Luke's Mission-serving the Lord in Haiti

Psalms 46:2  

HOW YOU CAN HELP-Luke’s Mission is accepting donations to help with relief and rebuilding efforts needed for individuals associated with our ministry in Haiti.  NO ADMINISTRATIVE FEES WILL BE TAKEN FROM DONATION S FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF.  ALL MONEY GOES DIRECTLY TO THE HAITIAN INDIVIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH US TO HELP THEM IMMEDIATELY AND WITH REBUILDING THEIR LIVES.  CHECKS only to Luke’s Mission 1403 Mason Road Durham NC, 919-471-6655 .  Luke’s Mission is a registered 501C3 non profit with the US IRS.  Donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.  DONATIONS FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF MAY QUALIFY FOR DEDUCTIONS ON YOUR 2009 TAX RETURNS.

In loving memory of our beloved Haitians friends

Bosie Souffrant  Cite Soleil Haiti

1982-2010  

Bosie and Shelia mission trip Cahesse Haiti

 We received the very sad news that Bosie Souffrant, our beloved friend and translator was killed in the earthquake on Tuesday.  His body, along with his fellow students was recovered from the school where he was attending to become an accountant. 

Bosie served as a translator with Luke’s Mission medical mission trips for the last 7 years.  Bosie was one of the highlights of the trip for many team members and someone we all loved to be around.  He loved music and hearing him sing his heart out was nothing short of a real joy and preview of what heaven will be like. 

We are confident that he is now with the Lord, the love of his life.  His life and witness to the saving grace of Christ and what he can do in the life of a  person will always be a testimony in our memories. 

We will miss him greatly.  Please keep his family in your prayers.

BABY JUDE  Fondwa Haiti 2008-2010

Baby Jude was being cared for at the Fondwa Orphanage by Sr. Carmelle and Simone.  He was 2 years old.  We are deeply saddened to report that he perished with the Novice Sr. Oudel in the earthquake on Tuesday.   Please pray for Sr. Simone and Sr. Carmelle as they try to deal with these terrible losses.

Novice Nun in Training Sr. Oudel

We first met Oudel in November, 2009 when we visited Fondwa.  She was a sweet spirit for the Lord and spent many of her hours caring for Jude at the guest house.  the two of them were together when the eartquake hit which took both of their lives.  Oudel was a strong christians and found her strength in the love of Christ for her and her love for Him as her savior.  We are deeply saddened at the loss of novice Sr. Oudel.  Please pray for Sr. Simone and Carmelle as they carry on the work without her and grieve her loss as well as Oudel’s family. 

News story’s on the Prayer Vigil for the Haiti Earthquake Victims and LM partners

http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Emotional+aftershocks+run+deep%20&id=5562191&instance=main_article

http://chatham.mync.com/site/Chatham/news/story/46890/local-church-waits-for-word-on-hatain-missionary-partners/

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From Walls guest house where we stay in PAP January 15, 2010

“Hello,

Praise the lord, we are safe. Thank you for your email , thank for your support, we need you keep praying for us.  But we have one of our guest house is collapse, 2 employees  and 3 guests are dead.  WE NEED YOU TO PRAY FOR HAITI

 Veniel Jean, Manager,  Wall’s International Guest House”

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January 13, 2010 6 AM-As you can realize all of my thoughts are now with the people of Haiti in this devastating catostrophic earthquake.

Slideshow of the devastating effects of the Haitian earthquake

 http://www.newsobserver.com/181/gallery/281557.html

We are having a community wide prayer vigil Thursday January 14 from 7:00-7:30 at Aldersgate United Methodist church 1302 Umstead Road, Durham, NC 27712.  All are invited.

6:45 AM  We have not heard directly from anyone.  All of the cell towers are down in the Port au Prince area.  We cannot access people via skype either. 

 We have heard but not confirmed information related to some of our friends.  Those we have information on are safe but have sustained significant damage to their homes and ministry building/structure. 

 We have not heard from all four  of our ministry partners and are very concerned-

Romel Dorsaint-currently serving his residency in Cayes, Haiti about 30 miles from the earthquake site.  His wife and family are all in Port au Prince now.  UPDATE:  email recieved at 3:00 PM “I’m alive but I cannot contact my wife or parents.  Romel.”  Praise God!!! 

Emmanuel Occidor-translator and assistant with Luke’s Mission-lives right in Port au Prince.  UPDATE:  We have word he posted on facebook at 1PM 1/12-the day of the earthquake that he was in the DR translating.  We are hopeful he is safe in the DR. 

Pastor Jean Revil and family (7 people) lives right in Port au Prince.  Pastor of the Belbede church where Luke’s Mission works.  NO word

  Edmund Franz-medical student we support. NO word.   

To assist the people of Haiti, this is what will help the most: 

Prayers now and throughout the relief/rescue/rebuilding.  Please consider attending the prayer vigil Thursday evening 7-7:30 at Aldersgate UMC.  Details above.

Contributions of clothing and other in kind donation are not useful at this time. 

To make a monetary contribution which is greatly needed at this time, we would suggest the following options:

For general humanitarian help to the country of Haiti:American Red Cross-direct donations to Haiti relief Donations to the International Response Fund -Haiti can be made by phone at 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or online at

 or

American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013

 or

Text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to @RedCross relief efforts in #Haiti

Food for the poor -direct donations to relief in Haiti

http://www.foodforthepoor.org/www.redcross.org.

 April Perry named Duke University Hospital’s 2010 MLK Community Caregiver -LUKES MISSION RECEIVES $5000 AWARD FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM

April Perry recieves a check for $5000 from Dr. Fulkerson, CEO of DUke Hospital

Click on the link below for the video and the story. 

 

http://insidedukemedicine.org/news/april-perry-named-duhs-2010-mlk-community-caregiver/
 

MISSION STATEMENT
Luke’s Mission, Inc. is a Christian organization. We diligently and regularly seek guidance from God for the work we do to serve Him by serving the poor of Haiti. We entrust the work of this association to Him and will seek to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in our work. We commit to not letting our work with the poor take our eyes off of Jesus and our daily, personal walk with Him. We conduct ourselves in a manner which would be pleasing to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our conduct is governed by the guidelines expressed in the scriptures for Christians. All of our work is done as an offering of ourselves in service to God and the poor in Haiti. We welcome any person to join the efforts of this organization who will function under these guidelines regardless of religious affiliation.

Our purposes in Haiti are:

• First and foremost, to act out the mandate given to us by Christ to care for the poor.
• To foster the provision of health care in Haiti by supporting the training of Haitian health care professionals in Haiti and institutions that provide training to health care professionals.
• To promote illness prevention, treatment and public health education among the people of urban and rural communities in Haiti
• To assist in the provision of food, basic sanitation facilities and hygiene education among the Haitians that we affiliate with by supporting public health initiatives in these areas.
• To promote awareness of the needs of the country of Haiti to interested persons in the United States.

Statement of Faith

Luke’s Mission, Inc bases its ministry on the follow statement of faith:

• ” We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (II Timothy 3:15-17.)
• “We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 4:4-6).
• ” We believe that Christ is God. We believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, that he lived a sinless life, and that his death redeems us through his shed blood.
• ” We believe in the resurrection of the Christ, in his ascension to the Father and in his final return to claim his children for eternity with him. (John 1:1-4; Matthew 1:23; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 & 4:15; Acts 1:11 & 2:22-24; I Corinthians 15:3-4).
• ” We believe that, for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in a new life by the Holy Spirit and that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation. (Titus 3:4-7; Luke 24:46-47; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 14:6; Acts 4:12.
• ” We believe in the Holy Spirit whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. Galatians 5:16-18; Romans 8:9).
• ” We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; (Revelation 20:11-15; I Corinthians 15:51-57).
• ” We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the Church. (Ephesians 1:22-23; I Corinthians 12:12, 27).
• ” We believe that the ministry of evangelism is a responsibility of both the church and each Christian. (Romans 10:9-15; Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:18-20; I Peter 3:15).

Luke’s Mission’s Statement of Faith, founded upon Holy Scripture, finds support in two historic source documents of the Christian faith, the Apostles’ Creed and the Lausanne Covenant.