Florida Baptists' continuing coverage of Haiti's devastation and our response
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100 Homes
Built in Haiti since October—The Florida Baptist Convention plans to
build 3,000 and possible 6,000 homes in Haiti for the nation’s homeless
families. Haiti Rebuild
is a partnership between Florida Baptists, SBC Disaster Relief, Baptist
Global Response and the International Mission Board. Each home,
designed to be built by Haitian hands, will cost $2,500. If you would
like to contribute to build a home for a Haitian Family,
click on “Make a Donation Now” above this photo. |
Jan. 12, 2011—A year after the Quake, Florida and Southern Baptists are changing Haiti, one life at a time
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS—Antonine
Toussaint lived with her young children in a makeshift tent composed of
tarp and scrap metal for 10 months after the Jan. 12 earthquake
devastated Haiti.
With
a new baby on the way, the young mother tried desperately to care for
her children in an unsafe area of Croix-des-Bouquets, located east of Port-au-Prince.
Surrounded by crime, poverty and unsanitary living conditions, every
day was a struggle for Toussaint to keep her youngsters fed and
protected. read more…
Dec. 10, 2010—DR volunteers leave Haiti due to unrest and violence
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—Facing three days of escalating civil unrest and a continuing cholera outbreak in Haiti, Florida and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief workers are trying to get out of the troubled country.
Eddie Blackmon, rebuild coordinator for Florida and Southern Baptist disaster relief and other volunteers have been holed up at the Florida Mission House since rioting began Dec. 7. Florida Baptists have had personnel stationed in Haiti since the Jan. 12 earthquake. read more…
Nov. 23, 2010—Cholera outbreak intensifies in Haiti after Hurricane Tomas leaves standing water; Meanwhile convention increases efforts to get water purification kits to churches
PORT-AU-PRINCE (FBC)—Two weeks after Hurricane Tomas skirted western Haiti causing massive rainfall and extensive flooding, disaster weary Haitians are now coping with an increased spread of cholera worsened by bacteria-filled standing water.
Incidents of cholera have spiked in Haiti in the past days, causing Florida Baptist Convention officials to step up their response to the looming epidemic, said Dennis Wilbanks, associate in state’s Partnership Missions Department, who traveled to the country Nov. 10-17. read more…
Nov. 4, 2010—Tropical Storm Tomas bears down on Haiti; FBC disaster relief team prepares for worst
PORT-AU-PRINCE (FBC)—An embattled Haiti is bracing for Tropical Storm Tomas—expected to strengthen into hurricane force winds before its projected hit Friday, Nov. 5—even as the Caribbean nation realizes its worst fears.
In the ten months since the Jan. 12 earthquake, Haitians have lived in fear of two potential threats—disease and hurricanes—as more than 1.3 million homeless live in unsanitary and unstable tent cities. read more…
Nov. 3, 2010—Nine months after quake, Haiti relief work brings gains; turns corner from rescue to rebuild
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti (FBC)—Walking up to a one-room cement block house on the
outskirts of Croix des Bouquet, Tommy Green “oohed” and “aahed” over a
snuggly wrapped newborn of a young Haitian.
It
was a scorching hot day in October and Green had gone to visit one of
the first families to move into a home recently constructed by Haitian
laborers under the direction of the Florida Baptist Convention’s
rebuilding effort in Haiti. read more…
Nov. 2, 2010—Florida Baptists respond to cholera-stricken St. Marc—Volunteers urged to keep scheduled plans
PORT-AU-PRINCE (FBC)—As the death toll from Haiti's
cholera outbreak climbs to nearly 300, Florida Baptist relief workers
are shipping bottled water and water purification filters to St. Marc,
the hardest hit city, in response to pleas from the area director of
missions.
Fritz
Albert, director of missions for the Artibonne Baptist Association in
St. Marc, contacted Eddie Blackmon, North American Mission Board
coordinator for the Haiti rebuild effort, with pleas of help. read more…
Aug. 23, 2010—Six months and counting: Volunteers toil and shed tears
PORT-AU-PRINCE,
Haiti (BP)—Tattered red, yellow and green umbrellas edge
Port-au-Prince's broken and battered roads, providing shade for street
vendors who struggle to eke out a day's wages by selling everything from
groceries and clothes to tires. read more...
June 28, 2010—Haitian people 'blessed' as Buckets of Hope begin arriving
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (FBC)—They may be called Buckets of Hope, but to the people of Haiti, containers of food products prepared by Southern Baptist hands and currently being disbursed across their hungry nation, is manna from heaven. read more…
June 2, 2010—First Bucket of Hope container released by Haitian customs
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (FBC)—After languishing in the Port-au-Prince port for more than a month, the first Florida Baptist Convention-owned shipping container filled with Buckets of Hope was released by the Haitian government June 2. read more…
June 1, 2010—From their own poverty, Cuban churches offer aid to Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (FBC)—Much like their biblical counterparts, the Macedonians, who gave generously out of their extreme poverty to the Christians in Jerusalem, Cuban Baptists are sacrificially giving to help their fellow believers in Haiti. read more…
May 25, 2010—Sacrificial gift from Haitian church strengthens partnership
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (FBC)—As their fellow Haitians are still digging out from the rubble of the Jan. 12 earthquake, members of Nazarite Baptist Church in Port-de-Paix dug deep in their pockets to make an unprecedented and sacrificial gift of 20,000 gourdes, or $506, to aid in disaster relief. read more…
May 21, 2010—CMBH finds open doors to Haiti’s forgotten people
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (FBC)—An open door to Port-au-Prince’s deaf community has given Florida Baptist relief workers a vision to seek out clusters of forgotten people left stranded by the Jan. 12 earthquake. read more…
April 28, 2010—Three months after earthquake, Haiti moves from tragedy to triumph in God’s hands
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (FBC)—With 152,000 Buckets of Hope en route, 85,000 professions of faiths and 64 new churches, John Sullivan has declared it’s “Hallelujah time in Haiti!” read more…
March 22, 2010—God’s providence continues to shine in Haiti
18,000 new salvations, 7 new churches
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (FBC)—While traveling to a crusade in Bouce Carre, located in Haiti’s Central Association, the truck carrying Craig Culbreth broke down in a remote area with a busted radiator hose. read more…
March 3, 2010—Helping Haiti families one bucket at a time
University of North Florida student Joseph Lentz has been to Haiti five times, leading Bible schools, playing games with children and doling out peanut butter sandwiches and bags of rice.
read more...
March 3, 2010—Haiti donations come from the heart
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—When Olivia Sim, age “four and three-quarters,” heard about “houses falling down in Haiti,” she told her mother she wanted to do something to help, suggesting they send money from the family’s coin jar where they collect surplus change.
read more…
Feb. 24, 2010—Spiritual harvest reaps 40,127 Haitian salvations after earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE (FBC)—A reported 40,127 Haitians have made professions of faith in Jesus Christ since the Jan. 12 earthquake hit the impoverished nation, according to pastors and director of missions of the Confraternité Missionaire Baptiste d’Haiti (CMBH). read more…
Feb. 10, 2010—Haiti relief, 2010 CP budget revision dominate SBM meeting
LEESBURG (FBC)—Florida Baptists’ unprecedented response to Haiti’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake and the reduction of the 2010 Cooperative Program budget by $1.65 million consumed much of the business conducted at the Feb. 5 State Board of Missions meeting at Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center. read more...
Feb. 9, 2010—In Haiti hope grows from earthquake's ruins
PORT-AU-PRINCE (FBC)—Nearly a month after an earthquake ravaged the Port-au-Prince region of Haiti leaving 200,000 dead, stories of anguish and hope are rising from the rubble. read more...
Feb. 9, 2010—Florida Baptist medical team minister physically, spiritually
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (FBC)—Medical volunteers from Florida arrived in Haiti on Feb. 3 and haven't stopped working since. There is just too much to do. read more...
Feb. 3, 2010—40,000 pounds of rice become 'Bags of Hope' for Haiti
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—Standing before 40,000 pounds of rice destined for Haiti, a team of Florida Baptists prayed for those who would receive it, asking God’s blessing on their lives that they will come to know Jesus Christ as their redeemer. read more...
Feb. 2, 2010—Sunday, Feb. 14 set as Day of Prayer for Haiti
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—John Sullivan, executive director of the Florida Baptist Convention, has called upon “the collected voices of Southern Baptists to pray for the hurting people of Haiti as they try to recover from one of the most devastating disasters in the Western Hemisphere. read more...
Jan. 29, 2010—Buckets of Hope touch lives in Haiti
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—Changing a life in Haiti is possible for every Florida Baptist by filling a “Bucket of Hope” for a Haitian family still suffering from the devastating effects of the Jan. 12 earthquake. read more...
Jan. 22, 2010—Five Haitian communities receive food from Florida Baptists
PORT-AU-PRINCE (FBC)—Ten days after the Jan. 12 earthquake, Florida Baptist relief efforts in Haiti have expanded to five communities surrounding Port-au-Prince, as the devastated nation tries to recover. read more...
Jan. 22, 2010—Videos to encourage Haiti relief support
JACKSONVILLE (FBW)—The Florida Baptist Convention has produced two videos to seek support for its relief efforts in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 devastating earthquake in Haiti. read more...
Jan. 21, 2010—Church by the Glades designates entire weekly offerings to Haiti relief
CORAL SPRINGS, FL (FBC)—“Radical, if not reckless” is how Pastor David Hughes described his church’s response to Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake of Jan. 12. read more...
Jan. 20, 2010—Haitian orphans added to Baptist plans
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (FBC)—Florida Baptists have opened a second ministry initiative – to Haitian orphans and refugees – following the catastrophic earthquake of Jan. 12. read more...
Jan 20, 2010—In Haiti, Florida workers move into action
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (FBC)—A four-member Florida Baptist Convention assessment team was awakened by the 6.1 magnitude temblor that added to the agonies of Haitians this morning (Jan. 20). read more...
Jan. 20, 2010—Arkansas church partners with Florida Baptists to send rice to Haiti
STUTTGART, ARK (FBC)—Twenty dollars is all it takes to buy a 100-pound bag of rice to feed a family of four for “a long time in Haiti,” according to John Sullivan, executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention, who is spearheading the Convention’s efforts to get food to the earthquake damaged nation. read more...
Jan. 18, 2010—First Person—Helping the Haitians: Why we are giving through the Florida Baptist Convention
MONTGOMERY, ALA (BP)—The breaking news out of Haiti breaks our hearts. The images of unimaginable suffering continue to be seen on television and via the Internet. The earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter scale has shaken the emotional foundation of the world. read more...
Jan. 18, 2010—Florida Baptist assessment team arrives in Haiti, reports survival of national missionaries, damage
PORT-AU-PRINCE (FBC)—“There is a desperation here among the Haitians that they are not going to make it through this,” said Dennis Wilbanks after he arrived in Port-au-Prince Sunday, Jan. 17. read more...
Jan. 15, 2010—National missionaries found in Haiti, believed to be assessing damage; Florida Baptist mission guest house damaged
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—The seven national missionaries serving in Haiti as employees of the Florida Baptist Convention have survived the earthquake and are believed to be assessing damage within their churches and communities. read more...
Jan. 14, 2010—18 Florida Convention staff remain unaccounted for in Haiti
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—Prayers are being urged for the 18 Florida Baptist Convention employees in Haiti who have not been heard from after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the impoverished nation Jan. 12. Three of the 21 Haitians employed by the state convention have been found uninjured. read more...
Jan. 13, 2010—Florida Baptists on alert to begin feeding and bring humanitarian help to Haiti after 7.0 earthquake
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—A 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook the impoverished nation of Haiti Tuesday, Jan. 12 with the epicenter located 14 miles from the center of the capital city of Port of Prince. Early reports indicate massive damage, devastation and large loss of life. read more...
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