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February 2013 Newsletter

Bernie on February 1st, 2013

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 [...]

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July 2012 Newsletter

Bernie on July 1st, 2012

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 [...]

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June 2012 Newsletter

Philip on June 1st, 2012

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.  [...]

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March 2012 Newsletter

Philip on March 1st, 2012

Dear Friends,
Short-term mission teams have always been an important part of Starfish Ministries, as we have introduced groups from churches and universities to God’s work in Haiti.  It is exciting to watch these Americans and Canadians minister to our Haitian brothers and sisters and to see how God uses the missions experience to impact team [...]

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June 2011 Newsletter

Philip on June 3rd, 2011

Dear Friends,
We’ve just returned from two weeks in Haiti with much to report. Unfortunately, we did not have internet access while in Tricotte, so we were unable to send email updates while there. So I’ll combine a few of the updates we would have sent into this newsletter.

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February 2011 Newsletter

Philip on February 1st, 2011

Dear Friends,
A team from SouthRidge Fellowship in Langley, British Columbia, has just returned from Haiti.  They worked hard, and we thank God for all they were able to accomplish during their 10-day trip.  Their work ranged from physical projects (setting trusses and installing roofing on a new school) to spiritual ministries (they taught VBS at [...]

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Oct
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Friday Update

Philip on October 15th, 2010

The team from Grace Community Church in Auburn, Washington, met early this morning for a breakfast of pancakes made by Bernie (something you can only experience in Haiti).  After breakfast we set out for La Pointe, a two and a half hour trip north.  There is a hospital in La Pointe that is run by [...]

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Thursday Update

Philip on October 14th, 2010

On Thursday morning the team from Grace Community Church headed for Peliter, a village that is home to one of the Starfish Ministries schools.  Across the road from the school is a church where the team set up a projector and a screen and blocked out the windows with dark fabric, creating a temporary movie [...]

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August 2009 Newsletter

Philip on August 1st, 2009

Dear Friends,
As we write these newsletters, we have often shared with you about some of the teams that we take to Haiti. Four or five time a year we lead short-term mission trips, usually lasting between ten days and two weeks. Some of these teams come from churches. Others come from college ministries. And some [...]

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April 2009 Newsletter

Philip on April 1st, 2009

Dear Friends,
The sun had not yet reached its full Haitian potential as 18 Americans along with Pastor Diogene and Starfish Ministries’ School Director, Norius, poured out of four 4-wheel drive Toyotas and Mitsubishis. Our goal was to show the children’s version of the “Jesus” film to 455 students in the village of Corail, but that [...]

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