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.

“Haiti is a mission field where economic opportunities and personal relationships are necessary to help Haitian Christians and pastors move beyond mere physical subsistence to evangelism and systematic Bible training that will spur church growth and additional church planting.”

— From our Mission Statement - 2014

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

Celebrating a fantastic summer

As the summer of 2022 draws to a close, we look back with thankfulness for all that we were able to experience and enjoy. Here are just a few hightlights.

Glwa pou Bondye.

May

A trip to Les Cayes to see projects Haiti Awake has completed post-earthquake

The Your Pie Pizza Fundraiser

June

Graduation of the oldest four from Kay Timoun

July

Summer camp in Haiti

Kids Week at The Bridge, Wilmington, NC

August

The Sponsor Appreciation Picnic

A food distribution and a meeting to establish future outreach at the Les Cayes Prison

A soccer tournament at the CERMICOL prison in Port au Prince

A parents’ meeting to start the new school year

Thank you for your faithful support of the ministry of Haiti Awake. May we continue to see our Provider do exceeding abundantly above all that we might ask or think. He is able! (Ephesians 3:20-21).

9 years

On July 17, 2013, I met Handy Oge for the first time. Though our meeting was brief, and I never thought I would see him again, God knew. And He made a way.

Since that day, we have seen miracles with our own eyes as our Father has done exceedingly abundantly above all that we could have ever imagined (Ephesians 3:20).

As we look toward the future we believe the promise of Isaiah 64:4, waiting with hopeful expectation:

"Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him."

Yes, these are difficult days for Haiti, but we have Hope because we have seen the faithfulness of God in our past, and we believe He will be faithful in our future.

Glwa pou Bondye.

Fernando D'Or

Fernando D'Or

December 4, 2008 - July 11, 2022

For the last year, so many of you have prayed with us for Fernando and his family. It is with heavy hearts that we share this afternoon that Fernando has passed from this life.

Please pray for the D'Or family, the Haiti Awake staff, and all of the children of CCS and Kay Timoun as he was loved by many.

May we grieve with hope, may we believe with hope. May we encourage each other knowing this is not the end of the story.

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

I Thessalonians 4:13-18

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MMJ's Summer Marketing Intern

Julie D’Amanda
Mission Made Jewelry is excited announce that they have a new Summer Marketing Intern for 2022!

Julie is a Senior at UNC Wilmington studying Communication Studies with a concentration in Marketing and a minor in French. She believes in using your God-given skills to glorify the Kingdom and found that God led her to Mission Made Jewelry.

When Julie and Becky met it seemed like a perfect fit for both Julie, Becky, and the organization. Her background in design, copywriting, photography, and customer service has prepared her for this role in helping with MMJ marketing.

Julie is very excited to see what God has in store, and how she can help with MMJ’s mission to empower Haiti!

Propane gas for CERMICOL

We often struggle to explain life in Haiti to our American friends.

How do we explain this first photo - that this is how the CERMICOL prison has been attempting to feed 85 boys day-by-day for the last week? Do you see the wood they chopped from trees in the yard? Do you know why they had to do this? They had no more propane in their tanks.

Today, by God's grace, we were able to provide them with some propane.

This outreach ministry means so much to us, and we're thankful for those of you who support our ability to share Hope with our friends there.