Chuck & Barb House, Founders
Hope Haitian Ministries
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In May of 1990, Chuck and Barb House adopted a young boy from Lamarre, Haiti. When he graduated from high school, he chose to return to seek out his Haitian family. That trip was the beginning of several trips over the years. It also birthed an appreciation of the Haitian people. They knew that most Haitians struggled to provide food and basic needs for themselves and their families. But they didn't realize how much joy can be found when the only security you have is Jesus. They wanted the people in America to see what they were seeing. So began Hope Haitian Choir! It was a means to share that HOPE and JOY with those who so desperately needed to see it.
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That was 2012. In the summer of 2014, Hope Haitian Ministries was formed and was approved as a 501(c)3 corporation. The ministry was evolving into so much more than Hope Haitian Choir. A church was built in 2015 in the same village of Lamarre: Eglise Biblique Espoir de Lamarre...Bible Hope Church of Lamarre. One year later, School of Hope began with 31 sponsored students.
In the fall of 2018, the ministry partnered with Compassion International which allowed them to expand, providing sponsorships for many more students. As of this writing in May 2023, over 400 children are currently enrolled in Grades Preschool through Grade 6. Each student receives a nourishing meal every day and excellent teaching in French.
There are exciting plans ahead, as God wills and funds allow, for the development of a soccer field, the building of teacher housing and the building of a high school. Seeing the need for jobs and the development of independence, a trade school was built in 2021. Part of that trade school is a bakery which was just completed along with our fourth classroom building. The latest development is the creation of a Bible school for the adults interested in pursuing the Lord in a more structured way.
Chuck and Barb gladly give all the glory to God for what He has accomplished these past years!
In the fall of 2018, the ministry partnered with Compassion International which allowed them to expand, providing sponsorships for many more students. As of this writing in May 2023, over 400 children are currently enrolled in Grades Preschool through Grade 6. Each student receives a nourishing meal every day and excellent teaching in French.
There are exciting plans ahead, as God wills and funds allow, for the development of a soccer field, the building of teacher housing and the building of a high school. Seeing the need for jobs and the development of independence, a trade school was built in 2021. Part of that trade school is a bakery which was just completed along with our fourth classroom building. The latest development is the creation of a Bible school for the adults interested in pursuing the Lord in a more structured way.
Chuck and Barb gladly give all the glory to God for what He has accomplished these past years!
Mission Statement
To speak hope to America through the faith testimonies of those from Haiti
and to give hope to Haiti through spiritual development and by practically helping them with
education, food, water, medical care and other basic needs...
living out the gospel of Jesus Christ.