As we pray and believe for God to continue to change the spiritual atmosphere in Haiti, we will continue to build long-lasting relationships with the people, by meeting their physical needs as well as their spiritual needs, for without building our foundation on relationships, our words and deeds will fall to the ground, as thru a sift. As one of the Haitian proverbs says … A hungry person cannot hear. How true we have found this to be. We feel commissioned to support and encourage the Haitian people in their own environment and culture and do our best to acclimate to it, in order to gain their respect, and the right to speak into their lives. Not trying to change them to follow us, but teaching them to follow God...and to bring them His hope and His love. God has called us to support and encourage others whom are working in Haiti as well.

We will continue to stand on the scripture God gave us as His promise to Haiti in Isaiah 62… (see Haiti’s Promise)

Our good friends Bill and Suzette, who we have grown to love over the past 3 years have a tremendous ministry in Haiti, taking in the children that are living in the streets of Haiti. They bring them in and house them, feed them, teach them Gods word and send them to school. Their whole goal is to prepare them one day to become self sufficient in Haiti. This is a tremendous feat for Haitians.

  Just before Christmas Suzette was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Cancer of the lymphoid and would have to leave by the 2nd week of January to come to the states to have surgery and treatment. As Lisa and I read the e-mail that informed us of this, God began tugging at our hearts in a way that I can not put into words. It was as if God was saying, “Would you put your desires aside for now and do mine.”

Within 4 days of saying yes Lord, Lisa and Charmaine were on there way to Haiti to help with this ministry, while Bill and Suzette came to the states. Wow, Gods plans are not always our plans is all I really know what to say.

The Hojara's have now been in Haiti for about 7 months, and man have they been busy. Their day starts at 6:00am and finishes about 8:00pm doing the everyday stuff that it takes to run a program such as this one. Lisa has talked with me via e-mail and phone and has told me she is being stretched in many ways, and at the end of the day she is incredibly tired, but it is a good tired. But the one thing that has touched me the most, the thing Lisa says almost every time I talk with her is, what an honor it is that God would use them to help with His children.