Current assessment of New Generation Ministries- Sept.15/09
New Generation Ministries is currently supporting and coming alongside the Good Shepherd Orphanage in Gonaives, Haiti. It is consistent with our vision to support and equip the local church in Haiti, to reach out to their own community in all aspects of orphan care, taking a holistic approach that seeks to integrate physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being of these children and those of the community.
We are right on track as we are:
1) building and supporting the local church and community of churches with pastoral and leadership training in: teaching, preaching, evangelism, worship and pastoral care. Every time we go to Haiti as a team or singly, we bring teaching and training with us. We have formed a local church association of some 30 churches, who have chosen to put minor differences aside for the work of the gospel. As the church becomes healthier, the service to the community becomes more effective.
2) Providing free medical care for the community. Our small, but effective medical care clinic is now open to the community for free medical care one day per week, and for free educational and awareness training. We are just waiting on the Lord for additional funding on a monthly basis. We are praying for the ability to open more days per week. This will raise the health level, and equip parents to raise healthy children, and greatly lower the mortality rate.
3) Provide a free Christian education for the children of the community, that are not now getting any, to come each day to receive a nutritious hot meal, and a good education. This will eliminate illiteracy, and dramatically raise the chances of these children to grow up with the ability to support themselves and their families. The children are currently meeting in the church building which is the only available facility that temporarily works for now. A new school building is planned, and property has been purchased. We are just waiting on funding. We are also starting a new sponsorship program for school children from the community. Ten dollars per month per child will provide books and supplies, uniforms, and a hot meal each day for them.
4) Building a new orphanage that makes the best attempts at meeting all of these children's needs. Food, clothing, protection, health, safety, and love. A solid plan, with proper supervision is being implemented, for the best growth potential possible for these children. We are currently under construction of the first of three buildings that will make up the orphanage complex. This will include smaller bedrooms of 6 children and one permanent nanny to care for their daily needs. The second building will offer a gas fired stove in the kitchen to reduce smoke inhalation and eliminate the deforestation that comes from wood fire cooking. A clean safe storage depot. A large dining hall that will also work well for other group meetings and functions. And proper guest quarters for mission and medical teams to visit and work with the children. Building one is three quarters complete and building two will start soon. And continue as funding allows.
NCCTK Church has offered to help us support a church planting effort to reach the lost in the larger area of Gonaives. This is also consistent with our original vision of duplicating our ministry to reach as many as possible for the sake of Him who loves them so. An adaptation of the "Dream School" training will be taken to these pastors and leaders for the building of church structure that will prevail under the harshest of conditions. We are also working on creating a "Pastoral Lending Library" of French and Haitian Creole books for additional education and training for these leaders. We are always looking for additions to this.
From a very generous outpouring of community efforts for clean drinking water, we will be drilling a well in November and installing a water system that will give good safe, clean water on demand to the bathrooms and kitchens in the orphanage, medical clinic and church. No more children running all day for water. We are so very thankful to all who contributed.
In the not so far future, we will be starting our first micro-enterprise business of selling bread and other groceries. We believe that we have a good location that demands some sort of outlet for these supplies to be purchased, without going all the way into town. Please pray for wisdom and funding for this sustainability venture.
We also have some gifted ladies working on Christmas gift boxes for the kids and adult workers. We sincerely desire to show them our love and our appreciation of the progress they have made in cooperation with us and the Holy Spirit to the glory of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
It has been an amazing journey to follow Gods leading in all this, and be completely dependent on Him. It has also been very humbling and yet comforting to have so many people come along side us, to support the work He is doing through us, to the least of these, that He loves so much.
Please continue with us in prayer and financial support for the sake of the least of these....Mike
