At CBF, our hope is to provide adequate training and preparation for every volunteer preparing to serve short-term in Haiti with our CBF representatives and partners. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends anyone traveling to Haiti receive: Tetanus Booster, Hepatitis A & B, Typhoid, and Anti-malarial medication. Although these vaccinations are not difficult to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Haiti Ministries
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Ground-Shaking Love at Siloë Baptist
When I was in high school, my 9th grade class conducted a career assessment survey. I anticipated a result like “fashion designer” or “culinary arts,” but the automated program predicted differently. It suggested that I was in the makings to be a “Seismologist.” Continue reading
Grateful for Volunteer Feedback- Grand Goave, Haiti
In January 2011, Deborah Carter took her team from the First Congregational Church in Hanover, MA to do medical work and construction work with the Haiti Housing Network site in Grand Goâve. She has been to Haiti several times and she loves meeting other groups, worshiping with them, interacting and working with the Haitians, and … Continue reading
Haitian staff opt to keep cholera treatment center open
The following is an update from CBF field personnel Nancy and Steve James who minister in Haiti. The Jameses are personnel co-commissioned by both CBF and American Baptist Churches USA. The Ebenezer Cholera Treatment Center had experienced a very low mortality rate, unusual for a small rural community health center that had heretofore been inexperienced … Continue reading
Celebration in Grand Goave, Haiti
A few weeks ago, co-appointed field personnel, Steve and Nancy James, were able to participate in a celebration and dedication service for the Siloe school in Grand Goave and several newly finished rubble homes. The James traveled some seven hours to participate in this time of praise and thanksgiving. Below is an excerpt from their impressions … Continue reading
Work of CBF field personnel in Dominican Republic featured in Gainesville Times
The work of C.J. and Jack Wehmiller, self-funded CBF field personnel from north Georgia, is featured in this story, slideshow and audio clip from The Gainesville Times. You can learn more about the Wehmillers at their page on the Fellowship’s website. Continue reading
Field personnel prayer videos now online
One of the best-known Baptist prayer practices is praying for missionaries on their birthdays. The WMU has trained generations to lift up those serving in cross-cultural settings on their birthdays. CBF continues that grand tradition with Prayer Associates e-newsletter and the annual Prayers of the People guide. But what can we learn when we hear … Continue reading
Haiti Housing Network
CBF’s work in Haiti continues. Read an update and reflection from Reid Doster, CBF Disaster Response Associate Coordinator, about work in Haiti and the newly formed Haiti Housing Network on the CBF of Arkansas web site – http://www.cbfar.org/disaster-response/index.html. Go to the Haiti Housing Network web page to learn how you can be a part of … Continue reading
First case of cholera at health center
The following update is from CBF field personnel Steve and Nancy James, who serve in Haiti. “Lead, Kindly Light, amid th’encircling gloom, lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home; lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me.” … Continue reading
Highlights from Haiti
The following reflection is from Tori Wentz, one of CBF’s field personnel in Haiti. Having been home for a total of five weeks in June and July, I have now returned to the work in Haiti. The demands of the schedule have been great and the difficulties faced have at times been daunting, but not … Continue reading
