Dear Friends,
Thank you for your prayers! Bernie, David Morley, and I arrived safely and without any complications in Haiti on Monday morning. And after a couple of brief stops in Port-au-Prince, drove two hours north to Gonave Bay for the Pastors’ Conference that Starfish Ministries sponsors each year.
As I shared last month, this year’s topic [...]
Dear Friends,
On August 30 through September 1 this year, nearly 100 pastors from around Haiti will gather in Gonave Bay for the annual Pastors’ Conference sponsored by Starfish Ministries. It will be a time of renewal as we fellowship with each other, sharing the joys and sorrows of the previous year of ministry and joining [...]
Dear Friends,
Our ultimate goal for the children at the Starfish Ministries orphanage (as well as for all those we minister to in Haiti) is to see them mature into disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ. We desire for them to bring glory to our God and Father through obedience to His word. And we hope [...]
Dear Friends,
I was sitting up in front of Pastor Diogene’s Port-au-Prince church last Sunday, May 23. As I looked out over the crowd, I recognized very few of the people there. The last time I had been to Haiti was before the earthquake, and then I had known many of the members of this body. [...]
Dear Friends,
In an email/website update on April 21, we shared a bit about how we’re moving into the next phase of earthquake relief, as we begin the process of helping families rebuild homes. And we wanted to expand a little more on how we are approaching that.
Our philosophy in all ministry is to support and [...]
Dear Friends,
We recently published accounts of the January earthquake in Haiti by two young men who have been friends and partners with Starfish Ministries for many years. Daniel teaches in an English-speaking elementary school in Port-au-Prince. Mickenson is in his second year of seminary, also in Port-au-Prince.
The striking thing about their reactions to this tragedy [...]
Dear Friends,
The Port-au-Prince earthquake has faded from the headlines, and Haitian relief is not quite the cause of the day it was a few weeks ago. Hollywood has finished its fundraisers and gone back to giving each other awards, and the pundits and bloggers have returned to debating healthcare. But the work in Haiti is [...]
Dear Friends,
So much has happened since January 12, when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Port-au-Prince, it’s hard to know what to share and where to begin. We could talk of the sheer scale of the disaster, a city in ruins, tens of thousands of lost lives, even more who have been left homeless and destitute.
We [...]
Dear Friends,
It seems this week everyone is looking back over the past decade. Some make lists of the best and the worst. Some relate memorable experiences and stories. Some merely reflect on where we’ve come these last ten years.
I actually did this – somewhat unintentionally – a couple of months ago. I was doing some [...]
Dear Friends,
I’m on my way home again after spending the last two weeks in Haiti. It was another great trip as we saw God at work in many ways. Vince Buys and Brent Ahrens were our well drilling team on this trip. I really appreciate these guys, going out early each morning and donating their [...]