
The plan is to spend the first week in Port-au-Prince, working with the children of the orphanage and looking for individuals that could act as mentors for the older children. The second week, I am planning to travel with the Pastor that managers the orphanage about 3 hours north to visit the the Mompremiers at the United Christians International mission. This is a mission I visited two years ago where they have built a university and through the Grace of God have been transforming a community away from Vodou. My hope is that some partnership may emerge between the mission in Port-au-Prince and the Mompremiers, but if nothing else I am hoping it is an opportunity to learn and share ideas.

I am estimating that the salary of the mentor is about $150 USD / month and it would be wonderful to support one for the girls and one for the boys, which means we need to be able to fund $300 USD / month. I would like to keep this program going for at least a year, at which point we can evaluate it and see if it should continue.
To do this I am looking to find individuals to pledge a portion of the cost for a year. I was originally asking people to pledge $20 / month for a year or $240 / year. The thought was that with 15 individuals pledging $20 / month we could cover the costs and $20 / month sounded like something most could afford. Unfortunately, not many (2) people have responded. So please continue to pray about this and see if this is something which you might be able to do. You can either donate monthly or in a lump some. I have started a "Square" page to allow people to donate on line at https://squareup.com/store/source-de-lumiere. Please consider and donate and please tell your friends.
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