Student Sponsors

Here are some pictures of MTM student sponsors that have made a trip to Haiti to meet & spend time with their student this year....

Bob has been an MTM student sponsor since we first began in 1999. He tries to come each year to work with us & spend time with his student.

Bruce (above) & David (below) made their first trip to MTM in January with a work team from their church & got to meet their sponsored students for the first time.

Diane has also been an MTM student sponsor for many years. She likes to return to Haiti as often as she can to encourage, inspire & give hope to her student.

Ron is another long time MTM student sponsor of two students. Pictured here with one of his students. On Sunday at church, the student's grandmother & little sister posed for a picture with their returning friend.

Many other MTM student sponsors make trips to work with us while visiting their student each year. Sponsors often get to meet the families of their student, see their homes, join them for lunch at school & at church on Sunday, depending on where the student lives.

If you would like to visit the student that you sponsor through Mountain Top Ministries, or if you would like to join the family of MTM Student Sponsors, contact us today!

Our Blessed Helping Hands!

We want to take time to introduce you to some of our "Blessed Helping Hands"...

Without their assistance, our work load would be much heavier! We praise God for these extra hands every day!

Johane (left) was hired by MTM in January to be our Administrative Assistant. She is taking over most of Beth's responsibilities with the student sponsorship as well as working with the MTM teachers to be better organized with their record keeping. She will also assist with teams as needed. Johane is highly talented & being a Haitian, she has a heart to serve her people. We are happy to have such a talented young woman as a part of this ministry! Johane has a 10 month old daughter & has been married for 3 years.

Karen (right) has been in Haiti volunteering for MTM with her husband, Scott, since December. Together, they are gaining experience to one day continue in the ministry fields of Scotland. Right now, they are blessing the ministry work of MTM with their time & talents. Karen has been working closely with Johane & is our computer whiz kid! She also keeps herself busy with miscellaneous work in the clinic, sorting, taking inventories & working with the patient records. We will be sad to see her leave! Karen & Scott will have a definite memory of Haiti as they are leaving 5 months pregnant! Congratulations & God be with them!

Arold is the secretary at the MTM schools. Johane is working closely with him to continue to make the MTM schools a great place for students to be! Pictured here, he is sharing a letter with a student that her sponsor has sent. Arold has also worked closely with Karen. She has been training him how to manage patient records from the clinic on the computer.

Deb & her husband have been faithful student sponsors since 1999. They have a sincere heart for the children of Haiti, traveling to minister with us at every opportunity, collecting & bringing supplies & others with them. Deb has been an instrumental part in helping MTM to re-establish, maintain & refine our bookkeeping systems. Working at Sony full time, Deb has committed her talents & time to God, volunteering for the efforts of MTM. God is now blessing her sacrifices. Soon Deb's job at Sony will end & she will be working with us full time as our office assistant. Deb is taking this step of faith as this will not be a position paid by MTM.

Please join us to keep our "Blessed Helping Hands" held up in prayer. They do make our work load lighter & we are grateful for each one!
Thank you in advance for your partnership.

"EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER"!

This week MTM is delighted to host a group that will be performing their own version of "Extreme Home Makover" for a special family in the village of Gramothe. Below are a couple pictures of the house that will be replaced.

This family is the second to be blessed with a new home this month.

The house.

10 of the 11 children in the family.


To follow the journey of this team, check out their blog page at htp://obchaiti2009.blogspot.com/

ONE MORE UPDATE...

We can't continue without just one last (past due) update of the week of the accident.
Our dear freind Richardson continues to stand strong in his faith, praising God & standing on the testimony that God has given him.
The visiting nurse that held Richardson's father as he died in her lap on the way to the hospital, struggled with that experience, but found deep within herself the courage to overcome. To honor her for her perseverence, God saw fit to allow her to assist in the delivery of a new life just 2 days after at the Gramothe clinic. Baby Joshua was a healthy 7 lb. baby!

Praise the Lord!

IMPORTANT EMAIL ADDRESS INFORMATION

Greetings from Haiti!

We wanted to let you know some important email address information.

If you are currently contacting MTM or Willem & Beth Charles through

wbcharles@hughes.net,

this service will discontinue immediately.

Please, immediately, begin using

wbcharles@accesshaiti.com.

Thank you & we look forward to hearing from you!

STUDENT SPONSORSHIP PAYMENTS

We are grateful for those of you who are participating in the MTM Student Sponsorship program. A student correspondence, updated photo & a newsletter should be coming to you very soon!

A couple of notes for current sponsors

• If you have registered to make your payment online, please check your bank statement to ensure that your payment is being automatically deducted from your banking account. If this is not happening, please reset your account on the MTM website (http://www.mtmhaiti.com/).
• If you are paying by check, did you know that you can now make your sponsorship payment online at the MTM website? Once you set up your account at the MTM website (http://www.mtmhaiti.com/), your sponsorship donation will automatically be withdrawn from your banking account or credit card.
• If you choose to write a check and mail it, you are welcome to continue this process! Simply make your check payable to MTM & mail it to: MTM Student Sponsorship, c/o Calvary Chapel of Danville, 2165 East Main Street, Danville, IN 46122.

If you are not familiar with the Mountain Top Ministries Student Sponsorship Program, visit our website (http://www.mtmhaiti.com/) to learn more, sponsor a student or to write to us for more information.

Not convinced that education is important in a land like Haiti? Go to the link below & read what author Edwidge Danticat had to say about learning to read & its importance to her family & those around her. The visitor that she refers to in her article (Raphaelle Cardozo Baker) is a close friend of ours & we use her books in our schools. http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200902_omag_chance_danticat

RICHARDSON EXILE

Richardson Exile is the MTM Gramothe High School student that was driving his father's truck when it lost brakes, hit the side of the mountain, flipped & stopped just on the downside edge of the road Saturday, killing his father & another student at the school (Denilson Jean Jules-see post below).
Many of you have been so kind to email asking about the accident, those involved & offering your help as well as your prayers. Thank you.
We want to give a little insight to the person of Richardson Exile, as well as the events in his life leading up to Saturday & to let everyone know how he is doing.

Let me begin by saying that Richardson & his brother have been at the MTM Gramothe school since it's beginning (1999). Their mother, a voodoo priestess, withdrew them from their school in the city to support the school in their own village. Knowing it was a Christian school, she chose to send her children & together with her husband, they supported the rule that children who go to the school must come to church. Through this, the father began coming to church, as well as the maternal grandmother!
Both boys have always been very upstanding, respectable students who excel in their work. Both active in the church, Richardson leads the youth group & plays with the worship team. Recently, Willem encouraged the High School students to participate in the clinic if there was an area that they had an interest in. Richardson was the only one to come forward. He was quickly put to work learning how to use the portable lab machine, something he picked up very quickly & took a great interest in.
The week before the accident Richardson had a seizure & his mother tried to convince him to try her magic, he adamantly refused. Wednesday night in church Richardson shared this testimony & Willem had the church to pray over him & they did for a very long time.
After the accident (Saturday) as Willem was taking the father to the hospital, it was said that Richardson was clinging to his Bible in the back of the truck crying out, "God, where are you!". Stephen was in the clinic helping when Willem returned with Ricardson & his mother. Stephen said he was crying buckets of tears but kept saying, "Thank you Jesus". Sunday in church Richardson, usually on a guitar, chose to play the drums instead. Just before church was finished, he asked to sing a song & testified that God is so good to him.
This is quite moving.
I would say that Richardson "gets it"...his faith & salvation in Christ & the providential care that God gives over him & his family.
Would you please continue to pray with us for Richardson & his family?
Thank you in advance.