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January 17, 2010

For 27 years, New Missions has serves faithfully in Haiti. Right now, 400 Haitians are on staff full-time at New Missions reaching over 9,000 children and families on the Leogane, Plain, hit by the destructive hearthquake.
Right now, more than ever, we are calling upon your prayers and generosity. We need your financial support to help us purchase food, construction supplies, and medical supplies. Why? Because, New Missions is not leaving Haiti, we have been there since 1983, and our mission is dedicated to changing lives, and now, they need us more than ever! Go here to donate.

Homecoming

What a homecoming!!! Mission team back in Orlando and joined with loved ones. We are so thankful to all the team, parents, family, and friends that worked so tirelessly to bring this team home safe. We are united in Christ and have been able to be a light to the world.

The Best News Of The Day!!!

Photo By Dale Stroud

1/15/2010

2:45 PM

The New Missions team of 44 was safely evacuated from Haiti on Friday, arriving at a secure location in the Dominican Republic. Arrangements are being made to fly the team back to Orlando, with an anticipated arrival as early as tonight.

With great anticipation we're awaiting word if Dale is with this group. We're rejoicing at God's goodness and continue to pray for the others who still today are waiting for answers.

7:15 PM - UPDATE

HE IS ON HIS WAY HOME!!!!!!!

12:30 AM - HOME SAFE!!!!!!!!

Press Release January 14, 2010

Photo By Dale Stroud

January 14 – 12:00PM

We’ve had communication from our team in Haiti this morning, and everyone is doing well.

An evaluation team is being flown in to Haiti today. This team is being sent to provide assistance and safety for the team during the evacuation. Currently, we are working on two evacuation plans. The first plan is through the government—and consists of using either a boat or helicopters for the evacuation. The second plan would be a private evacuation—using our resources from the Dominican Republic.

Despite this tragedy, the team is fulfilling the mission that God has called them to. We believe God has each and every one of them there for a purpose.

How can you help with relief efforts?

Donate to one of three earthquake relief funds on our home page here
Attend our Haiti Rebuild Concert Sunday night, January 17, 6:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Orlando, featuring comedian Tim Hawkins. An offering will be taken, and all of proceeds will be used for relief efforts in Haiti.

Please continue to remember our New Missions team and the entire country of Haiti in your prayers.

Live news updates from Haiti are available at the official New Missions Facebook page or at Newmissions.org.

Haiti

Psalm 28:6
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Dale Stroud Photographer

You Can Help-Sponsor A Child

Sponsor a child now and become the link between despair and opportunity. Your love and prayers will truly change the life of a child living in the poorest country in the western hemisphere. When your child attends a New Missions school, they will step out of poverty and discover the power of the Gospel to change their life. Begin a relationship with a child that will make a difference for eternity. Go here to find a child and begin to change a life. You can also sponsor a class or a leader.

Death & Damages

We have major damage to buildings here in Haiti. The destruction is beyond repair. Numerous buildings will need to be torn down and re-built. Temporary structures will need to be erected in the meantime. We are still reviewing the overall damage to our 22 elementary schools and High School.

Here is the latest update on deaths:

• a kindergarten teacher died

• three of our school children died, one from Birey and two from Amber-Pere

• numerous people died in Leogane when buildings collapsed

Here is the latest update on building damage:

• two elementary school buildings were damaged beyond repair

• our medical clinic building is damaged beyond repair

• our Bordmer office is damaged beyond repair

• two churches are damaged beyond repair

• we have Haitian men travelling to each location reviewing damage and we will have another updated list of building damage. We will need to re-build.

As of now, our top priority is hiring nurses for each of our 22 elementary school locations and High School to provide medical care in the aftermath of this historic earthquake. As children may experience infections or illness and have increased first-aid needs, we will be right in their area available to meet the need.

The amazing sight in the middle of all the tragedy was villagers singing songs of praise along the road last night. The power of the Gospel prevails. Today, we distributed food to two villages and all our schools already have food on hand to cook and prepare as children return to school very soon. Immediately, we will purchase more rice and bulgur (wheat) to meet the needs in the surrounding villages. On January 26, we will ship a 40ft cargo container to Haiti with necessary medical clinic supplies and construction supplies.

The mission team is safe here at New Missions. We have food, water, and diesel fuel on hand to last for at least one month. Concentrated efforts from Central Florida are being organized to help provide transportation for the team here to leave as soon as possible. We thank God for his protection.

Serving together,Timothy DeTellis

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A Miracle of Water

Lonnie S. from Thompson Town, PA began repairing the pipes from the well after damage due to the earthquake. When we returned to the mission this morning, the well had very little pressure, now it is strong again. What an amazing miracle.

Delivering Rice

Right now at New Missions a food distribution is taking place. All of our mission team is safe and thankfully not hurt. Beans and bulger (wheat) are being given to villagers during this time of crisis.

A Blessing In Haiti

Today coupons and sales just don't seem to be that important. Yesterday we all heard the news of the devastation in Haiti and as the hours pass the news becomes more grim then anyone could have ever imagined. If you're like me when something like this happens in another country we often think "Oh, that is so sad." But, it really does not hit home. Today, this hit home for our family. My brother is in Haiti with New Missions and when the earthquake hit we were like the other thousands of American families and did not have contact with him. We are blessed that God saw fit to protect him (his name is not being mentioned at this point but those who know "him" know who we are talking about) and the team of New Missions. As we see the devastation on the news and as we hear the reports coming from New Missions we are overwhelmed with God's love and protection. He is safe and the team that he is with is all safe! He has told us over and over again; "I am doing what God wants me to do and I am safe." We rest assured this evening that he is in God's hand of protection and our thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands and thousands who are still without answers this evening.

I've been praying all day asking God, "What can I do?" Then God showed me what I can do and that is help bring a little comfort to family and friends who have been contacting me all day wanting to know if he is safe. I know many of our family and friends are not on facebook but are desperate for any glimpse of information so with the help of facebook post and contact from "our brother" I will do my best to keep you updated. I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me. Like my sister said today; "Its often harder on the ones left behind wondering then it is on the one going through the experience or in our brothers case the adventure!"

01/12/10

Reported today that all mission team members in Haiti are safe at the mission compound after an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the country approximately 10 miles from the mission. New Missions requests that everyone would lift the people of Haiti up in their prayers. Although all the mission tea...m members are safe, the days ahead will no doubt show an ever growing report of disaster to the Haitian people.

01/12/10

"The ground was like an ocean wave at New Missions when the earthquake hit. Most of our team was at the Missions Training Center, it was just before 5pm. At the time, I was with Bob S. doing a video interview of a TFA student when all of a sudden we heard a big boom and the ground began to rock. The concrete pathway I was standing on at the end of the Missions Training Center, closest to the ocean cracked in half and the earth began to open. We all fell down. Started hearing things crashing and people screaming. At first we stood in a circle together between the ocean and the missions training center and confirmed no one was hurt. We moved to the other side of the mission and began to load the vehicles to evacuate. Along the road to the High School we saw continued structural damage. However, Christians were singing in the villages.

At the High School, we circled the vehicles and some slept on the trucks and some slept on the ground on a tarp. We are thankful to be safe. There is extensive damage to buildings at the mission. Please pray!" ~Tim DeTellis, in Haiti