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Faith is believing in something you cannot see. There are many who live solely by faith every single day of their lives. They truly depend on trusting something that can’t be seen. An outsider may ask, “How do they live by faith alone every day of their life?” If you had nothing – no basic needs, no one to depend on and possibly nothing to even live for, what would be your source of strength? How would you get through? In the United States, most people have plans for their fu

The “February ’15 Team” arrived in Haiti this week and are off on the adventures that will surely come. On this trip, we especially ask that you join us in prayer for wisdom, divine appointments, and that strong relationships will be built with our Haitian brothers and sisters. Each team member (including Dr. John’s granddaughter, Natasha!) are seasoned mission workers and are looking forward to seeing what God will do on this trip. “praying at all times in the Spirit, with a

The year is coming to a close and we can’t help but ponder all the Lord has done over the past (almost) 365 days. Wow, 2014 has been a big year for Mercy International! The first part of the year was filled with work on the largest project of Mercy International to date – The Merci’ de Dieu (“Thanks to God”) Village.  It is now complete, fully functioning, with over 400 men, women and children enjoying shelter, safety, running water, a flushing toilet, a village clinic, spons

It looks like John, Kenny and I will return to Haiti in April to build our final eight homes in the village. We have received donations enough for a few homes but still need more to complete the eight we have planned. Please pray with us for God’s provision and insight. There will be a sense of relief, of sorts, when we have finished what God had set out for John to do–build a village for the homeless. We have learned many lessons along the way: what to do, and what not to do

John and I will be be heading back to Haiti next month and it’s breaking my heart. When we go together it is usually because John has me oversee the building of houses. This past October we were there to build and give away 8 homes to the homeless, oversee some modifications to the water system in the village and (John’s idea) do a marriage seminar which he delegated to me. It was a very successful trip. During the building of these homes, we employed and contracted about 10