bastia is unable to even provide comfort to these hurting families.

Last week Pastor was able distribute large bags of rice and oil to many families in the church thanks to donations, but the need is great. I hope we can send more money so we can help others.

Another need has arisen in the church. Those of you who have traveled to Caneille have to remember Magda. She has worked for the School of Grace since 2006 and is now the academy director and is always on campus when we are there, no matter what time of year. Her father died recently and he was a huge help to her and her 3 children. She is a single mom and really struggling to get by, and now she has no home.

She has a piece of property that she has been building on but has run out of money. The walls are up but she still needs the roof, cement floor, and to “smooth” the walls. I’m praying that CHMM will be able to raise the money to provide the roof which will be around $2,000.

You may be wondering why I haven’t mentioned the clinic yet. With all that has been going on, we haven’t had a team there since March when a group from Cornerstone Calvary Chapel in VA finished all the electrical work, PTL! They got back just as COVID was declared a pandemic. Our next steps are to put in a transformer that will bring in city electricity and run wires to the street. We are also ready to lay tile throughout the building, just as soon as the people are allowed to return to work. God willing, this will happen soon. As you can imagine, it has been very hard to watch all of this going on from a distance, knowing that having a clinic would make a world of difference in that community. In God’s perfect time, He will finish the good work He has started!

In closing, thank you for your support of this ministry. I pray that all of you are staying well and able to be in contact with your loved ones. Please pray for our country--wisdom for our leaders and for good to triumph over evil. We have so much more to do before Jesus’ return!