Welcome to Mission Haiti Inc.

Thank you for visiting the website of Mission Haiti, Inc.. MHI has been serving the Lord in Haiti since 1983. We are an all volunteer Christian Missions organization that is a certified 501(c) 3 non-profit organization. We pray that as you visit each page of our website that you will find it informative, educational, motivating and uplifting the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We invite you to check back often as we strive to keep our website up to date with the latest news and events from the Mission Center located in Saintard, Haiti. If you have any questions about Mission Haiti, Inc. we would love to hear from you. You can reach us by telephone, email or regular postal mail. All of our contact information can be found on the Contact Us page of our website.

There is nothing more rewarding than when you do for others in the name of Jesus Christ

Pastors Training Conference and Medical Clinics Provided Help, Hope and Encouragement

December 12, 2011

Our mission teams are back from a very busy and fulfilling two weeks in Haiti. The annual Pastors Training Conference saw around 180 local Haitian Pastors from across Haiti make their way to the training center in Saintard for a week of bible teaching and preaching. As Miss Phyllis Newby reminded us, "For many of these pastors this is their annual vacation. They come here to fellowship with old friends, meet new friends and to relax while they learn more about the Word of God." While at the training center they are fed three meals a day, a luxury that many of them do not have back home. They also break out into small groups to discuss topics that have been presented during the sessions of instruction each day. At the end of the conference each pastor was able to take food and clothing with them back to their village.

Haitian Pastors getting food and clothing to take back to their communities

Our Mission Team from the first week that included the Pastors Conference

Front row (left to right): Marshall, Miss Phyllis, Michael, Brian, Laura

Back row (left to right): Tony, Kelly, "Blister", Audrey, Jim, Scott, Anthony and Johnson

Medical treatment for many in Haiti is something that is not readily available or affordable. So, the Medical Clinics that are held by the nurses who made up our most recent mission team were very popular with the Haitian people. This trip we were able to hold two medical clinics. The first clinic was held on the west side of Port-au-Prince at an old hotel that is being rented by a group that helps physically handicapped people as well as those who have lost limbs through accidents such as the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010. Our nurses saw over 100 patients that day. The support staff that are not trained as nurses worked to fill prescriptions, triage the patients, serve as interpreters and show love and support for the patients.

The Pharmacy at the Medical Clinic in Port-au-Prince

Nurses Konda Ogle and Jill Earwood treat a woman who had lost half of her foot in an accident

The second medical clinic of this trip was held in the small village of Mahot. The residents of this poor rural village do not have access to doctors and medical care so over 300 people showed up for the medical clinic. Medical clinics in Haiti can present the doctors and nurses with a wide variety of medical challenges and this clinic was no exception. The two most challenging issues our nurses faced was an infant who had part of thorn that had been lodged in its eye for a month (this child was taken to a local hospital for treatment and doctors fear the child may lose sight in that eye) and a child who had a seriously infected area on their forehead. The area was lanced open and it took a few nurses to hold the child still while the infection was removed from the area. In addition to these two patients we saw patients with skin rashes, worms, upset stomachs and other issues that come from living in less than sanitary conditions. It is heartbreaking to see the conditions that so many of the Haitian people have to live in. We pray for them and ask that God will help them and comfort them. We are also reminded how blessed we are. Thank you Lord for allowing us to be able to go and minister in your name!

Debbie Ivey helps fit a pair of donated eyeglasses to a patient

Nurses seeing patients in the structure that serves as the church for the village

Nurse Jessica Dietrich holds one of our youngest patients

Our Mission Team from the second week that included the Medical Clinics

Front row (l to r): Rachel, Megan, Cassandra, Jessica, Tiffany, Jill and Tony

Back row (l to r): Marshall, Yvonne, Kim, Konda, Debbie, Shivonne and Scott

Mission Haiti, Inc. has a New Mailing Address

October 17, 2011

Over the years Mission Haiti, Inc. has had several different mailing addresses. The reason for the different addresses were often based on making the collection of the mail easier for the Board of Directors member that held that responsibility at the time. Recently Mission Haiti, Inc. President and Founder, Marshall Blankenship asked the Board of Directors to prayerfully consider returning the mailing address for MHI to the community where our organization was founded. With so many things in our lives changing on almost a daily basis it is sometimes a good idea to return to your roots and that is what we have done with our change of mailing address. Effective immediately you can address all correspondence for Mission Haiti, Inc. to:

Mission Haiti, Inc.

Post Office Box 96

Swannanoa, NC 28778

USA

We Want Your Email Address

January 25, 2011

In these challenging economic times most all of us are looking for ways to make our budget stretch farther. One way that Mission Haiti, Inc. is working to make our budget stretch farther so we can send more to Haiti is to cut back on our postal expenses. We are making the switch to electronic correspondence to stay in touch with our friends, supporters and volunteers. So, we want your email address to add to our distribution list. Please use the Mailing List Sign-Up box on the upper right side of this page to sign-up. Each quarter we will send you a copy of our newsletter that will contain the latest news and information from the mission field in Haiti. If you don't have an email address don't worry, we will continue to send you correspondence by the US Postal Service. 

We thank you for your support in 2010 and ask for your prayers and continued support in 2011 as we continue to serve the Lord in Haiti. 

Fall 2010 Mission Trip Video Presentation

December 15, 2010

Several members of the two teams of volunteers that went to Haiti this Fall took photos documenting our two trips.  Therefore, we have put together another video presentation for you. I would again like to thank everyone on our two teams that contributed their photos for this video. If you would like to go with us on one of our next trips to Haiti we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Us page for our email and mailing address.

The Mission Haiti, Inc. Fall 2010 Team of Nurses

Thank you to everyone that contributed photos for this video! Your photos helped put a face to all of those the Lord has sent us to help in Haiti.