Exciting Things at FHG

I wanted to share with you some of the exciting things happening at FHG and Maison right now. Seeing how the Lord is working in and through this ministry is so encouraging for all of those involved.

We are getting ready for summer mission teams to begin arriving. The mission teams are such a blessing to the staff and children at Maison and we are excited to have them. In addition to the orphanage, Maison reaches out to a boys home in Port-au-Prince and a small village. The short-term teams will have opportunities to be a part of this outreach this summer. Please pray for the teams as they minister to the children and staff at the orphanage as well as the boys home and village.
Feed Haiti Team
Feed Haiti Team

We have had a couple of people recently take it upon themselves to help raise funds for the orphanage. The Feed Haiti Team ran in the Frederick Running Festival and raised over $4300 toward food for Maison and another orphanage in Citi Soleil that we reach out to and share with whenever we have additional food, clothing or other practical items. Thank you Feed Haiti Team for all your hard work to help feed the children in the orphanage!

Audrey, a young girl who is now a cousin to two of the children that came home to the U.S. from Maison shortly after the earthquake, has become passionate about helping the orphans in Haiti. Audrey decided to organize and host a pancake breakfast to benefit FHG. She raised $1928 through the breakfast to benefit the children. Thank you Audrey for a great idea and a lot of hard work!
Our New Generator
Our New Generator

Through several generous donors, we were able to purchase the much needed new generator! What a relief it is to have this in place and know that we have a reliable way to power the orphanage - keeping refrigerated medicines good, and powering lights and fans. Thank you to all who gave to make this possible!
Vanessa
Vanessa

We are very excited to tell you that after being denied twice for a medical visa, Vanessa was suddenly granted a visa to travel to the U.S. for treatment for Blount's Disease. Vanessa traveled to Denver on Friday and will be treated by Denver Children's Hospital. Following her surgery and recovery, she will be able to walk normally. Had Vanessa not been given this opportunity, she likely would have eventually not been able to walk at all and would have been in a wheel chair. Please join us in praising the Lord for His moving in this situation. And thank you to Denver Children's Hospital for providing the care and surgery that Vanessa needs! Please pray for her surgery and recovery.

Tech Serve, an organization that helps ministries build internationally, recently completed a trip to Port-au-Price to survey the land God blessed us with last summer. Their trip gave us a lot of information about what will be needed to build the orphanage, where the buildings should be placed and what kind of drainage and irrigation is available. Please continue to pray with us for the building project. Pray that the previous owner would be moved to come in and sign the notary papers that are needed. Pray also for the funding to build the orphanage on the new land and further the vision and outreach of Maison through being able to reach out and care for more children and reach out to the community through a community clinic, church and school.

Pierre, Director of Maison, recently spent two weeks in the U.S. sharing with churches and organizations about the ministry. This was an especially encouraging time for him. He is now back in Haiti overseeing the orphanage and preparing for the summer teams and working on more details for the land. Please be in prayer for Pierre, Frankis, Kiki and Angie as they serve tirelessly on behalf of caring for the orphans in Haiti that the Lord has placed in the care of Maison.

Often I am asked what our biggest needs are. In the past, Maison was funded primarily though adoption fees with the short-fall raised and provided by For His Glory. At the time of the earthquake, all of the children who were in the process of adoption were allowed to join their forever families. Since the earthquake, we have taken in 83 children. Adoptions are beginning, but the large majority of the children now in the orphanage do not yet have adoptive families. This means that there is a large monthly short-fall that we need to help meet. Please pray about how you can join us in caring for orphans in Haiti by helping to raise a $300/month commitment. This could be through your Sunday School Class, small group, Bible Study etc. If 70 people will rise up to this challenge, the orphanage will be fully funded! Through your help, we really can be the hands and feet of Jesus to these children.

In Him,

Kim Harmon, President