How to pray for Project House of Hope
Haiti is currently in turmoil. Gangs have recently taken over airports and shipping ports, destroyed police stations, and released thousands from prisons. The gangs have prevented the Prime Minister from returning to the country and are trying to penetrate the National Palace building. The majority of food is imported into the country and currently cannot be shipped to Haiti. Food and gas are scarce. Fear and anxiety about safety, food insecurity, and the future of their country run rampant. The situation in Haiti is changing by the hour.
Please pray for the following:
1. God will change the hearts of those who commit violence and peace will prevail
2. Disarming and disbanding of the gangs and preventing their spread into the provinces
3. The mental health of the Haitians. Fear and anxiety are high due to safety reasons and uncertainty about their future and that of their country
4. That God will come to the aid of the innocent and create means for the Haitians to find food and gas
5. The more than 360,000 people (half of whom are children) who have had to flee their homes - that they will find safe refuge and will be able to return to their homes soon.
6. Comfort for the thousands of victims of rape, torture, kidnapping and murder
7. Installation of a transitional government that will benefit the citizens of Haiti and will be free of corruption
8. Free and fair elections sooner rather than later
9. Blocked fuel terminals, roads, and ports (vessel and air) will be reopened
10. God will provide the Haitians with hope and strength and His presence will be felt throughout the country.
11. Inflation that approaches 100 percent will be lowered.
Pray for House of Hope and Le Refuge School
1. The ability to continue to provide food and security for the orphanage
2. Safety for the children and staff
3. Calm the fears and anxieties of the orphans and staff.
4. Pray for the administration, teachers, students, and parents of 5. Le Refuge School that their needs are provided for and that they have a sense of peace and hope.
6. Pray Le Refuge school can stay open so the students can continue their education.
Partnering with Project House of Hope in Haiti
Calvary partners with Project House of Hope ministries in Haiti. Project House of Hope focuses on four core development programs: orphan care, sustainable farming, women’s empowerment and community development. Calvary sent teams to Haiti before the gang activity made travel too dangerous not just for our team but for the PHOH staff in Haiti.
Gangs have taken over approximately 80 percent of the country’s capital city Port au Prince. There are no elected officials running the government. Food insecurity is at its highest and food prices have doubled. Even though there are areas in Haiti not experiencing gang activity, the gangs are moving further north of the capital and are only 30 miles from Montrouis. When gangs take over a town, they kidnap, kill, rape, burn houses, and force residents to flee to the next city with few possessions. In the PHOH area of Montrouis, the residents live under constant stress and fear that the gangs will invade their city. Even the children in the orphanage are dealing with anxiety. Le Refuge School is operating normally but they have had to add security to protect the students and the building.
Currently we are able to support PHOH with finances and prayer. Our prayer and hope is that we will be able to travel to Haiti again in the future.
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