Haiti Awake

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A brief history

As we approach our 8 year anniversary as a ministry, I realize we have so many new friends - friends who might not know where we started or how we got to where we are today.

Timeline-significant events that shaped Haiti Awake

2012 - Graves family’s first trip to Haiti

2013 - Becky travels to Haiti frequently, beginning to learn the language and desiring to know the people of Tabarre 14 better

2014 - Many conversations with Steeve Derard regarding philosophy of ministry and his desire to pursue a Biblically-sound education

October 2014 - Haiti Awake was founded

2015 - Steeve began his education at STEP

2016 - Hurricane Matthew

2017 - Haiti Awake gained custody of the children of Kay Timoun

2018 - Political troubles began in earnest

2019 - Steeve graduated from STEP

2020 - Église Évangélique de la Grâce de Caradeux was founded

2021 - The Les Cayes Earthquake

2022 - Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14