We, the people of the US have an opportunity to help people like this rebuild their lives. I asked what it would take to buy another piece of property similar to this one so that we could use one lot for a church and one for some homes…it was around $5,000 USD. The price that we are looking at for the homes that we are building down here (12’ by 20’, hurricane and earthquake resistant) is about $4,000 to $5,000. I am sure we could build a church for $10,000 to $15,000. If you run the numbers that could be a new lot, church and maybe 4 homes for about $35,000 to $40,000. How’s that for a church building program…that is less that some SUV’s in our garages.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet for a couple of hours with Dony St. Germain, the head of ESMI. He has been instrumental in planting 42 churches here in Haiti. The vision that ESMI has for Haiti is to target 6 communities that have been badly damaged by the earthquake. The goal is to restore the homes of pastors (Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Church of God, Church of Christ, Nazarene, independents), rebuild about 137 churches, and help widows and those in need to be placed in homes as well. ESMI would like to build about 300 homes. ESMI currently has the funds to build 6 homes, one of which we were working on this week. ESMI has partnered with Missions in Action to raise the funds for 100 homes. There is much to do and much opportunity for us to help.
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