Here we go!

Today is departure day. We leave Charlotte and head to Miami at 10:20 AM. We should be in Haiti by 4:20pm and then have about 1 hr travel to Kaliko. We will post tonight if all goes as planned. 

Thank you for your prayers, support and encouragement!

Mark, Tricia, Stan, Jason, Ashley, Shawna, Jake and Amy

John 13:34-35

Departure week - March 2014

This time next week, we will be heading out to our first mission site in Haiti.  While things have changed regarding our mission point - we are no longer heading to Pierre Payin- our mission focus remains unchanged. We are going to 1 or 2 other mission points - to be determined before we depart on Saturday.

We will be working with the staff at Alex's House to work with local church mission points for 4 days.  We are planning to focus on Faith and Forgiveness lessons for Bible teaching.  We are also going to spend time teaching about malaria and HIV prevention.  We are also taking dental supply kits and will spend time teaching proper dental care - a critical need in Haiti. We have some great crafts planned as well.  Our team has been working to prepare the lessons and we look forward to putting the plans into action next week.

Please continue to pray for Jason, Stan, Ashley, Amy, Jake, Shawna, Tricia and Mark.  Pray for open ears and hearts in Haiti.  Pray for endurance, focus and courage for our team.  Pray for our families back home while we are in Haiti.

If you are interested in helping with support to cover supplies and costs, please contact Freedom Fellowship Church (ask for Donny) at 864-877-3604.

Thank you for following along via this blog as we will make every attempt to post daily while in country.

In HIS Steps,

Freedom Fellowship Haiti 2014 team

Trip Information Packets

Team-

Great first team meeting last night!  Thanks for being a part of this team!  

Continue to pray daily for Haiti and our mission focus, Pierre Payen.

If you need copies of the information packets, please visit this page: Mission Trips (Alex's House)

Please send questions to me (reply all to our ongoing email thread) so I can get these to the Alex's House mission team asap.

Have a great week!

John 13:34-35

90 days to Haiti!

We are now 90 days away from our mission to Haiti!

We will start planning meetings right after the holidays!  Please begin praying for everyone involved, especially the children and families in Haiti.

Merry Christmas and Happy 2014 to you!

Plane tickets purchased!

We are one big step closer to Haiti. Our plane tickets have been booked and we will be flying out of Charlotte on 3/8/14 to Miami and then on to Port-au-Prince. Thank you, God!

Information Slide Deck -

Please download a PDF of the slides we reviewed this week at the meeting.

Thank you for your interest.

Remember the $250 nonrefundable deposit is due 6/9/13 (2nd Sunday).

Make checks out to Freedom Fellowship.

In His Steps,
Mark

Important Information

Thank you to those that came out to learn about this first mission to Haiti last night.

I did forget 1 expense - Travel Insurance!  It's $3.30/day per person as of today.  So, add about $25 to the totals we discussed last night - $500 for all expenses in Haiti and about $1000 for travel (airfare) + your passport fees + your vaccinations that might be necessary.

I would like to direct your attention to Alex's House web site for more important information:

Information Packets (plan to visit here often as they update the information)

They have information on what they need for donations (subject to change) when you travel to Haiti and more information about expenses.

Also, we will be working about 1 north of Port-au-Prince (capital city) in a town called Kalico Beach - that is where the orphanage resides.

Again, let me know your questions!

Remember!  Non-refundable deposit of $250 is due June 9th!