Give Me Shelter Ministries

I did sleep fairly well and was stoked to have a room to myself. The lady who runs this place is Sister Mary. A very sweet lady who has been here for a while. This is a Catholic guest house and it seems to stay busy. It’s up on a Delmas 33 and a little closer to where we will be at. Harry came by with JoJo and we took off like a band of gypsies blazing down the oh so smooth roads of Haiti. Our goal today was to see the newly started school and check up on the ever progressing home for Harry. What a joy to see the fruits of your labor. God is truly very cool. And it was very cool seeing those children in school. It was also great to see the good work the builder dudes are doing on Harry’s house. It is taking shape nicely and looks like an incredibly strong structure. We accomplished pretty much what we set out to do today which is a big plus for Haiti. Oh yeah we wre blessed to sit in traffic for about an hour and a half. A very good day, praise God from whom all blessings flow.

Kenny

GMSM

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Back in the saddle again headed down south to my home away from home. I look so forward to seeing my true brother Harry and his family. As I sit on the tarmac at the Miami Int’l Airport waiting for something that sounds so strange to me (they are actually taking fuel out of the plane) I find myself thinking if we go down for lack of fuel I will be po ‘d haha. Two hours we waited. By the time we were up and flying I knew Harry would be wondering what the heck was going down. When we landed it was dark and I had so much chum for a one man show. With all the dental stuff and other Christmas party stuff it seemed apparent to some that I may be moving into the country. But as usual Harry was there to intercept me from the chaos of the outer PAP Airport madness. JoJo took me to the guest house Matthew 25 and it was a great feeling to be back here. Grabbed some grind that was saved back for me and settled in for what I hope will be a good night sleep.

Kenny

GMSM

• We are here to purchase the rest of the supplies for the Christmas party at Harry’s church; food, wash cloths, soap and to put together the gift packages .
• Visit and report on the new school “Evangelical Baptist School of Trinity” at Harry’s church.
• Hopefully to start the ball rolling on the paper work to become a legal NGO in Haiti.
• Visit the south side of Haiti, Jacmel, to check on a possible school start.
• Visit “Coats Little Angels Orphanage” to deliver some Christmas chum and food.

One of the most exciting things that has happened to me this year was that Pastor Harry was able to come and visit my family and his friends here in the states. This was not the first time he has been to the states but it is first time he has been to my house. It was a joy to share my home and family with him. He even got to share the birth of our new grandson Christian. Totally awesome! His twelve day trip took us to many churches from FWB, Gulf Breeze, FL, Vance, AL and all the way to Lakeside Park, KY to visit Immanuel United Methodist Church where he was the guest speaker at their missions banquet. It was an incredibly fruitful visit that brought much awareness to what and who GMSM is involved in and with in Haiti. We were even able to take in a fishing trip with our good buddy Tim Smith. That was a first for Harry. Praise God from whom all blessings flow, it was such a joy having him spend time with my family.

Kenny

GMSM

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For the second year, Give Me Shelter Ministries is providing Christmas Dinner for children we support in Haiti.

This year we will feed 200 children who are students at the new Evangelical Baptist School of the Trinity and children in Pastor Harry’s Church Read more »

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Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

GMSM is proud to share the news that God has blessed us with the opportunity to help start a primary school in Haiti. On October 4, 2011 we started Evangelical Baptist School of the Trinity. Read more »

Pastor Harry is visiting us for 12 days to meet with Kenny and many of our supporters.  Try to come meet Harry in Ft. Walton Beach!  We’ll also be traveling to a mission banquet in Lakeside Park, KY at Immanuel United Methodist Church.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow and all blessings do come from the God of creation. Time has run out for this trip down to Haiti. I will say that I am for sure ready to debrief myself and try to make sense from the senseless. We did have a good day today. Jeff, Harry and I went to Medishare hospital to speak with a person familiar with the things we are going through and he had a great ear and good advice.

To recap for all who are interested, we are unfortunately dealing with major accountability issues from a partner here. It makes me so mad that we have been put in this position. So we have had to pick up the pieces and move on towards the bigger picture which is the future of children in Haiti. With that said we are headed in the right direction to rectify the issue.

After our meeting with our new connection we took off up the mountain to the Baptist Bible College. It is drop dead killer gorgeous up there. Lots of history behind this place dating back to the 1920′s. We had to cut the visit short due to the fact that it is closed on Monday. How about that, another lesson learned. As Harry always says “we are always in school.” Tomorrow is travel day. I do leave with a heavy heart but a renewed spirit. I know we could never have pulled this off without all the prayers that were continually lifted up for us. Thank you all very much,

Kenny
GMSM

Oh happy joy joy, we got up at the crack of dawn and took Chad to the airport and came back to the crib of cribs to get ready for church at Harry’s place of worship. So Jeff, David , Kristen and I headed out to Savon Blonde Baptist church in Croiux de Bouquet . It is always a joy going to Harry’s church. I have been there many times and have made good acquaintances there. Harry asked me to preach this Sunday and I did so under the topic of “vision”. There were several hundred people there. Like many churches through out the world, Harry has dead weight cling-ons. He also has a large number of hard workers that help him with the vision of the church, so as I preached, Harry translated for me.

After church we had the opportunity to give out some dresses and shorts that my Aunt Geneva (Jeff’s mother) and some of the women in their churches WMU had made for the children. These women are from the First Baptist Church of Glencoe, Alabama. We let Harry distribute them because he knew who the neediest families were. It was such a joy to see how grateful they were. It was brutal hot and I had to wear long pants,a button up shirt and shoes..ouch!!! That was painful enough but once you throw in a 110 degree heat index with no relief in sight, you begin to ask your self, are you sure this is what God is calling you to do haha. Not a doubt in my mind. I know beyond all things that he has called me here. So having to dress up a bit and deal with the heat is not suffering at all, it is just a few small inconveniences that we have to deal with. Joe took us back David’s place and we just hung out in the A/C and chilled for the rest of the day. Good good day! Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

Kenny

GMSM