Thank You FMSC!

In early September, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) donated a 40 foot container of food to us. It has been a long process to have the food in hand but it has finally happened. We were able to clear the container from customs in early November and now the Nehemiah Christian Academy has enough food to last the entire school year.

We can't thank FMSC enough for their generous donation and all those who helped pay for the shipping cost to have the container delivered to us in Chambrun, Haiti.


Click on the album below to view more pictures of the container.

FMSC Food Container

Nehemiah Campus Project - Construction Complete

The final project for the new school was to build a roof over the court yard between the classrooms. Our team from Mishawaka and central Indiana helped to complete this piece of the building. A cross was attached to the roof and now Pastor Pierre is looking to start a church in the building.

The opening of the school was delayed nearly a month because of the 4 hurricanes that came through this impoverished nation. Although no damage was done to the building; the Haitian government postponed the start of school in all of Haiti.

With this new building we are capable of holding over 300 students and right now we have about 220 registered for classes. Below is a photo of the flag raising and singing of the Haitian national anthem. What an amazing testimony of how God is working in the community of Chambrun, Haiti.

Update: Haiti Hurricane Relief

Dear Friends,

Last week Pastor Pierre and his team traveled to Cabaret for the hurricane aid distribution. Below are some of the statistics just in Cabaret: Cabaret's populations is approximately 300,000 people. After the series of four hurricanes, the undermentioned damages were noted.

• Families that have lost everything - 4,212
• Dead - 66 including 35 children
• Injured - 309
• Missing - 19
• Houses destroyed - 410
• Houses damaged - 1,250
• Persons left homeless - 20,356

By God's grace we have received help from GAiN Canada and donors in the US to take some supplies to the needs of the people in Haiti. On Friday items were bought and Saturday the team of 13 headed to the Cabaret area where 215 people were given supplies for a week.

They worked with the Christian church in Desca, Cabaret, the church of God in Messailler, the Lutherian church in Messailler and the church of God Eben Ezer in Guiton Cabaret. In Desca they passed out 65 packages, in Mesailler church of God- 50 packages, in The Lutheran Church of Messailler- 30 packages and in Guiton- 70 packages. Packages included: a full bag of: rice, beans, sphagetti, cooking oil, canned fish, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bath soap, washing soap deodorant, (sanitary napkin for the women)

Now we were called to notice the people that have been relocated in Haut Damier, mostly those who lost love ones and every thing they ever owned. Over 83 families have been relocated in a temporary shelter (tent) and are there hoping to get some kind of help. Sunday night was the "wake" which is a traditional way of mourning the dead. This precedes the funeral of all those who were killed by the huricanne.

This upcoming Saturday (September 27th) we have scheduled another trip to another affected area. We continue to covet your prayers as we travel armed with supplies and open to minister the love of God to so many hurting people. Also another community called Cazale has been neglected and very much hurt by the huricanne but acces to that area for now is almost impossible. Please pray that we can have means to take help to them as soon as the authorities open up the roads. There are over 500 familes in dire need there.

Note: Those who have lost loved ones were more concerned to be prayed for than just the food and toiletries. Please find the pictures of our first distribution to Cabaret in the album below.

Huricanne Relief

Blessings,

Aaron Sherrick, on behalf of Pastor Pierre

Kids Against Hunger Volunteer Opportunity

To volunteer, contact Stephanie Mueller with NVM at (317) 896-1742.


On Saturday, August 16, a meal packaging event will take place to benefit school children in the country of Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Volunteers are needed to help package over 7,000 nutritious meals at the local Kids Against Hunger headquarters for the children of Nehemiah Christian Academy in Haiti.

Kids Against Hunger is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide fully nutritious food to impoverished children around the world. Each Kids Against Hunger packaged meal contains six servings of food. The food is a rice-soy casserole fortified with 21 essential vitamins and minerals, six dehydrated vegetables, and chicken flavoring. This protein and nutrient-rich formula reverses the starvation process at the cost of less than 23 cents a meal.

This is the second year that Kids Against Hunger has partnered with Nehemiah Christian Academy, based in Chambrun, Haiti. The academy was founded by Esperandieu Pierre, the National Director of Campus Crusade for Christ in Haiti. Pierre founded Nehemiah Vision Ministries (NVM) in 1995 and started the school in 2005. They currently educate over 120 children in Chambrun and are looking to expand those numbers to over 300.

According to the United Nations, two-thirds of Haiti's population lives on less than one dollar a day, and half of Haitians are undernourished. Many children at Nehemiah Christian Academy sometimes go without food at home, but through the school they receive a meal three times a week consisting of rice and beans. Through this organized packaging event, each child will receive one fully nutritious meal each day for five months.

Photo of NCA Feeding Program

NVM is looking for approximately 50 volunteers to help package food on August 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The packaging event will take place at the American Red Cross in Noblesville, located at 15325 Herriman Blvd. Organizations such as youth groups, church groups, girls and boys scout troops, even individual families are welcome to participate in the packaging event. In addition to their time, volunteers are asked to bring a tax-deductible donation of $25 to help offset the cost of the food they will package. Each donation provides over 120 meals to hungry children.


For more information on Kids Against Hunger, contact Dan Hintz, President at (317) 513-9296 (day) or (317) 843-8373 (eve), or visit http://www.kidsagainsthunger.net/. For more information on Nehemiah Vision Ministries, visit http://www.nehemiahvisionministries.org/.

Life Story: No One Else Cares

This disabled single mom of three beautiful little girls was in church last sunday. At the end of the service, they were pryaing for those in need and she moved her wheelchair forward and started screaming about her hard life.

She said God has sent NVM to help her; to find food for her family and to help take care of her little girls.

Myrta said, "No one else cares about me and I am very grateful for all God has done for me through NVM."

Nehemiah Children's Home Opens

The grand opening of the children's home happened over the weekend of May 18th. Nine children from Chambrun have been brought into our rented home where they will be cared for by our loving staff.

Nehemiah Children's Home

Many of these children already attend the Nehemiah Christian Academy and that is why we feel the need to take care of them. Some have been abandoned by their parents while others just can't get the care needed by family.

Click on the albums below to see more pictures of the NCH children.

The Children of the NCH

Nehemiah Children's Home Grand Opening

Nehemiah Campus Project - Construction Continued

The weather has been good to us and the construction on the school building has continued. The mason crew has been hard at work over the past few days and you can see the progress in the album below.

School Building Wall Construction