Haiti Mission
Vision Statement
The Haiti Mission is the primary international mission site for our church. It will help revitalize, rebuild, and renew programs for children, eduction, public health, and medical missions.
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February 15, 2013 Mission Trip
Lynn R., Fred V. and Mandy G, three members of SUMC, went on a mission trip to Haiti along with three others from Clayton NC.
Prayers and blessings to them and to the Haitian people they met.
Slideshow from this trip:
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January 9, 2013
Driver Ed and our Haiti truck nicknamed "Mitsi" arrived where he planned to spend the night in St. Augustine, Fl at about 2:15 pm. He reports that "Mitsi" has been just fine the whole way. They have driven about 520 miles today and have roughly 300 to go tomorrow. (Driver Ed is a member of Epworth UMC in Durham.)
January 2, 2013
New Year’s GOOD News: We need to FILL UP ‘OUR’ truck going to HAITI this week. [details below]
We will take donated items to the truck consecration in Durham after church this Sunday, January 6th.
Smaller items can be sent with work teams in next 2 months. NEEDED now:
[put small items in collection boxes by office and by 1st floor classrooms]
Packs of pencils [not loose ones]
Non electric pencil sharpeners
Easy reader picture books [help children learn English words]
Work gloves [heavy type leather or canvas]
Heavy duty farm tools: pick axes, shovels [all shapes], hoes, garden rakes. New or sturdy Used implements
Please call Adele [910.478.9727] or Lynn [910.358.3572] if you have tools to donate. They MUST go on the truck!
DETAILS: Unfortunately, on short notice, we have learned that our donated truck's legal clearances are finally procured!
Shipping
date: next Wed. from Epworth UMC-Durham. Lisa Potts-SUMC purchased
Goat Farm fence supplies with your donations and it’s been loaded. Work
teams are ready to follow this spring. A detailed manifest for the
truck is being prepared since supplies in cartons/original packaging
pass customs the easiest. SUMC is partnered with Epworth UMC in Durham
on this farm-school project. Epworth has packed blackboards and other
school supplies. [truck was donated by business family at Epworth] SUMC
is packing more school supplies and boxes and boxes of donated summer
clothing BUT room still exists. Let’s celebrate the Good News of
2012-13 as the Fond Doux farm and schools become more sustainable with
more nutrition /protein soon available for the 400+ children in 2
schools. God has been so good! Prayers please, for the safe shipping of
this valuable truck and its contents.
We pray for the many staff and
volunteers who will commit their time, energy, and talents to making
health accessible, helping the community recover from disasters of all
kinds, and working towards preparing for the future: UMCOR 2013
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Visit the UMCOR Haiti website.
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Yearly Review - 2012
Helen Little wrote a review of the trips and happenings in Haiti in 2012. This is a wonderful letter full of the hope and love she and all the others who have gone on mission trips to Haiti feel for the people there. Click here to read her letter.
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Clothes to Haiti
On November 1, 2012 Deanna Scroggs and Lynn Rouse took 7 suitcases full of clothes (50 lb. each), 2 wedding dresses, 2 boxes of ladies clothes, and 4 Haitian Barbie dolls for kids in Haiti to Helen Little in Clayton, NC.
Thank you to all who give clothes, money, and your time to sort and pack these items for our friends in Haiti. God bless you.
We have a lot more donations ready to be sorted. SUMC's UMW of Creekside Circle invite interested folks to our next sorting event in the near future. Date and time to be announced.
Stop Hunger Now
Stop Hunger Now delivered food in Port-au-Prince and Fond Doux in September 2012.
Click on the one small picture below to see the rest of the Stop Hunger Now delivery pictures in Haiti.
(Zoom in on the page to see them full size - press and hold down the “Ctrl” key and press the “+” (plus) key.
Use "Ctrl" and “-” (minus) key to zoom back out.)
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August 2012 ~ The partnership with UMCOR on the Fond Doux goat farm project is moving along.
There are a few details to be finalized and a mission trip to build the shelters is in the planning for the fall.
These goat photos were taken during 2011 and 2012 SUMC mission trips to Haiti.
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Mission Trip to Haiti ~ May 9 - 16, 2012. Visit our Volunteers in Mission page.
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Our UMW Creekside/Nettie Merritt Circle is making jewelry to sell with the proceeds to go to Haiti.
This evolved into our Mission Monday projects. See details HERE.
Donations of old jewelry and beads are gratefully accepted.
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MUSICIANS4MISSIONS
April 27, 2012
Featured work from all genres of music from bluegrass to soul, rhythm and blues, sacred classical, gospel, folk and rock.
Please make check donations payable to Swansboro UMC with Haiti Concert in the memo section. Those who were unable to attend the concert may 1) place donations in the offering during any worship service at Swansboro UMC or 2) take it to the church during office hours or 3) mail it to Swansboro UMC, 665 W. Corbett Avenue, Swansboro NC 28584.
Donations are supporting Haiti and its children in these ways:
1) Building a community center which will house vocational and occupational training for men and women in Michaud, Haiti in conjunction with the Ryan Epps Home for Children.
2) Assist in the Sustainable Goat Farming project in Fond Doux, Haiti.
Visit www.Music4Haiti.org for previous
concert photos and videos.
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The UMVIM team from Foundry UMC, Washington DC, posted a wonderful slide show on YouTube about their experience in Haiti. (Clicking on the link will open a new window to view the slide show.)
Read about happenings at Ryan Epps Home for Children!
Periodic updates, including great pictures, provided by Al and Valerie Carpenter - Part 1 - May 6, 2010 - February 15, 2012 (File size as of 2/16/12 = 3.7MB)
- Part 2 - beginning March 8, 2012 (File size as of 1/28/13 = 4.9MB)
Click here to receive the free download.
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December 7, 2011: Lynn Rouse, Lisa Potts and Linda Mitchell presented their Haiti Mission Story from their November trip to Haiti during our Prayer and Praise worship service. Click here to watch Lisa's slideshow as a movie.
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Sewing Sisters - Dressing Haiti
back row: Lynn Rouse, Sharon Rutan, Janice Bean, Deanna Scroggs, Theresa Baker
front row: Carla Dean, Lisa Potts, Jan Cutler, Lucia Austin
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