Nou pral an Ayiti!

 

Creole to English Translation: We're Going to Haiti! Haiti is the poorest country in our hemisphere with 78% of Haitians living on less than $2 a day and more than half, 54%, living in extreme poverty surviving on less than $1 a day. Electricity is intermittent, a 2-3 bedroom home houses an average of 6 people with over 60% of these homes having dirt floors and no access to sanitized water or restrooms. For haitians, cold water isn't a challenge for ALS it's a daily reality. 

 Youth Pastor's Robbie & Karissa Neal have been feeling called to take the teens on a mision trip for a few months now and last Friday felt God's leading to Haiti. "We will be partnering with a ministry that's already in Haiti and that has experience organizing Christian volunteer teams in Jacmel (about 50 miles West of the Capital, Porte-au-Prince). In this way, we will make sure we have direction, our limited time is fully utilized, and our group stays safe."(Karissa Neal)
Our group will be working with hundreds of sponsored children, serving them their daily meal, playing soccer with them, sharing the love of Christ with them, and getting to know them and their culture. We will more than likely be helping with a construction project of some kind and will have a project specific to our group to complete. This is normally an event that we host, such as a dinner or VBS. 

Many details are still in the works and dependent on when we are needed most. Our goal is to plan for a week in December of 2015 or Kalama's Spring Break dates in 2016, but again, this could change. Our cost will be kept very attainable at $1100-$1400 (depending on airfare and time of year). As soon as we've confirmed our travel dates, we'll send out the date of our first informational meeting for interested teens and their parents.
We're sharing this before we even have dates set so you can be praying with us for the Lord's direction and direct intervention in the planning, fundraising, traveling, and participation in this trip. Follow our blog, facebook page, twitter page, and website to stay updated, it's going to be an awesome opportunity for our teens.