Doug Jarvie is the president of Starfish Ministries Canada, a group Canadian believers who join us in our ministry to Haiti. Doug and his wife Ruth have heavily involved in Haiti, with Doug taking a lead role in our well-drilling ministry and in other physical projects. Doug is also active in Canada, coordinating our efforts [...]
Greetings from Port-au-Prince, Haiti! I arrived here yesterday afternoon, March 28, and will handle administrative opportunities for the next week. This morning I visited with Daniel Fontil for a couple of hours. This Daniel (as distinguished from our Director Daniel) is one of our former orphanage children who is now living in Port-au-Prince, teaching third [...]
We are so grateful to God for the leadership that He is raising up in Haiti! Our Haitian Director, Daniel Thelusmond; our Assistant Director and Orphanage Director, Apollos Solomon; our Spiritual Director, Pastor Esau, and so many more are influencing the Tricotte area for the Lord Jesus Christ and His Kingdom.
They serve faithfully within [...]
Greetings from Tricotte, Haiti! We arrived here this afternoon (Saturday, January 26, 2013). Daniel and I picked up a team from North County Christ the King Church at the Port au Prince airport at 9:15 and we drove directly to Tricotte. Those of you who have been on a team with us in the past [...]
Starfish Ministries has now completed its 15th year of ministry in Haiti! That means this is monthly newsletter #180. I sometimes wonder if we’ll run out of material to share when it comes to the end of the month BUT it has not happened. The fact is that God is at work in Haiti and [...]
A SOUL IN OUR NET
Yvenord Alexis was a non-Christian when we met him on Friday, November 23, 2012. Pastor Esau and I went to Morne Chaise to talk to some couples who were supposed to make plans for their weddings. Two ladies and one man were present at the meeting. The other guy couldn’t make [...]
Dear Friends,
When Starfish Ministries took over the orphanage in Haiti in January, 1998, Nodi was already there. He was 11 years old when I first met him and I was immediately drawn to him. Nodi was a boy who was near death when his uncle found him at his blind grandmother’s home. She was not [...]
Dear Friends,
We thank God for you and your partnership with us as we minister in Haiti! Last month we shared about a new summer ministry program we were starting. Many of you have responded by generously giving extra this past month. Thank you so much! Part of the reason to do the summer ministry came [...]
Dear Friends,
I’m sitting in the Miami Airport on my return home. A team from Central Washington University Chi Alpha Ministries spent the past two weeks in Tricotte, Haiti. David Morley from Blaine, Washington, joined us and helped me with the team leadership responsibilities. The team spent every afternoon at the Starfish Ministries Orphanage teaching English [...]
Dear Friends,
Here are a few short updates on some of the things going on in Starfish Ministries:
University Team Mission Trips
A team of 12 from Washington State University joined us for two weeks in Haiti in May. The team spent their mornings visiting schools where they would minister to the students through skits, testimonies, and songs. [...]